1. Serious lack of musical ability.
2. Very poor timimg.
3. Terminally Lazy.
4. Started very late in life.

Well they are my excuses. So I have concentrated on singing and being able to put a song across and to hold an audience.

I think that the important thing when singing and playing is to have people listen. There's lots of folks out there who are pretty handy with the guitar but seem to lose their audience halfway through the song.