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5 Oct 2023
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When I resubscribed to GMC I had more time. I was working part time but then got promoted to full time & being a family man, family has to come first. Time is a precious resource that needs to be utilized efficiently. I'll start practicing a lesson then... (squirrel!) I'll see another lesson or whatever & lose my focus. Not to mention that life has a way of stealing your time. I also posted when I resubbed that I would do a minimum of 12 REC's this year. Well, so far I'm up to ZERO ohmy.gif . I am still a firm believer in the REC program & really want to participate more. So I am looking for tips. Particularly those that have done a few REC's & what do you do to reach your goal, stay focused & of course, continue to enjoy playing smile.gif ?

I am slowly building back those callouses that I had lost. unsure.gif
19 Jan 2023
Hello GMC!

Our family business closed in 2014 & the new job I took worked me 50-60 hours a week. I had no time to practice so I could not justify paying for my membership. I quit that job this past summer, started a new job & have wiped the layers of dust off my guitars.

I really enjoyed the video chats with Todd back then & are sad they are no longer offered but now will plan on focusing on the many lessons I have bookmarked & plan on taking advantage of the REC portion of the site. My goal is to do a minimum of 12 this year but hopefully more (as I wanted my goal to be attainable). I believe that is a major benefit of the site & am surprised it is not utilized by more members.

I really like the new features added to the site particularly the looper & speed adjustment to practice along with the instructor. Very nice addition, indeed! I expect that to be very beneficial to my progress.

Glad to be back! smile.gif

Gary
22 Jun 2013
I believe the REC program at GMC is the best way to get feedback on our playing (even though I have only done one so far...shame on me). One can describe their questions & problems in the forum, of course, but if we are to really improve, it is important to get direct one-on-one critique's of our playing. It's difficult for an instructor to really help us if they can't actually see & hear our performance.

I was wondering when the best time to submit a REC video? Should we wait until it's as perfect as we can get it? Would it be a good idea to post it in the Practice forum or maybe even the Lesson Instructor's forum prior to submitting it on the REC board? Is it best to only submit to the REC board keeping all the takes in one place? I was thinking that even though I hadn't "nailed" the lesson yet, it might be good to submit a video of where I am at the moment to get advice from the instructors (& members too) for improvement before it's submitted to the REC board. unsure.gif
18 Jun 2013
I'm not sure how it would do if it landed on the neck, but still pretty impressive. Also would have been nice to plug into at least a battery powered amp after the drop.

2 Mar 2013
After reading MyHandyMan's post on How To Use Bookmarks, it got me thinking about my bookmark organizing. Like many of you, time to practice is limited. With GMC having around 2,700 lessons (at the moment), my bookmarks are getting larger in number & poorly organized. I certainly can't practice all of them everyday. Of course I have by the genres, styles, farvorite artists & techniques. But have you labeled any of your folders in your bookmarks by a more creative label?

I suppose my problem is not having them organized in a way to fine tune wink.gif my practice time. I find myself working on a lesson for a while, then I get distracted by a new lesson introduced or just picking something else out randomly from my bookmarks.

Brainstorming a few ideas that popped in my head (these are just ideas & not currently in my bookmarks):

REC w/Sub Folders: Practicing, Completed, Future
Practice w/Sub Folders: Mon-Wed-Fri, Tue-Thur-Sat
5 Current Lessons (for each practice session)
Daily (what needs to be practiced daily)

I guess my point is that our bookmarks can get rather large & that maybe I need to have one main folder for daily practice time that I have not had before. I am curious if anyone else has run into this & how you have handled it?

Thanks for reading this. smile.gif
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Hey Blister! Really appreciate the comment man. Have a good one!
20 Oct 2012 - 17:39

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