I subscribed for the basic 47$ Guitar Mastery Method 101 course in 2022 following a video I saw on youtube that quite convincingly promised to teach how to play guitar.I followed the "method" described in the video lessons for months and months, practicing with their practice routine, until I reached the pentatonic boxes part of the course and finally hurt my left hand trying to do all the scales/spiders/hybrid picking "solo/shred only" exercises.And during all this time I kept asking myself "when does the rythm part start? Is this all there is about learning to play guitar?"The "method" is all centered around becoming faster and faster in soloing techniques , scales , pentatonic boxes , alternate/hybrid/sweep picking etcetera, not an hint on how to do basic chords or how to properly strum.All the while I kept receiving *very frequent* ( and I mean many each and every day!) emails that tried to push me into purchasing other courses and VIP clubs of sorts , with seemingly incredible discounts.One of the most detestable emails ( that borders the scam IMHO) was and still is the recurring offer of "free DVDs" with wonderful courses that promise to "master the fretboard" or "solo in any key" or "GPR system" or other similar things.The DVD might be free, but beware, you have to pay the shipping and handling, and, in my case ( I'm from Italy ) the S&H costs 60$ (!!!!).I learned this the first time I tried to accept the "free DVD offer", since I was still fresh and hopeful it could help me learn guitar.But when I saw the S&H charge I stopped the procedure.It was at that time that they started bombarding me with emails asking "please complete your 'free DVD' order procedure" "what's the issue? please complete the procedure" "it's a free DVD, why don't you finish the procedure?" "only some copies remaining, please hurry!" etc etc ( you get the picture... )I contacted the support, which , in all honesty, responded quite quickly, but could not help and restated that the S&H was 60$ so I had to pay that ( absurdly high ) amount to cover the shipping costs.I kindly replied asking if there was an option to view the DVD online , even paying a small amount for the service, but that is not possible, they say.So I declined the "offer".You would think this was the end, right?In the last 3 years I received hundreds if not thousands of similar "pressure push" emails and many, too many "free DVD offers" which , at a certain point, I started skipping altogether since I already knew the high S&H fee was the real cost to pay for the "free" DVD.Of all the "pressure methods" they adopt in their many emails I have always found this to be the most annoying and deceptive.I also tried to follow some of their free live video lessons that some times they offer with their teachers, but they were not very helpful to make me improve, only some tidbits of information and very little of a "method" to follow to really start improving.Also beware , because the lessons are in a time zone different from mine and I had to stay up all sunday night to follow.In all honesty I have to say that the lessons hosted by Mike Baelde actually gave some interesting insights into chords, but, alas, with no real structure or insight on how to learn their meaning into the bigger picture.All the other live lessons still centered around soloing, riffs and "being the guitar hero you can be" ( which is all an empty slogan ) and nothing else.I have to tell you, guitar playing *IS NOT ONLY SOLOING!*There is so much more (fun) to it!I have since found another *real Method* (of course not from GMM) that has allowed me to really improve my guitar playing and comprehension starting from what should be the basis , that is how to hold your guitar, how to make basic chords, how to strum , how to learn by playing very very simple songs, and then it progresses very gradually and organically to make you improve all around and actually enjoy the process , all without hurting your hand trying to shred and solo as the first step in this wonderful universe that guitar playing is.This was my experience with GMM and , unless your only goal is to do "solos in any key", I strongly reccomend you to look elsewhere.P.S: only today I have already received 4 emails from GMM trying to push me into subscribing their wonderful lifetime pass to "Unlock the fretboard" and save 600$+ dollars.Every day they say "it will be the last day, hurry"And they go on for weeks...Enough is enough!Cheers!
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