I’m grateful to have found Learning Guitar Now. Everyone’s learning guitar journey is different but in my 3+ years as an All-Access Pass member I’ve grown most in 3 ways.
1) Intellectually. Before I started I had no understanding of the fretboard, why some notes sounded good over a chord and others didn’t, and how to make the same melodic lines along different parts of the neck. Now I definitely “get it”.
2) Recording. I had toyed with recording and song-making for decades and had nothing to show for it, but LGN turbo-fueled me in using several different kinds of software and hardware, and I now have dozens of fully-arranged and mixed songs that give me a lot of pleasure to listen to and share with friends. My advances came through John’s instructions and recommendations, as well as the answers he and others posted in response to my questions in the User Forum.
3) Appreciation and listening. I hear great music in a completely different way now. I didn’t realize before joining, but I was completely ignorant of how styles of playing come to life – through preferred riffs and motifs, and guitars and amps and effects, and – oh yeah – how you play it.
I get a kick out of playing in these different styles and recognizing it when I hear it and see it in other players. Even though I always enjoyed Albert and Derek and Jimi, before LGN I couldn’t tell you the ingredients that go in their special sauce. Now I like knowing the recipe. I’m not sure John thinks of me as his student, but I definitely think of him – and have referred to him to friends – as my guitar teacher. Yes, it is online. But he has given me extraordinarily personalized feedback many times in such a way, that even though we have never formally met, our relationship is light-years beyond watching You Tubes and posting in the comments.
I have taken group lessons and individual lessons over the years. This is by far the most I’ve learned at the lowest cost. So like I started out saying: I’m grateful!