Does anyone here actually use TikTok?

[snoopy7548]

If someone spends 10,000 hours on ATOT, does that mean they've mastered it?

 

[Kaido]

1, 2, and 3 won't help you improve at guitar 2 in particular is fine if that's a thing one wants to do, but has very little value overall.
Only practicing 6 minutes a day (3 on a technique and 3 on a song) isn't great, 15 minutes per day of actual practice on the instrument is far better, split between technique and song--although honestly, I recommend treating practice and playing for enjoyment as separate activities, and both are important for getting better. And you've left out time for tuning, which is essential

The Study Stacking approach is a flexible framework (quantity of topics & time invested per session is up to you!), similar to an accordion that can be compressed or stretched out. I learned early on with guitars that just jamming & playing around was entirely different than structured progression, where daily learning was the focus (I learned this because mu initial progress was terribly slow LOL). From there, you pick the topics & quantity of time for focused learning, separate from noodling around.

Slash, for example, infamously doesn't know how to read music, but would pour in up to 12 hours a day practicing as a kid. His Study Stack was practicing the instruments, writing songs, and performing live, which he's been doing for over 40 years quite successfully now! The problem is that most of us have a busy handful of responsibilities, have bill to pay that require our time & attention at work, and are left with limited time & finite energy at the end of each day, which is where the "consistent, focused iterative effort over time" approach comes into play.

For the most part, I've found that people generally tend to have a hard time digesting large amounts of information day after day, especially within the context of daily life, especially with no gel time to digest, review, take notes, research further, etc. Hence why a Tiktok approach is great! One of the online resources I always refer people to is Next Level Guitar, which has over 2,500 compact lessons that don't require a huge investment of time or effort every day. The lifetime access fee is like $300. If you just do one lesson a day, that's almost 7 years of daily, bite-sized learning:

Beginner Lessons 1-99 - Next Level Guitar Lessons

nextlevelguitar.com

Our brain is wired for "hero mode", where we want to do big, feel-good pushes of effort. Which works GREAT...when we have the time & energy to do so! On the flip side, embracing "invisible progress" is the best thing I've ever done!

The Curious Case of Invisible Progress

Sometimes we work hard and feel like we have nothing to show for it. In fact, there is invisible progress that we are making without realizing it.

www.promiseofphilosophy.com

For most of my life, I just daydreamed about doing things & would run out of steam in pretty short order and only make intermittent progress. Switching to smaller doses of consistent effort has been a goldmine of an approach for me!!

 

[Kaido]

If someone spends 10,000 hours on ATOT, does that mean they've mastered it?

No, all you get is access to the Lifer forum