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How I TAC
I just got my subscription today, so figured I might as well introduce myself and kick things off on a high note!
1.) How many days per week do you play?
So as not to overpromise and underdeliver (Lord knows I’ve done that a time or to before!), I’ve committed to playing 10-15 minutes minimum at least 5 times a week. Been playing for over an hour already today, so dare I say, “so far so good?”
2.) What time of day do you play?
Mornings are great for me. I’m an early riser, so I’m usually firing on “all” pistons, and there’s plenty of time for me to get to any other pressing matters, either before or after my playing.
3.) Where do you play?
I live in a small space, so not a lot of options besides the couch, which I shore-up with some pillows behind me to add a little additional back support.
4.) What was your guitar life like before having a guitar routine & how has implementing a consistent guitar routine helped you? (if possible name 3 ways).
I’ve been fighting my way back from a traumatic brain (and other bodily) injuries for almost three years, so having consistency in whatever I do is essential. I’d just started playing guitar before I was injured, and never really have any formal strategy or structure (and struggled after for that very reason), so needless to say, my six-string has spent a lot of time staring-up at me from its stand.
5.) What is one non-guitar item that is a must have in your guitar routine?
It’s tea for me. English breakfast with milk. By the bucket.
On a personal note …
I may be just getting started with TAC, but I’ve seen miracles firsthand (in my physical/mental rehab), so I’m excited about fearlessly applying the same commitment and consistency to my musical journey — and looking forward to those joyful little daily rewards that will surely come along the way.
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Hi, Rent!
Welcome! And best wishes to you, for your healing and guitar journey.
I am a new member, too, having just joined April 2, 2021.
Tony is a wonderful teacher and I appreciate TAC very much.
‘Grateful to be here!
Happy playing,
Cherie
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Backatcha, Cherie! Thanks.
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Gonna be tough to stay on routine with surgeries now scheduled for left hand/arm next week and right hand/arm soon as I’m cleared to go back in. Whatever comes I’m gonna do what I can while I’m healing-up, even if that means just memorizing the fretboard.
Never a bad time to start pursuing a dream; never a good time to give up one (-!
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Good luck with the surgeries, and let us know when you’re back! I hope you have a nice acoustic guitar playlist to keep you inspired while you’re healing
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Why, thank you, @Theorose! I appreciate the well-wishes.
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Man, just playing for 10 minutes is tough onnacouna how painful it is. Might need to hit pause a few days early and see what kinda relief surgery brings. Left (my fretting) arm is first under the knife, which is good, as — not surprisingly — that’s where I’m having the most difficulty related to guitar. So (knock wood) I should be in a much better place post-op. For now tho… ouch.
In the meantime, if I can only memorize the d$%# fretboard, at least I won’t have gone backwards. That’s a whole nutha challenge altogether, and (besides my TBI) I’m short on excuses if I don’t tackle this one. ahaha
“the race is not for the swift but who can endure” – Bob Marley
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