I agree with the concept of playing more guitar in 2005, however with me it's more HOW I play. I am terrible about playing the intro to Back In Black, then the intro to Smoke on the Water and so on... I honestly only play about 30 seconds of each song, all without any other instruments, cds, metronome or anything. I usually play each of the songs poorly, then on to the next. The next time I pick up the guitar, it's the same thing. Only recently did the lightbulb come on and I said "Maybe the reason I'm not getting any better is that I play poorly, never correct what I'm doing wrong, then put the guitar down. I actually may be pretty good-after all, I do play everything the same way I practiced it. I'm just practicing everything wrong! I really need to work on that this year. Any practice tips would be greatly appreciated-I need all the help I can get!