Pickup MusicReviews of pickupmusic.com

There hasn’t been a single time I’ve been upset and wanted more out of this subscription. Everything an upcoming or even long-time musician needs to improve their skills, outside of having a real-life teacher, can be found at Pickup Music.

This is by far the best, most structured and comprehensive online guitar school. I started with Pickup at 61 years old about a year ago. I had fumbled around for a couple months prior to that but only after starting the beginner program at Pickup, did I start seeing real progress. I am now 2/3 of the way through Late Beginner after completing the Beginner course. Karl Kerfoot, who is the instructor for both Beginner and Late Beginner is a great teacher. I have also started Caged with Molly Miller, who is also great. I just renewed my membership for another year and IMO, it is worth much more than the $180 per year they charge.

Amazing, comprehensive, well structured and fun guitar course. I wish I had found this year's ago.

Pickup music is the best thing I've done for my guitar playing since buying a guitar. I wasted so much time watching random videos on You Tube to the point where I was getting lost and not really going anywhere even though I was learning bits here and there. My progress over the last few months with pickup is sustained,measured and noticeable. I prefer a structured approach and pick up gives me just that. Each time I play I know what I'm doing and yet it never feels like homework as It's fun to play along with the material. The lessons are very clever in their design. They are well presented,engaging and short. They zero right in on what is needed to help you make swift progress with techniques/concepts. So I far I have found that everything is explained in a way that I haven't struggled to understand it. You are always playing to a metronome or a music track and my timing has improved drastically. You can slow down a track to get things down,you can speed it up to help build speed. You can loop a difficult section. You can download audio so you can jam freestyle over it and my favourite feature is uploading a performance piece for a qualified instructor to provide feedback. It's such a good feature. It feels like you are following a graded musical path. I am finding it unbelievable value for money,it really is. There is so much content and everything I have done so far has been totally worth it. If you're on the fence get off it and signup;if you like structure you won't regret it. Put the effort in and you'll get it back with pickup music! Thanks.

Has taken me to levels I never expected to get to, in a timeframe I didn’t think was possible.

Breaking it down to such a granular level is the best part about Pickup Music learning. For me this was more about those finer techniques I feel are getting me closer to sounding like a better guitarist. While on Karl's late beginner pathway I also worked through the 2/3 system with Spencer and lately I finally feel like my learning curve is moving steeply upward again after a bit of a plateau. I've not taken advantage of the feedback option yet. I struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, my hands often hurt and are weak, but having this as a yearly subscription I can play and learn on days I feel good, go at my own pace, and the muscle and strength I've regained in my fretting hand since starting this course almost a year ago has been visible and a I can feel it too. Wonderful investment, I'll be resubscribing for another year for sure. Can't wait to crack the intermediate level

The platform is incredibly good. I love that they use genuinely fun songs to teach, and the videos are so well made. It really keeps me motivated to continue!

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