I am a wannabe guitar player, but I am trying desperately to learn how to play. I got a nice Fender Squier Strat pack a couple of years ago and since then, I have been learning the basic chords (instructional DVD that came with the pack). I am nearing the end of the DVD, so now I am learning barre chords and scales. I now know this is the point of either REALLY learning the guitar or giving up. I honestly never knew it was going to be this hard to learn the guitar. I have been playing for 2 years and I couldn't play a basic song if I had to. A friend advised me to take my guitar in and have it set-up properly with low action, because these barre chords are killing my fingers. I am taking it into the shop tomorrow. I want to know if anybody else struggled like me when they were first learning and what they did to finally break through. I deeply desire to learn to play songs on my guitar. I try to practice everyday, but I really only have 45 minutes on average per day to play. ANY advice will be appreciated!