Hello Marty. My name is Zakk and I have been playing guitar for 14 years.I started when I was about 5. I am starting to get frustrated with my current band,I feel my playing is not being used/challenged enough. I want to do other things, but I have friends in this band I do not want to hurt. When you left Megadeth it must have been a hard desicion,how do I go about doing this? Ps .Music for speeding is amazing,keep up the great work! Zakkary

Hard choice, but it's these kind of choices that decide if you are going to really be a 'musician' in your life, or a dude with a lot of friends. If you are not pushing your ability TO THE LIMIT AND PAST, get out now and stop wasting any more precious time. I have done this many times in my career for the exact reason you have and you know what, maybe not right away, but eventually I wound up remaining friends with every single person in the bands that I left. Including Megadeth. If the members don't respect you for making a decision that is going to make you a better musician, who needs 'em anyway??
Best of luck to you.