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Yes – it’s all the same content. I don’t think there’s been anything new in the rotation or this site in years. Same lessons, same slow site speed, no added features. I just accepted that and for me it’s kind of about the repetition and going back over lessons again and again and seeing improvement in those lessons over time as they come back around. But I stopped my regular daily TAC visits a few months ago and rarely come back other than just to see if there’s any new features or if the site speed has improved. So far, nothing. “And the sun rose, having no alternative, on the nothing new” -Sam Beckett.

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Came back again on 10/5 to check if any improvements. NOPE!

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Tony be like:

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Any hints ? I’m also looking for an alternative.

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Playing with a metronome is critical says every music teacher ever.

I have been using this app for a while now (https://gapclick.app/) – I like that I can set it up to ‘skip’ beats which helps me test out how accurate my internal clock is. It also has a lot of other features but I mostly just use it as a straight metronome.

I’ve also found that I enjoy playing with drumbeats more than just a click, so I’ll open youtube and just search for ‘drum track 120 bpm’ (change the bpm to whatever tempo you’re looking for) and there will be a lot of options.

Rock on!

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Hey Braden – really great job on this. Still super impressed with the harmonica rig and playing. I think I’d hyperventilate and pass out on my guitar. Lovely guitar too! Rock on and hope you’re doing well!

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Happy St Patty’s day KevinZ – thanks for all the great music. Keep it up and rock on!

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This is amazing. Way to push yourself! This is exactly the kind of thing that gets me frustrated when I try doing it at home. You are inspiring and motivating. Great job on the music too!! 🙂 I had to look up OBS – I use iMovie but maybe I should try that instead? Thanks for sharing – congrats on your new skills and can’t wait to see the next one!

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Yes it gets easier with practice. There are a bunch of great exercises out there to get better at picking. Here’s one of Tony’s skill courses with a bunch of good tips and exercises. Keep at it and rock on! https://tonypolecastro.com/courses/flatpicking-jumpstart/

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I’ve gone through a bunch of picks and my go to for the past few years is a .88mm Dunlop Primetone with the raised font texture: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/510R088–dunlop-510r088-primetone-standard-grip-guitar-picks-88mm-12-pack

I like the tone and the tactile feel of the raised print. If I’m picking I’ll hold it normally and if I’m strumming I’ll usually hold it sideways and use the blunter end to strum for a more mellow tone. Rock on!

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Awesome job – the first one is the hardest. Sounded great, rock on!

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Before I got fed up with the speed of the site and stopped coming regularly, I would normally do ~10m of the daily TAC lesson as my ‘warmup’ each day. Some days I would get through the lesson quick and easy and sometimes at the 10 minute mark I would still be struggling and would decide then if I was having enough fun/growth to continue with the lesson or to switch to learning and practicing songs.

For learning songs I would look up youtube videos and I also have a subscription to Ultimate Guitar so I can find and use tabs. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

I have learned a ton of songs from Dave at GuitarZero2Hero – he’s awesome and the way he lays out the videos really helps me learn: https://www.youtube.com/@GuitarZero2Hero

Also just FYI – there are some songs here that you can learn from Tony: https://hub-lkx8655w8n.membership.io/

Hope this helps – rock on!

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Agreed! All this talk about investing in site upgrades and months later the experience is getting worse not better. Elsewhere indeed. Will check back again in a few months and see if things have improved. It’s a shame because the content is so great but there so much friction to get to it.

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Thanks for checking it out! 🙂

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Thanks – yeah I should probably just record them and then post them over the course of a few days, but I’ve never been good with delayed gratification.. I ate the marshmallow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment

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Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia

Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia