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Hey Brett im the same way…been inspired by watching many musicians, including on this forum, do their thing. Whether the original artist or folks doing covers…do i sometimes think, “man, i wish i could do that…if only id started sooner…”? Of course! I think many of us do. but that doesnt last long and i have no regrets and like you, im encouraged and motivated to keep plugging away and have fun trying to close the gap.
Thx for shring your story and glad youre liking TAC. I tried other programs too but liked Tonys style and philosophy/methodology. The daily challenges are a great way to pick up skills that become foundational in all your playing and no other program I saw focuses on these quite like this. Having said that, I can go for weeks without doing the challenges, and will use other learning sources, or mainly just focus on songs, learning new ones and continuously practicing ones already under my belt. Lately Ive also been taking a deeper dive into theory, which has been very helpful re song structure, etc. Its also been a lot of fun getting something ready to post on here too, and Id encourage you to do the same (and its a very supportive and kind community!)
Sounds like youre really close…playing and singing at the same time is hard but youve already got the singing part down, which is the main act…the guitar accompanies the singer…so youre well on your way! Pick one of your favourite songs with that easy 1 4 5 chord progression and where the melody follows the chord changes. Separately learn and practice both the lyrics and the guitar. Get them both down so that you can play/sing them in your sleep (repetition over an over). Then when youre ready to put them together start slow…maybe just one beat per measure and sometimes I’ll just say the lyrics or sing very softly. That helps to know where in the lyrics the chord changes happen. Get comfortable with that, then you can get your rhythm and tempo going and next thing you know youre belting it out! Some songs are more difficult than others so to get to “performance ready” can take as little as a week or two, to several months. But of course thats all relative depending on how much work youre putting in. I also think its important to mix up the easy and difficult. Anyway I hope this makes some sense and is maybe helpful. Main thing of course is to enjoy the process, be kind to yourself and keep living the dream. Take care and hope youre having a nice Easter weekend. B