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Seems like we have a few people here dipping their toes in the TAC waters. I replied to another 60 day candidate earlier today. Everyone has their unique expectations when they join a program and mine were definitely very different from yours.
Here is what I think are the reasons why TAC is an excellent system for learning to play and improving your playing skills.
1. focus on playing daily. The challenges are designed for 10-15 min sessions and structured to cover all areas of guitar playing. Most courses are structured thematically and invariably you will get hung up on some topic that is overwhelming and end up quitting. Ask me how I know!
2. it teaches you how to add your own style (or flavor) to songs, how to make them sound more interesting, rather than giving you the recipe to play a popular song from beginning to end.
3. there are many players that are here every day, from beginners to very accomplished guitarists and even recording artists. Tony is actually a quite notorious recording artist.
4. the daily lessons are simple but layered is such a way that novice and expert will not only get something out of them but also easily understand what is expected of them
5. the community is very helpful and knowledgeable
6. TAC gives you excellent value if you look at the yearly or lifetime costs. For me it was a no-brainer. Even if I have to add other lessons to supplement my learning, I will get something out of the daily challenges, the skill courses and song archives for many years to come.
In my opinion the reasons for being here are not
-to learn how to play songs so you can sound like the recording
-because of the site’s excellent navigation features
-for it’s flawless interface full of flashy dashboards. Heck no! Even commenting below the challenges requires a work around
TAC isn’t perfect, it’s full of quirks and flaws. You can’t search here worth a darn. The site isn’t flashy and its Namesake is essentially absent, only rarely making appearances.
But it’s very good at getting novice players to return regularly to improve their playing. The progress actually sneaks up you when you aren’t expecting it.