Well Bert, I'm in Texas but that beer sounds good, E-Mail me one and I'll return the favor sometime. I only play slide , I've tried playing in regular tuning but I can't seem to get the hang of it. I play totally by ear and don't particularly know any method. I can tell you that when I started out I was strumming bar chords but have developed the ability to play on one string at a time by learning to mute adjacent strings with my "spare" right fingers. Play what sounds interesting to you, your interests will evolve into a style.