Hi! I’m Ian!

[Ian Hayes]

Hello everyone! I’m Ian. I’ve been a member of the school for a while now but I just discovered this wonderful forum.
I’m a long time fan of Avenged Sevenfold. I discovered them in 03 and fell in love at warped tour 2004, where I picked up STST and WtF, which have been on repeat ever since. My favorite album is The Stage.
I was fortunate to meet my heroes in 2005.

Like many of you, I was inspired to start playing guitar because of A7X. Recently my daughter has been loving jamming the Nightmare and Self Titled albums.

I’m a legally blind stay at home dad and we jam records all the time. It’s probably my favorite thing in the world to jam them with my kiddos.

I’ve been challenging myself with some A7X material on guitar lately, and as easy as it is to get down on myself about not being able to play a lot of it by now, I’m having a ton of fun Learning

I do a fair bit of original music as well. I just put out an album in 2018 that I’m super proud of (Other Son - The Darkness in Devotion).

My wife just got me this and I couldn’t resist laying down a sweet A7X inspired riff on it that I’d love to hear your opinion on.

Thanks for taking some time to get to know me. I look forward to learning more about all of you and sharing our journeys together.

Sincerely,
Ian Hayes
Denver, CO

 

[Alicia Willis]

Hi Ian ! Super stoked to see you reaching out to the community side ! Being a stay at home dad is a TOUGH job but the smile on the sweet girls face says it all ! Your wife is fucking awesome ! Holy hell, that’s a beauty !
Happy to have you here dude and can’t wait to see your riffage, feel free to post it up on the media section

 

[Matt Wildcat]

Welcome Ian, awesome to have you here and to hear your story! Loving that axe and great music choices for your daughter! If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask, the community here is really helpful and welcoming!

 

[Gabby Heafy]

Awesome photos and words!! So glad to have you back here!

 

[Ian Hayes]

Right on! Nice to meet you, Alicia. My sister shares a name with you . Thanks for the kind words as well. I’ll definitely check out the media section and see what’s happening in that world. Is this usually a pretty active community?

 

[Ian Hayes]

Oh wow. Guess it is quite active here given all the quick replies. Thank you all. I feel very welcomed

 

[Anna.VG]

Oh hi! it's awesome that you discovered the forum! You'll get to know a lot of people here Cool that you meet them in the wild days The guitar is so fucking rad! And your daughter has a cool dad

 

[redlipsofdeceit]

Hello, Ian! Welcome to the community! We are really glad that you're here with us.
Your daughter is adorable! So nice to see that she's already enjoying A7X. That's the way to raise a child! and it's really dope that you got to meet our boys, and at that era! Wow!
Also, I really love your guitar, man! Your wife is amazing!
Anyway, the community is awesome and very helpful. If you ever have any question, you will definitely find someone here to help you!

 

[ari.mac]

Welcome Ian!!!!
Your daughter is the cutest... and your wife killed it with this axe!!!
If you have any question we are here for you

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Hey Ian, glad you're Part of the Community now as well! Cool Story and a very interesting Syn guitar you have there. I'll check your Riffs out If I find the time

 

[Muz Malek]

Hello everyone! I’m Ian. I’ve been a member of the school for a while now but I just discovered this wonderful forum.
I’m a long time fan of Avenged Sevenfold. I discovered them in 03 and fell in love at warped tour 2004, where I picked up STST and WtF, which have been on repeat ever since. My favorite album is The Stage.
I was fortunate to meet my heroes in 2005.
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Like many of you, I was inspired to start playing guitar because of A7X. Recently my daughter has been loving jamming the Nightmare and Self Titled albums.

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I’m a legally blind stay at home dad and we jam records all the time. It’s probably my favorite thing in the world to jam them with my kiddos.

I’ve been challenging myself with some A7X material on guitar lately, and as easy as it is to get down on myself about not being able to play a lot of it by now, I’m having a ton of fun Learning

I do a fair bit of original music as well. I just put out an album in 2018 that I’m super proud of (Other Son - The Darkness in Devotion).

My wife just got me this and I couldn’t resist laying down a sweet A7X inspired riff on it that I’d love to hear your opinion on.

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Thanks for taking some time to get to know me. I look forward to learning more about all of you and sharing our journeys together.

Sincerely,
Ian Hayes
Denver, CO

Such an inspiring story! Nice to meet you, Ian!

I'm Muz!

 

[William B.]

Super cool That guitar looks crazy! I think I drove by a Warped Tour concert once, I had to go to work. I think it was in 2008
Is Southpark a real city? Maybe rhetorical
edit: is it hard to find the right frets without the dots?

 

[Rad Synner]

Hey Ian! Really happy that you got to discover this new part of the school!
Your daughter is adorable and your guitar is insane!

I pretty much share everyone's sentiment and I hope to see you around often!

 

[Ian Hayes]

Super cool That guitar looks crazy! I think I drove by a Warped Tour concert once, I had to go to work. I think it was in 2008
Is Southpark a real city? Maybe rhetorical
edit: is it hard to find the right frets without the dots?

South Park is based on a real city which is not actually called South Park. I’m legally blind with 5 degrees of peripheral vision so it’s sometimes easy to get lost on the fretboard even with dots, but it’s mostly muscle memory for me.

 

[Aquamandy]

Hi Ian! Welcome to the community, loved your post, your story, your daughter, and your guitar

 

[Steven Huth]

Welcome Ian! Good luck on your guitar journey.

 

[Chris Johnston]

Welcome Ian! Best of luck on your journey

 

[William B.]

I’m legally blind with 5 degrees of peripheral vision

I had to read some about it, sounds not so great. Still cool you're here
Your riff is nice, it's like dueling guitars I heard it earlier forgot to mention it

 

[Ian Hayes]

I had to read some about it, sounds not so great. Still cool you're here
Your riff is nice, it's like dueling guitars I heard it earlier forgot to mention it

Thanks so much!! Glad to be here.

 

[Jamie London]

Hey brother, stoked to have you here on the forums! What a KILLER guitar! Drool worthy for sure haha