I might have told this on here before..
When I was a teenager, I could play some BASIC chords. I stopped playing until fairly recently.
About to 2 years ago, I was chatting with some neighbours about hobbies and interests. They listed golf, cars, movies etc as theirs.
They asked me what my interests were, and I couldn't list a freakin' one!! Coffee and alcohol were the only things I could think of!!
Funny? Sad? Both?
It was like a Seinfeld episode-- I came inside and said to Helen, "What's my 'thing'? I don't have 'a thing'! Everyone else has 'a thing'.. Why don't I have 'a thing'?!".
Being very smart, H says- "Well go get 'a thing'!"
As luck would have it, we enrolled my daughter in piano lessons. I figured I had to be there anyways, so I might as well take guitar lessons. So I took about 6 months of one-on-one guitar lessons. My instructor was a great guy- but I wasn't getting a great return on investment. I was paying $22 per half an hour per week. I'd go in, have a few questions, work on a song or two with him, then my time was up. I was on my own again until next week.
I started looking for stuff on the net during the time between these lessons.. And stumbled on TG.
I'm a very visual learner. Tell me something a hundred times and I MIGHT get it. SHOW me and I WILL get it.
The lesson structure is perfect for me to analyze and break songs down. And of course Neil's instruction is superb.
I think I joined the weekend that Target was launched- and I haven't looked back.
And I now have THREE hobbies!!
:laugh:
How Did You Find Your Way To Totally Guitars The First Time?
I’ve got the same YouTube story as others but my journey to the hallowed halls of TG started
just after my daughter’s 8th birthday. She received a gift card to Toys R Us and said she wanted to buy a guitar.
We bought her a First Act guitar (a plastic inexpensive guitar). In an effort to tune it Dad tightened the G string too much and I was soon off to the music store to buy a string. I got the string replaced and left the shop with 2 guitars; I bought her another better quality instrument, half sized classical guitar. Little brother got the plastic guitar . I took an interest in her new guitar and found I couldn’t get my left hand sausages behind the frets. So back to the music store I went and when I left I had purchased my own classical guitar.
A coworker who plays keys in a band mentioned that there are all kinds of free lessons on YouTube, so I started my search. It was there that I discovered Neil Hogan explaining lessons while sitting on his fireplace. I made my way over to his web site and created a free membership account and had a look around.
I still have the same account # 436. I recall listening to the Beatles Radio on the site which where a collection of his Beatles arrangements. Not long afterward news about a new feature to the site was on its way and we were invited to a TG Live show. I waited with much anticipation for the cost of membership to the TARGET (Totally Acoustic Rapid Guitar Excellence Training) program. As soon as the registers opened I jumped at the opportunity to get in. I have saved a bundle of money when compared to the cost of the private lessons I was paying for before joining TARGET! And I am proud to say I am a plank owner in the finest online guitar training program.
Note: A "plank owner" is an individual who was a member of the crew of a ship when that ship was placed in commission.
just after my daughter’s 8th birthday. She received a gift card to Toys R Us and said she wanted to buy a guitar.
We bought her a First Act guitar (a plastic inexpensive guitar). In an effort to tune it Dad tightened the G string too much and I was soon off to the music store to buy a string. I got the string replaced and left the shop with 2 guitars; I bought her another better quality instrument, half sized classical guitar. Little brother got the plastic guitar . I took an interest in her new guitar and found I couldn’t get my left hand sausages behind the frets. So back to the music store I went and when I left I had purchased my own classical guitar.
A coworker who plays keys in a band mentioned that there are all kinds of free lessons on YouTube, so I started my search. It was there that I discovered Neil Hogan explaining lessons while sitting on his fireplace. I made my way over to his web site and created a free membership account and had a look around.
I still have the same account # 436. I recall listening to the Beatles Radio on the site which where a collection of his Beatles arrangements. Not long afterward news about a new feature to the site was on its way and we were invited to a TG Live show. I waited with much anticipation for the cost of membership to the TARGET (Totally Acoustic Rapid Guitar Excellence Training) program. As soon as the registers opened I jumped at the opportunity to get in. I have saved a bundle of money when compared to the cost of the private lessons I was paying for before joining TARGET! And I am proud to say I am a plank owner in the finest online guitar training program.
Note: A "plank owner" is an individual who was a member of the crew of a ship when that ship was placed in commission.