Hey man, I really appreciate it but I would rather support the cause ya know? $10 bucks isn't that much for something cool in my collection! Like I said, I like cool finds and who knows you may end up a metal legend or something, LOL. Anything is possible, if you want it bad enough!
As far as myself, I'm 39 and started playing guitar when I was 12 years old back in 1982, LOL. The fucked up thing is that there are no metal heads in Ohio although I did have a few bands and one you could even say was the beginnings of black metal a band I had in 1989 called "Bleedevil" we already had very fast guitars and blast beat drums back then, it was pretty good stuff man.
I had a friend that moved to Brandon FL in 1987 and was at a party where Chuck Schuldiner (Death) and some guys from Morbid Angel and Obituary were attending.
Anyway, long story short when he came back a year later he told us what kind of music they were playing down there in Tampa FL. So my band figured we better amp it up and get with the program, LOL.
Funny thing is that in late 1989 I saw and bought my first tapes of Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness" and Obituary "Slowly We Rot" at a local music store and I've been hooked ever since, LOL.
But yeah, the stuff I wrote in 2004 is pretty much just instrumental guitar oriented soloing set to bass, programmed drums (Reason 3.0) and keyboards. Kinda like Satriani's early stuff. Then everything was recorded through my computer and Pro Tools no vocals.
Currently though, I'm in college earning my Bachelor's in Software Engineering so music is on the "back burner" for now, LOL. Hey man, maybe in the future we could do some type of long distance metal project! Just a side thing or something over the internet or through the mail, LOL. I don't know I would be up for it!
Anyway, stay metal bro!