Our First 3-Minute 30-Day Challenge of 2025

[TGNeil]

Hey Folks,

It has been too long since our last Challenge and it is back for the month of March.

The idea is to pick up your guitar every day for 30 days, but just commit to 3 minutes a day. Of course, more is fine and encouraged. This 30 days commence on Saturday March 1, 2025 and will end on Sunday March 30. It is open to everyone with an account at TotallyGuitars. There will be prizes awarded along the way, along with a grand prize randomly drawn from all entries.

We ask that you submit your weekly days and minutes over the weekend following each week (Sat-Fri). Please post before midnight each Sunday night. The last two days (Sat-Sun March 29-30) should be included with Week #4 and posted by Tuesday April 1. You will receive 1 entry toward the grand prize for every day you pick up the guitar (maximum is 30). The drawing for the grand prize will be on Friday, April 4.

The grand prize, and there may be more than one awarded, will be a private lesson with me. This could be at TG Central or online. Other incremental prizes may be added, like for most minutes in a week, and could include a lesson pack, Platinum subscription for a month, audio album downloads, or guitar strings. We are looking at world cruises as well but until a sponsor pops up that is unlikely.

For your weekly report, just copy the text at the end of this message, fill in your data, and add your post to a new thread that I will start each week.. We will check the thread every Monday and keep track of your entries toward the grand prize, as well as our weekly prizes. You are welcome to add details of what you are working on as well.

I hope everybody commits and plays every day..

Neil

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[rjbertmdphd]

I’’m in! More later today. Will be working on “Beginnings”, “Mack the Knife,” “Beyond the Sea”, “anyone Really Know What Time It Is?”” and “Got to Get You into My Life”. Also Rhythm training. All songs are coming along but gotta keep up with the metronome! Need to put down some tracks next week!

[BBQDad]

I’m in too!

Out of town visiting my sister, but I brought my Martin Backpacker guitar with me to work on an original song.

Then I see this email about the Three Minute Challenge.
Sure glad I brought it.

[older_wrench]

Yep, I'm here for this. "Killing Me Softly", so much respect for Roberta Flack; "Sometimes In Winter", been on my radar since the first day I touched a guitar; "Rainbow Connection", my kids all loved this; and "The Look Of Love", not as hard as I thought, but the migration from Mr. Bachrach's piano to my flatpicked guitar is interesting.

[galbraj57]

Yeppers.............I'm in for this. Just started working on Play Me. Got more than 3 minutes in this morning!

Cheers.

[carolm242]

YES, I am in!!!! I just finished a pretty big project and am quite ready to start something brand new. So I will be shopping the TG lessons here. Meantime I need to polish up a few back pocket songs and organize all my music books
And I agree, that it's really cool to see what everyone else is working on!!! Good luck to all the 30 Day Challengers!!

[gbowman18]

I'm in. Looking forward to it. working on Here Comes the Sun.

[BrazosOyster]

I'm in! Was able to get in my first three minutes yesterday after seeing the email from Neil.

[jenlambo]

Sounds like a plan! Wade in the Water seems a good place to start. Thanks for the motivation

[2talltom]

I'm in looking foward to this.