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How I TAC
1.) How many days per week do you play?
I aim to play every day and generally do. I am retired, don’t have grandchildren yet, and, with the pandemic shutting down just about everything, there are few outside distractions or commitments that keep me from my guitar. I even took my parlour guitar and laptop on ski trips so I could do the daily challenge apres-ski.
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>2.) What time of day do you play?
I play regularly in the early evening, before dinner. I pick up the guitar about the time it is civilized to pick up a beverage and call it a day (aka cocktail hour).
3.) Where do you play?
I could say that I too have a guitar den, but my wife would hit me with a frying pan. My guitars are taking over the den that she made out of a spare bedroom. It’s comfortable, with great light, and a great view. Alas, I will be moving my gear to the basement, which is also a nice spot, just less cozy.
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).
My guitar life didn’t exist before I signed up with TAC. I’d had a guitar for 25 years but didn’t play it. One day, I opened the closet where the guitar lived – back behind my clothes – and said to myself, “Al, you have to either play that thing or move it on to someone who will. It deserves better.” So, I got on it: changed the strings, tuned it up, found Tony’s way of learning guitar, and started playing every day.
Early on, I could only manage the Daily Challenge because my fingers hurt so much. I stuck to my daily routine and now I have some strength in my fingers and some callouses and can play about as long as I want.
The daily routine certainly has helped me pull concepts and techniques together faster than I would have otherwise. It provides continuity, momentum, and prevents knowledge from slipping away in the time away from the guitar.
I have to admit that I really would like to win a guitar in the monthly contest. It has motivated me to do the daily lessons and helped establish my daily routine.
5.) Bonus Question: What is one non-guitar item that is a must-have in your guitar routine.
The one thing other than my guitar that I can’t do my routine without is my laptop. It is the portal to TAC and has most of my music on it. (I could say a nice cold, local, Quebec IPA, but that would be two things.)
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