[ All groups ](/groups) Open Community # The Porch (Community) Joining a GuitarGate group is free and needs only an account, which anyone can [create here](https://www.guitargate.com/user/register). Each group has its own page, linked from its name, with the posts and songs its members have shared. 11 members Join group Feed Members 11 - [Evan\_Erwin](/user/60258/view) Jan 3, 2026 Another Floridan here, from Sarasota. Picked up guitar for a next gen church, fell in love with it. In jazz varsity as a underclass man, my instructor put me in a spot where I had to progress insanely fast or tap out, and I pulled through. Now I have a love for the entire music industry, for every person in it and every instrument. 0 likes 1 comment Share - [xXBigBenXx](/user/58829/view) Dec 6, 2025 Howdy Steve, I like the porch pickin' group concept. I'm also in Florida. Near Pensacola in the Panhandle. What part of this great state are you in? 1 like 3 comments Share - [Steve.Dunn](/user/60277/view) Dec 5, 2025 Owner Universal Audio has come out with Paradise studio. It’s basically a subscription to the UA studio plugins.. I thought it might be worth a look as a real useful set of tools in this environment. From what I heard of the quality of tones available were a definite step up in modeling! James Santiago played a massive part in all of it and he is widely regarded as one of if not the best at creating modeling that is as close to the real thing as humanly possible with the resources available today! 0 likes 1 comment Share - [Steve.Dunn](/user/60277/view) Dec 5, 2025 Owner Continued…After a stint in Mechanic School I made my way North to the twin cities in Minnesota. A spectacular music town! This is where the guitar grabbed me. 30 years later here I be! 0 likes 0 comments Share - [Steve.Dunn](/user/60277/view) Dec 5, 2025 Owner Hey my name is Steve and I am 61 in Florida. My musical life has been primarily solo singer songwriter stuff acoustically. But the last couple years I’ve focused on electric (mostly lead). Most of the music that resonates is pre millennium. Enjoy most genres from that time frame. I grew up in the Midwest of the USA. Born in Chicagoland and grew up in a pretty idilic neighborhood in the burbs. After High school I worked on a ranch in Wisconsin for a decade. My Country music years! 0 likes 0 comments Share Members 11 - [MICHAEL](/user/4/view) Verified Artist @MICHAEL Admin Joined Dec 2025 - [control4smilers007](/user/13496/view) @control4smilers007 Joined Sep 2026 - [somebike](/user/17705/view) @somebike Joined Jul 2026 - [daedelus.kite](/user/48595/view) @daedelus.kite Joined Dec 2025 - [Jennings](/user/48760/view) @Jennings Joined Jan 2026 - [xXBigBenXx](/user/58829/view) @xXBigBenXx Joined Dec 2025 - [SteamRadio](/user/59583/view) @SteamRadio Joined Dec 2025 - [DeIVIoNaN](/user/60271/view) @DeIVIoNaN Joined Dec 2025 - [Steve.Dunn](/user/60277/view) @Steve.Dunn Owner Joined Dec 2025 - [badmojo071](/user/60446/view) @badmojo071 Joined Jan 2026 - [Lucky\_Wilbury](/user/62813/view) @Lucky\_Wilbury Joined Jul 2026 ### About this group For me one of the reasons I am here is for the community aspect. I know for a lot of people their favorite memories revolve around “Porch Pickin” hanging around with friends and jamming together. Part of that experience is shooting the breeze about anything and everything. Getting to know each other on different levels. So this is just a place to hang out and BS! Obviously there is jamming involved so songs can be shared too! - Open group - 11 members - Created December 2025