Mastone, you gave him the link for Maya 6.5 training. Here’s the Maya 8 training from Lynda:
https://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=329

I would not recommend looking at Gnomon’s tutorials. I’ve taken several, and learned very little from them. I’d say that you should check out Digital Tutors, Lynda, and this site.

Did you finish any of the free tutorials from this site?