AttyTJ
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May you and all be well, soonest, @Alfred
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Yeah, dwell in the cellar and Rock On, or (pick your genre here) ON!!.
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Congratulations, @timguitar , a great win for sure, and great progress to result.
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Great start @nelsonb12 , worth of an eventual name and numerous sequels.
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Welcome back to steady consistent progress @Jim B. If you are coming back to the new Website, working steady day at a time is simpler, but remember to favorite anything you want to come back to, as the lessons will disappear from the menus if you don’t (after about a month past the lesson plan).
You will get into a grove, and get stronger steady progress. Glad that the med issues re behind you, and that your joy in guitar is ahead.
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That Sapele is beautiful to behold, and to think you are the only one who really get to see it. Happy you found a shop that honors its friends, and happy you love the 314. Congratulations and Happy #NGD @Derek.gladden
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Welcome to TAC, @jeannettelouisek , and trust us, your questions are not something to be thought of as anything but important. The Goal is to have fun learning this very complicated instrument. The 30 days to play gives you a glimpse, and possibly something that grabs you (and if that is true, search out the Skills courses on that topic).
At some point, soon, you should check out the daily “challenges.” 10 minutes to go through each day, and longer if it is “fun” for you. These will introduce you to things you never considered, and may not want to pursue, but you are introduced. Over time, the skills you do each day will build and grow and some of it starts to be second nature. Example, 1 Friday a month is practice on “Accidental Chords” for the key of the month. Now, it is second nature that I know what I am going to be working on. And, I sometimes now hear them and see them in the songs, so I have a sense of accomplishment that I know why.
Whenever you find something in the lessons or skills that you really like, push it, pull it, and work it into submission. Trust me, it will lead to others, and you confidence and skill will grow.
Great to have you here along for the Journey.
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And now, other things added over time will leave.
In March, there was a pre-change discussion from Admin about what to expect. The main post is gone, but Levi’s description is still there at: https://tac.tonypolecastro.com/topic/31030-announcement-the-future-of-tac-forums/. I suggest anyone seeking to evaluate the changes and make decisions capture it, as it will no doubt leave soon, too. (All the old forum posts are slated to go the way of the dodo anytime, now, based on what we were told in March.)
We are now almost 90 days in, and there is a lot that is not yet happening, and trust me as someone who has communicated with Admin a lot on this, and worked diligently to try to connect those local to me, that is a really hard pill for me to swallow. The new features are not there (yet??) regarding connecting to fellow, local members. The map is permanently gone, there is no way to capture and communicate with a group (on the TAC system), and the location feature has only started to work better in the last week or so (and CO still brings in Connecticut, Wiconson, British Columbia, and New Mexico, fwiiw).
Were the weekly “Journal” and “Hollar” a major need? Well no, but then, they both followed up on a party topic and intro in the before times rolled out with great fanfare. (So was the “WOGI” or progress party, which is now all that remains.)
As for were we consulted? As a member, NO. Were the mentors? Mostly you get a “that wasn’t really discussed” and now they are gone too. Is the content and teaching worth it in the rapidly post covid times? Hmmmmmm, each of us has to decide where we spend our money to gain on this obsession we worked out way into. It has brought real progress, but I am evaluating if that is still true as I come up on next February.
I guess I sound like I am complaining, so I should say that, well, I am responding to this thread with what Admin has been told by me, and what my perceived results have been to date. Will it improve in some of these other areas beyond a mostly working speed? Who knows, I hope so, but stuff seems to go away faster than it gets fixed.
And the fun is far less, for me at least.
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Well done, @Moonhare .
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Well, I guess getting the others was the tradeoff. Silly Unicorns.
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Thanks Marty, and I had to get there late as my kids showed up with food and games hoping their old man wouldn’t be too bored. It was, all around, a great day.
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Yes, Tony and the Teaching are amazing and motivating. FWIIW, there are (or were) others here that are the same. Great take @david, a great explanation of many of my thoughts before time, as well.
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👍. Thoughtful and useful as always, @jumpinjeff . Thanks