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How TAC Keeps Me Out of Ruts
So, I’ve probably complained a bit about wanting new benchmark songs etc. One thing however, regardless of playing Wagon Wheel way too many times is, how TAC keeps me out of playing ruts. I know that every week there will be either hammer ons, pull offs, slides, double stops, flatpicking and so on. This keeps me from falling into the rut of just playing the same old familiar songs, and staying in my comfort zone. I even find myself trying to now embellish songs I know with little hammer ons and other techniques learned through TAC. Not only has this given me more joy while playing, but encourages me to take on some tougher songs to learn. I’m curious to hear if others have the same experience.
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I think we all complain at times, so none of us can really be too hard on ourselves, because that’s just being human. After being here for years it does seem sometimes that you’re seeing the same things over and over. But then I’m often surprised that I’m still challenged by many of the lessons, where I have moments of surprise where I learn something or hear something that I don’t remember doing or hearing before.<div>
</div><div>Their times that I don’t do the daily lessons as religiously as before, but it is mainly because I have less time since the world opened back up after Covid, and I have a very demanding job. I still play every day several times a day, and I’m still on the website every day and I look at all the lessons I spend a lot of time actually playing songs now and practicing for open mics, jam club meet ups, experimenting with songs or even goofing around with my own progressions that will probably never see the light a day in the forums here. But I always return to doing the daily challenges or reviewing Fretboard Wizard .</div><div>
</div><div>I think the relationships that I’ve made throughout the years have kept me going as much as the lessons. I’ve often asked questions of people that came before me or even after me for that matter on things I’ve seen them do in some of their videos or I’ve met several people in person that I first met here the chat. I participate in open mics or jams at their houses or if you even traveled to meet with people to jam with them. I’ve learned from all of them, and I think that I learned the most was doing the open mics with them for years via virtual open mics when Covid was at its height. That’s when I first joined and began my guitar journey, so everything was online. </div><div>
</div><div>But the glue that holds us all together is TAC, and for that I am grateful. And I know that Tony and the crew in Montana Will always be trying to improve the program and add new lessons eventually even if it’s not at the pace some of us would like. We have to remember that the program is to teach foundational skills and it’s to reach a very broad base of players, which can’t be an easy feat.</div> -
Amen.
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