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@DHeaton and @MississippiJeff ;
There is a bunch of really good advice here, and much of it is pretty much the same. Don’t get overwhelmed, just put in your 10 minutes TRYING then move on. The choice between skills courses and Daily Challenge is pretty much a personal choice with no right or wrong answer.
So why am I bothering to add anything? Simple. The disorientation you are feeling is pretty much universal. All of us came here expecting some kind of miracle of teaching. Most of us had already experienced how ineffective other ways of teaching were and thought this would be different… well, better that is.
No, the first word was the right one. Different. Many of us feel it is better, but others find the traditional methods of either teaching skills or teaching songs “better”.
So, what is it about TAC that leads me to say it is the best guitar teaching site on the internet? Because of the METHOD that Tony uses. The method of building a routine and learning a complex skill is supported by research and experience. Those who have put enough faith in Tony to try this method have found remarkable results.
I have known a number of people for whom TAC didn’t work so well. When revealing greater detail about their time with TAC, it always comes to light they never really bought into the program and JUST DID IT. They say they did, but it takes 2 things they never gave it: commitment and time.
If you give the dailies 10 minutes every single day, 5 days a week, for 3 months, you will see more improvement than you could have believed possible. That’s when you go from hoping it works to knowing it works and ready to dive in head first. That will be the first real set back. No matter how much you know this really works, you CAN’T SPEED IT UP.
But, now that you KNOW it works, you will be willing to take the next step. If you take this next step, you will be on a journey of slow but steady progress that will take you farther than your wildest dreams. That next step is to join one of the 90 day guitar progress parties on Zoom and use the interactive guitar routine journal to set your own 90 day goals.
Within the first year, if you just have faith, put in the “work”, and have fun, you will find a way to have the guitar be a part of your life forever. You will have what Tony likes to call an “Acoustic Life”. I have an acoustic life. I would never have found it without TAC.
I hope this helps.
MG 😀