I got an e-mail last week from a visitor and he asks:
Hi Jeff, I really enjoy your site and have learned some good exercises. I especially like the advice about the warm-up. I’m brand new and haven’t tried anything like that at all so it’s great stuff.
I also watched the video on the right about Guitar Tricks and it really got me thinking about joining. But I want to hear your opinion about the site before I throw down $15 per month to join. I’m only in high school and I don’t have that much money lol. -Abel S.
I gave Abel a long and detailed e-mail about why I like Guitar Tricks and he has since joined upon my recommendation. I decided that it would be a good idea for me to tell the rest of you all about it.
I have personally been a member of Guitar Tricks for over 2 years now and I have found much use for it for learning Country Guitar.
Here’s what I like about Guitar Tricks: I’m currently logged in and looking at the Country Music section. There’s at least 100 high quality video lessons here about everything from the basics to advance stuff like chicken picking. There are also over 20 instructors just in the country category.
I am also a fan of metal music (country and metal – weird right?) and I especially enjoy the guitar lessons they have on metal music. There are also a bunch of other categories and I think the site is up to around 1600 video lessons now which is very impressive.
Here’s What I Don’t Like: It’s a video lesson site so in order to use it, you have got to be on the computer to access the information (you can’t print off a video. But that would be awesome if that technology exists in the future!).
You also should have a good internet connection so you can watch the videos in high quality format. They are great in high quality and very easy to follow, but they are only decent in the low quality version.
Overall Feeling: I have a good internet connection at my school and a laptop that I can setup anywhere with my wireless connection. Therefore, I really enjoy Guitar Tricks. I like to put my laptop on the table in my apartment, sit down on the couch with my guitar, and learn from the video lessons on the site. Therefore, it’s worth the $15 per month price tag for me and I let my roommates use it as well when they want.
It’s great for practicing your scales and warming up as well. I have learned a bunch of different warm-ups from the teachers at Guitar Tricks and you know that I’m big on the warm-up. There’s also a lot of videos that teach different picking techniques. I’ve been practicing my finger picking lately and the videos they have on that are great.
So there you have it. It’s been worth it for me and I’ve been able to watch it grow from it’s infancy of only 200 video lessons at $8 per month to the Juggernaut that it’s become today.
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Feel free to leave comments on this post with any questions about the site or feel free to email me and I’ll get back to you asap.
Jeff
