I very much relate to both of your statements 
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I love the enthousiasm around here and at the same time it makes me a bit wistful. Some major health issues and a resulting chronical fatigue slowed down my progress a lot within the last months and I still haven’t started the intermediate Blues Lessons. Therefore, no way to sign up, as I couldn’t keep up a intense paced course anyway.
I wish you all lots of fun, have a great time and enjoy the trip !
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Hi Chris
This should be the first of further classes, so as you are just completing Grade 1 I’d strongly suggest waiting. There will be a lot of skills and techniques in use that you are yet to discover. If you start to struggle you will become demoralised and that could actually lead to jacking in the guitar completely. This is a common problem that folks that try running before walking. You still need a shed load of foundation skills to be at the level to undertake this course. This may sound harsh but look at it more like tough love. I am well down the road from where you are now and thought long and hard about my skill sets being adequate for BLIM and spent quite a bit of time reviewing stuff I have done in the past.
So for now bide your time build a strong and deep foundation following the 3 beginner grades and acquire some chops. You will then be well and truly ready, especially if you have dipped you toes into Grade 4.
Just MHO and your mileage may vary.
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I’m really sorry to hear that, Andrea 
. I hope, that you’ll overcome your health problems soon 
. Maybe, you can be part of the next BLIM course .
Gute Besserung!!
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Thanks Toby you’ve just confirmed what I was already thinking, just well disapointed as this course seems perfect.
I just need to work hard on aquireing the skills and then dive in another time.
Cheers and all the best with the course.
Chris 
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Sorry to hear that Andrea and understand how difficult chronic fatigue is as a condition and its impact on daily life. Take care and look after yourself.
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@21Frets Seconding this. And you don’t have to be disappointed because grade 2,3 and 4 have all some cool blues things to learn. Until you are ready for the big BIM.
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Advice already provided here
https://community.justinguitar.com/t/blues-immersion-im-in-for-blim-yay-who-else-is-bliming/323794/47
Hi everyone who will start this soon, I now have the feeling that I am missing a party, but of course I wish you a lot of fun
I will instantly when the videos are for sale and the “mandatory” study material can be circumvented a bit and I can take the course without any time pressure join the ship.
Have a nice time
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I understood, that all videos and materials will be exclusively for the class and won’t be available for sale later?
Hope you feel better soon Andrea 
That would be awesome 
Seems like there will be another after this one 
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Rogier, I understand that some aspects of the course can make us feel a little more pressured or rushed. For instance, the 1 unit per month and the homework/essays. But, I think that the main goal of that is simply to make the course more interactive.
Since we have lifetime access to the course, we can choose to do it at our own pace. We choose our own deadlines. We can set our own success criteria. 1 unit every 3 months, who cares ?
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Hi Andrea,
That is indeed what it says now, but I would be very surprised if the videos are not ultimately for sale, which would be commercially smart with a significant disclaimer (or financial discount) because Justin is no longer seeing personally your work,But you can’t go wrong with did Forum as a backup … otherwise I will register later for the next time and I will also have access to the lessons and I can do everything in my own way/pace, etc. For now I didn’t want to do that because I didn’t want to take anyone’s place…
Greetings
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My very best wishes for a speedy and thorough recovery Andrea, thinking of you 
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Hi Mathieu
Yes, I also think you are right, but the repeated dedication that Justin mentions and some aspects of the course reminded me a little too much of school 
, so I will wait a little longer before I commit myself to something for six months,
But but but I will go here definitely get around to it
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I wish I were just a little further along in my guitar learning journey. I don’t feel confident that I am quite ready for the in-depth blues study that this course will apparently be. Perhaps down the road for me. I wish all who are taking the course a successful and beneficial experience.
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I hope all of you taking the plunge have a great experience. I was sorely tempted, but feel like I would be piling more new things on my plate, rather than actually honing the lessons I have gone through but not perfected. I am trying to avoid treating this journey as a sprint, and not really learning. So I will stick to my marathon training schedule and see you all when you come up for air. The FOMO is real though I will tell you.
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Ah yes, I came across this emerald after watching the Guy Clark documentary.
Country/americana though, innit? 
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I find myself in the same place as @philsmith. I’m sure I would love the Blues Immersion experience, but have concluded that I am too new at this guitar thing to jump in that deep and quickly. I plan to focus on becoming a more capable player in general while following the course as a spectator. I hope Blues Immersion is as successful as Justin’s enthusiasm can make it, and that a whole bunch of us students will encourage him to reprise the course next year.
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