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Scott Yates's avatar

Thanks for a great review. Here are my own ‘two cents’ worth on TAC, as a current paid subscriber. Personally, I absolutely love it. It is exactly what I needed; fairly short lessons that have really advanced my guitar playing (AND my understanding of the fret board). Previous to signing up for TAC I focused on learning to play complete songs (…on that note, I would highly recommend Desi Serna’s program). I think it goes without saying that actually playing songs is what most budding guitar players want to be able to do. But I think what any beginner guitarist will soon realize (…as I did) is that playing complete songs (with all of the inherent individual skills required for them to actually sound good) requires a solid foundation. I think it’s like trying to learn how to drive a car - without wanting to first learn what the brake and gas peddles do, how to steer the car, etc. That’s not the fun part - but of course, you can’t learn to drive without it. I’ve found learning guitar to be the same. We just want to ‘get in and drive’ (play songs) - but to be any good at it, we need a good foundation. TAC has got me excited to pick up my guitar again every day, whereas before I felt like is was in a bit of a ‘slump’ and not enjoying playing as much. However, I would recommend TAC in addition to another learning program (or perhaps private lessons) that DO have more of a focus on learning full songs. But as above, I really feel that TAC will help me enormously with the fundamentals needed to play full songs well. As such, I have no regrets whatsoever and feel TAC was well worth the cost. Again, just my ‘two cents’…

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Jeffrey Macintosh's avatar

Light bulb moment ! As soon as i read cult, i went right on this is what TAC is like. I got very little out of how the program was run. I tried speaking with his close staff and ended up almost being pushed out. I have thought about going back ,but not after reading this review. Good job on supplying the straight goods on TAC, For me i have found Shut up and Play to be a better way to go for songs. Thanks for this review it is very accurate.

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