Wow, thanks that really helps. To answer your question ahout what kind of music I want to play, defintely the blues. I know that sounds cliché, but it's hard not to want to play the blies after listening to Clapton, SRV, Mayer, etc. Another "goal" that may sound silly is to be able to keep up with people in this forum. It seems like most everyone here has a very good understanding of music theory. It's defintely something I'm interested in studying.

Some things that I've already learned are alternating picking and CAGED. I've learned those major and minor chords and now have a few 7 chords to look over.

One thing that I agree with is that people should only use tabs when they need to, yet I have an extremely hard time figuring out anything listening by ear. Any tips for that?