@Ricardo Ponce he really is making huge progress.

You're doing fantastic on this. Both solos and all the chords. There's so much going on in this song and you're absolutely crushing it. In the video, I gave you three recommendations, particularly starting from the end of the entire song and working your way back as you practice, or even the end of a solo and working your way back. There's more details in the video. I talk a little bit about picking one spot, a very small spot, to play over and over and over again to really work on just groove, timing, feel, to embody that inside the song. And lastly, I gave a few tips on getting bends to be a little bit bigger, especially when dealing with the acoustic, which is a really tough thing to tackle. Again, this is great, great work. I'm super impressed.

@Adam Kwasnaza Thank you!!!

@Adam Kwasnaza Got it!!

@Michael Keegan that's amazing and so true. Some days, some weeks, some months, the progress is slow or feels non-existent. But as long as we keep pulling out the guitar, we're getting better. 😊

@Marion Duckworth amazing. Keeping coming back day after day is what really makes the progress.❗

@Michael Keegan that's so awesome and @Marion Duckworth he just sent me his second full song play along with the recording today. 😊

You're doing fantastic. The chord sounds wonderful and all the strings are ringing out. And also, the guitar looks comfortable in your hands — like you've got a good playing posture and position, which is fantastic. Lining up with the metronome can be really, really, really, really crazy tough at first. So here's maybe a couple ideas that will help with that. 1) try to just play this by turning the metronome off. Just count to yourself one, two, and three, four, and as you strum, making sure your pick's going in the right direction. And don't worry about trying to line up with the metronome. You can always line up with the metronome later once it feels more comfortable. Also, your pick direction was right the whole time in the video, which is pretty fantastic and not an easy thing to do! 2) another tip is it looks like you're looking at a metronome. It's probably flashing or doing something to show you when the clicks are happening. The problem is the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. And while it doesn't seem like it to your conscious brain, your eyes are actually processing that visual signal at a different speed than your ears. So I would recommend not looking at the metronome when you are practicing with it, as tempting as it is. 😊