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This story is about Sam, a guitar player from earth. when things go south on a plane ride he crashes into an unknown place and he has no clue what to do.
Wow guys, thanks for taking time out of your day to read this!
It means alot to me for my first fic!
Alright guys story Is completed for now, There will be a sequel!
Sorry, sorry. I had to use it. 
Anyways,
This..... Isn't bad. Nah, not too shabby. Other than the cliche 'unconsciousness' there is nothing too much to complain about. Wha- My god... YOU CAN SPELL CORRECTLY?!?! PARAGRAPHS?!? ALMOST PERFECTED?!?! 
*Opens chapter 2*
In terms of formatting, you want to use italics for any inner thoughts.
Example:
Well, moment of truth time... ‘Oh no what if they get suspicious, WHAT IF THEY DON’T LIKE ME!’ I panic as everyone is still staring at me (And when people are staring or paying lots of attention to me I get really shy...) ‘ oh no not staring... they might as well call me shy strings..’ ‘hmm, Shy Strings...’
Should be:
Well, moment of truth time...Oh no what if they get suspicious, WHAT IF THEY DON’T LIKE ME! I panic as everyone is still staring at me (And when people are staring or paying lots of attention to me I get really shy...)
oh no not staring... they might as well call me shy strings.. hmm, Shy Strings...
Same rules as if you were using quotations.
Also, try not to add those little breaks in the story with your own thoughts.
‘How about Pick Strings...? maybe I don’t know’ I keep thinking about random stuff when one of the ponies say (in one of the most quiet voice I might add...)
It prevents the reader from keeping themselves immersed when you pop in to make a little note.
Now... story critique time!
Your OC survived a plane crash. A deadly plane crash. If he could feel and see fire burning his body while he was inside, it is alot more serious than just 'keeping a large bandage on it for 3 days.' No, he would most likely have 3rd degree burns in which case it would take anywhere from 3-5 weeks to heal. Also, I seriously hope you will reference to his burns as a weakness later on... To be consistent. 
No... It can't be... NO PLEASE NO!
“Is it just me or is Shy kind of cute?” asked Fluttershy
I mean... Sure, I can take shipping in a story nowadays. That shit sells like hotcakes and people eat it up every time if done right. But in a story with an OC, which is usually the author himself, trying to fulfill his fantasies with one of the known cast, it comes off extremely cliche in alot of fics and terribly forced. Unless your someone extremely experienced with the whole 'shipping' do-dad, it hardly ever works.
Best of luck to you, I spent too much damn time writing this! 
To continue the massive comment above me, I agree with him.
The story isn't that bad, but it has been done a thousand times. A human going through some weird crash/portal and ending up in Equestria. It was good the first time, I'm sure, but there needs to be something original. And I don't mean original as in your OC plays guitar, I mean story changing original. The last thing anyone wants to read is a story about how some low life from Earth finds his happiness amongst the ponies in Equestria. No amount of formatting, grammar correction or perfect spelling could fix that.
That being said, your grammar, spelling and formatting are quite good. For a first timer, you remind me a lot of myself which is why I'm leaving you this comment. Just make sure to change the game up a little. Make it unique, and create lots of conflict. That's the key to turning some random HiE fic into gold. Also, be as realistic as possible. The guy above me mentioned something about the 3rd degree burns, and I agree. Just try your best to switch it up a little, and create something that nobody has done before.
Good luck!
Basically the major issues have already been addressed. However, I shall throw my hat in as well!
Where someone asked if Sam turned into a pony or not, it raises a good point. I myself had a tough time figuring out if he was human or not. Its easy as a writer to forget about these points, because you think they are obvious. But you have to read your story with the mind of a reader who has no idea what your story is about. There really is no way of knowing if he did change, because you provided no details of it happening.
Oh, and this is just a personal quip of mine, but I dislike how much of the thoughts consist of him telling himself to think. To me, its just filler text that contributes nothing to the actual story.
You have lots of potential as a writer, you have the foundation set for being one, now you just need experience to hone it to a fine art. I look forward to seeing more from you, I really do! For this being your first story, you show a lot of skill that will only be honed and perfected with time
It's epic! I'm tracking it!
Keep up the good job!
Hey, dude.....guess what.....*whisper* Grammar.
Capitalize the names....Oh, and make sure to have him play a few Slash songs. Like this.
Yeah, another chapter! Story gets interesting after every second!
And he should better learn how to play a guitar with his magic soon, otherwise, his talent will be very obscured.
Anyway, keep up with the story, you're been doing good so far!
I request slash songs....If that's allowed. Oh and this
Skip to 24 seconds.Hmm, yes, that's awesome! Finally Shy Strings got to play the guitar!
Oh, and when you make Chapter 5, instead of making straightly a new chapter, copy and paste this into the Author's Note chapter you made earlier, then paste Chapter 5 over this chapter. Just so it doesn't haves incorrect numbers......you know what I mean.
I don't get why Fluttershy was being so agressive to him.
Also, you are forgetting some punctuations on your story. It becomes very annoying to read 'em. For example, instead of this:
“For nearly breaking my door down”“Oh, sorry about that”
It should be like this:
“For nearly breaking my door down!”“Oh, sorry about that.”
Nice story! But still...
...with a amp...
Should be this:
...with an amp...
As these:
“Sorry I might’ve overreacted there”“And I don’t have a back door”
“Lyra how did you get all these guitars?”
“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME, UGH DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I’VE BEEN HERE ALONE! TWO YEARS FOR BUCK SAKE!”
“WHAT DO YOU WANT.”
Should be like this:
“Sorry, I might’ve overreacted there.”“And I don’t have a back door.”
“Lyra, how did you get all these guitars?”
“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?! UGH, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I’VE BEEN HERE ALONE? TWO YEARS FOR BUCK SAKE!”
“WHAT DO YOU WANT?”
Remember, the only thing I can help you with is punctiation, as it is one of the few things I know for sure with English((but still, some of those might be wrong, like the '?' and '?!'. If I'm correct, '?!' is only used on words that mix Questioning with Surprise[[for example, instead of writing 'What!', you write 'What?!'.]].))
Still, nice story! Although I don't exactly know why the ponies are acting all hostile towards Shy Strings.
Wow this chapter is. for. the. WIN. I love the twist you did with Lyra, but I couldn't help and mention that another brony writer did just what you did there, including about how Lyra was "a pony and alone for two years" part.
An I like how you made your character a guitar player, even though I can't play the guitar worth squat, I can however play its distance cousin twice remove; the Violin. So here is a suggestion, mention Octivia and how she is a big fan of Beethooven's (see what I did there, huh? huh?) works.
>>1149413 If you like these kind of stories, then go check mine out A New Point of View. It's long, I'm correcting the mistakes in the earlier chapters and most important of all, it isn't going on Hiatus anytime soon.
Ok Fluttershy is starting to confuse and scare me. The characters are a bit out of place. One woud think Spike would like to not have to do a chore ever now and again. Sam just gets attacked and Lyra still is angry with him over himknocking her door? Plainly put I like this sotry but things are off.
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