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Joinin’ the crowd….
January 12th marked my first anniversary. I was a COVID-baby TAC-er. Joined just as I was getting over it a year ago yesterday. TRULY believe it helped me get over the hump and sort of back to normal.
It’s been a great guitar-year indeed. I “didn’t know I had it in me” for sure!
For probably 40+ years, I always just dinked around on that old, no-brand guitar. 40 years of “once in a while” picking it up for a few days, playing a few tabbed songs. I can’t count the number of times I just got sort-of bored with it, and returned it to its familiar role as dust-collector. Probably hundreds. A “wanna-be” one minute- a deflated putz, the next.
That is—- until I joined TAC—- and started **LEARNING** something!😜
From what I’ve read in all of these Forums, it sounds like there are a LOT– a WHOLE lot of TAC’ers with a similar kind of story!
I’m not gonna get into detailed particulars- I’ll save you from that…. it’d just be too much. But- I’ll summarize by saying that I’m LOVIN’ my TAC membership- and what it has done for my abilities, my “guitar-thinking”, and how it’s my lowered self-conscience-ness- (I’m sure I spelt that rong).
Also, I enjoy the quiet satisfaction that comes with knowing I’ve EARNED that ability to be able to hit that chord progression or that fingerpicking pattern cleanly. I can now DO IT!!! And THAT is what I’m most proud of. 🙂
Far from being a George Harrison for sure- but I’m good with being WAY improved from where I was one year ago yesterday.
Nowhere to go but UP from here!
So… this next year……
I’ve been rasslin’ with a way to build a smallish, portable/”put-away-able”, music studio, guitar space, recording set-up- (don’t have a dedicated, separate room available that I can tie-up full time). Something I can just drag out of a closet, set up, and get to playing and whatever in maybe 10-15 minutes or so.
And just keep learning…….period.
Along that line— in addition to the lessons, courses, and overall TAC program, which to me are REALLY fantastic and fun…… I find just as much– or more– knowledge here within our Forum, and the talented, caring, selfless people in here!
It is the heartbeat of TAC………. it is sharing of knowledge, help, different viewpoints, things you haven’t thought-of yet, and encouragement when we need it……….. in its purest form.
Next year is gonna be GREAT.
Long-winded Mark J.
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