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@Guy_H , I actually think learning a song is great. Memorize a few then improve on them. Some songs are just strummed but after learning the strum pattern you could record it. Use it as backing track and do a solo using the same strummed song. Doing that will help you learn to hear the notes. That will give you some practice with ear training. Get a piece of paper and write the notes down as you go. You’d have an Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge and ending to the song. All finger picked, that will be awesome. That’s pretty much what the daily challenges are doing. They are there to help you put it all together on the weekend. My answer to your question is no, you are not wasting your time by learning songs. Also learning a song a week is a lot. You want to listen to it and really hear what’s going on in a song it takes me a lot longer than a week to really get a song down where I think it sounds good enough. Good luck and I hope my answer helped a little. Just remember, that’s me. That’s what I do. It might not be for you.