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24-March-2008

Hey Mike,

I am getting your videos and I thank you for them. 4 years ago I was 30 years old and I didn't know how to play anything. Everyone in my family knew how to play something but me. Then I found out one of my co-workers was a guitar teacher on the side. I asked if I could have him show me a couple of things and if I could do them sufficiently I might pursue guitar further. If I sucked at it I would stop. I went over to his house for a couple of lessons knowing absolutely nothing. He said he had never seen anyone learn as fast as me so that was encouraging.

I went ahead and got my first guitar after that (about 4 years ago) and have been learning the slow way starting with the first chords I learned from three visits with the first teacher, a little theory and a few scales. I started learning more with a DVD that came with my acoustic fender. Then I moved on to formal lessons for a few months and picked up a lot there. Nothing like having a person show you how to do something. Since then I've tried another DVD that I didn't like very much. Then I discovered youtube has a lot of good stuff (as well as bad you just have to sift through it). Then one night I came across your spanish song tutorial that had some fingerpicking in it. I had always used a flat pick and really loved learning fingerpicking. I knew it was only with my thumb and first finger though but that made it perfect for me to start with something simple.

Now I'm practicing the fingerpicking patterns in your lesson 2 and 3 using my middle finger as well. Since I know some chords, scales and theory (it was exactly like you said in your intro video...I showed some of my friends scales and they gave me blank stares) I am starting to apply the patterns to them too. So I know when I combine what I've learned these four years with your stuff I'm going to get a lot better. I really appreciate your approach, just showing me how to do it. Then it's up to me to practice and work it out. One really amazing thing is I find that if I practice something at night and then sleep on it I can often get it much easier the next day. Your brain works it out during your sleep I think. Pretty cool.

Anyway thanks for the videos. I had felt like I had hit a wall and with your videos I'm moving forward again and it feels good. I love to take things I learn and try to fit them in with stuff I've learned in the past. I look forward to more videos. You're doing a great thing with your site. It's going to help a lot of people. Thanks again.

Kevin Pruitt
Madison, NC

On Fri Mar 14 09:53:45 CDT 2008, johnxxxx@xxxx.net wrote:

Mike, Thank you...yes I was able to d/l and watch them with no problem. They are absolutely great!!!! I've had my guitar over a year now and it has basically been sitting there with about a total of 20 day's of play because it is an instrument of torture .

I watched a special on the discovery channel on the human bodyand how the body trains itself off of repitition and I decided to pick up the instrument of torture again and give it another go.I saw your 1st lesson on youtube about 2 weeks ago and really liked how you instructed. I then went to your website and found the rest.

Even after a week now I feel soooo much more confident....well maybe not confident, but I already see progress. I'd like to say thank you. what your doing is great!!!!!!

Regards, John