Chris,
I sgree with Scott here on his points. I think you will improve greatly with some formal music training.

Try to make your melody lines flow with the rhythm backing a bit more and I think you'll put out some good tunes. Have a listen to your favorite artists or even some of the other artists here and listen to what they are doing.

Keep doing it though, everyone who's ever played an instrument has been at your same stage.
jam on,
Terry

[This message has been edited by trtjazz (edited 12-07-2002).]