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Hi @J.T. , I thought I remembered on monday your suggestion was on display. Rather than Tony listing his songs he upped the interactivity asking for everyone to list the songs for which they were reminded, by the exercise.
There were some very difficult challenges in the lesson structure. Syncopation was one of those things that was so difficult at first I thought I would never get it. I did keep plugging away because it was a big hook in my mind. Fast forward a coupl’a years…I got it. It is one of those things that once I got it I wondered why it took me so long. : ) ….Syncopation was not the only challenge I found like this. It is what keeps me in TAC. There is always another level deeper I can go or I know I am on level one and there are 20ish levels below that 18 of which I cant comprehend until I get there….but it all sounds cool. I spent a good year frustrated most of the time and that is when I learned expectation is where fun goes to die. I kept expecting an unrealistic return on my effort instead of measuring actual progress or I was always expecting to be better than I was (also the result of not measuring actual progress. That is when I almost quit. Buncha people in the forums jumped in and helped me redirect and here we are!
Dislike and challenge. Two words to explain the same thing. Pick the word that leads to progress. It is hard so I dislike it, I can’t do it so I dislike it, I can’t do it like Tony so I dislike it….all those things went through my mind at one point but to get where I am 10years later my dislike became fun through challenge. Same lessons, same time, different results. I agree with you I would hate for challenging lessons to go away. It is why I am here!!!!!