Simon A.
Pickup Music: A Must-Have for Intermediate Guitarists – Engaging Lessons, Performance Feedback & Inspiring Pieces!
Pickup music is a fab grounding in the world of guitar - Hands on techniques, musical theory and performance. The format is interesting - For 1 week you approach a theme e.g. a mode a day and then you get a choice of performance pieces - Record one, submit it and get feedback. For questions, you can comment on a lesson if you have something you want to pick on, or you can wait until your performance submission and add a summary of how you did or what you'd like to have specific feedback on. One of the really great things Pickup music does is offer really great performance pieces - Especially in the intermediate course with some super musical, catchy melodic vibes that really stretch you in terms of playing and then leave a space for you to improvise or compose something so if you really get in to the piece, you can add some theory and performance on and make it your own. I think the site really suits intermediate players who want to touch on subjects they have not really understood or missed in earlier training or as a supplement to an in-person teacher - Doing some prep work before a lesson on say chords or scales to get some of explanation out there and then they can dive deeper in their actual lesson. If I had a request of the site - It is really around the above - the teachers are really great presenters and I'd love to try and get a 1-2-1 session as part of the subscription and i think it would be totally worth the premium and complement the week-to-week recorded lessons with an examination of the principle or technique in the 1-2-1. I'd certainly recommend it for a the annual cost, totally worth it - The performance pieces with Ariana are spellbinding - Really enjoyable just to 'play play' regardless of how much of theory you absorbed!