Slowing it down idea

[Bill_Brown]

Hi Todd ( @Devotee2Shiva ), the idea that you’re talking about sounds well intentioned, but it’s not the mantra here. TAC is about “progress over perfection”. What you’re talking about doing is to “sacrifice progress for perfection” – just exactly the opposite of what TAC is about. All that being said, it’s your “dime”, spend it how you like! If you really want to perfect some songs, do a YouTube search and I’m sure you’ll find multiple videos of the song lessons that your looking for.

[Devotee2Shiva]

Thank you for this Bill. All of these replies are just what I was looking for in posting the “idea”. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.

[albert_d]

I agree with @Bill_Brown. I keep moving although it is out of my comfort zone but I use the weekends to give these benchmark songs extra polish. Over time a couple have cleaned up enough to make it onto my playlist. It is nice to have so much to learn if you can keep from feeling pressured. It’s like having so much great candy from Halloween in your basket. You want to eat it all but you have to resist eating it all at now. It is a good problem to have.

[Devotee2Shiva]

This all makes sense and thank you for taking the time to reply and share your thoughts. After reading all of these replies I now feel much more clarity about what it is that I am doing here.

[jumpinjeff]

Hi Todd, my thoughts? My initial response is like the @Bill_Brown and @albert_d , but I know our goals are aligned. Having read many things they write about I think they and I are here to learn to play guitar. When I started in 2015 that was my goal but I did not know it. I was lured by those songs which captured my imagination and I set about learning them quite unsuccessfully. I was unsuccessful. Even the songs Tony was teaching way back when were versions of what I call finger choreography. Learn the sequence, commit it to memory, then repeat it. I found my memory was not good enough to learn songs like Santana’s Europa or Angeline the Baker. What I came to find out: what I really wanted was to learn to play guitar. Tony morphed his ideas into exactly what it needed to be successful and sure enough if found success decoding music down to its building blocks so that I could play everything without having to memorize it. I have take a month to learn a song. I have been working on several songs for 9 years. There is always a change to be manipulated or the sixth note of a scale to work in because I think it is cool etc. Perspective is our difference. When I take a month it represents less than one percent of my developmental time. With you it represents a much greater ratio of your developmental time. Pursue your songs for the length that you want. As long as you are engaged and having fun and you have already solidified your practice routine to the point of habit you will benefit from any type of playing. Could you have progressed faster? Maybe. If you get frustrated, do not worry….return to regular exercises/challenges. They will be your juggernaut to break through any ruts or walls blocking your progress. Finding the balance between these two things may be the recipe for your success. I guess maybe that is one of the tremendous values of the forum. It keeps us from going out on limbs too far. What ever you choose, keep reporting back on your progress or if need be vent some frustration. Between Tony and the forum I find 99% of what I need. Wishing you always, fast progress toward your desire.

[Devotee2Shiva]

Really good stuff here. Thank you for sharing. It is definitely helpful and very much appreciated.