Like many of you, I really liked the 6 months format of BLIM, the playlist and the whole course structure.
Am I the only one who would love to follow a different immersion every year / 2 years ?
For instance, now we have blues, but another year it could be any genre like rock, country, classical, jazz etcā¦ ? Each immersion would be an opportunity to learn a new genre of music.
I personally donāt listen to some of those genres on the radio, but Iād still enjoy the journey to try them. Am I the only one who would be interested in different immersions ?
An interesting discussion point and suggestion Mathieu.
I know that Justin has invested hundreds, perhaps thousands, of hours over weeks and months to preparing and delivering Blues Immersion. The fruits of his labours are there for all to see - top quality learning content and a group of students learning together with a passion to match. It is some achievement.
No doubt he would commit as fully to any similar course in a different genre. And it would be equally good.
Have you just helped to shape part of his ten year plan?
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Other has a couple interests for me. First would be a heavier concentration on blues. the acoustic blues of the 30s and earlier.
Another āotherā would early and ancient music - yes, this is a bit of a stretch for the majority of the crowd, but we are wishing hereā¦ I suspect this would require a tuning that may mimic mandolin, but I have a couple of songs in my list that work ok on standard tuning.
As much as more immersion courses would be incredible, I foresee this course taking me all of next year too with the inclusion of learning some songs from start to finish
With any of these i would be most interested in concepts. Blues has a well defined chords/progression? I guess some standard like progressions are common in other genres. In some you can solo/improvise over the whole progression (jazz?) in some like (hard) rock there is a dedicated solo section. Is solo section more (chord) static in rock for instance? Jazz requires more chord following i believe. Is rock more free (just tonal center based, less chord following during a solo?). Things like that, at least when we talk about soloing. Usual chords/grips/progressions are also a big part of the genre specific story. (Hard) rock would be the next (logical) step after blues or not? Things like jazz are yet another level up (i feel). There is also a matter of technical skills required. Some serious technique development/practice is probably required. My 2 cents anyway.
I voted for fingerstyle and followed with another technique in other: Slide. From an archived video lesson on slide guitar, I gather Justin does not feel proficient enough to teach slide, but I am sure he knows enough to bring in noted slide players and increase his skills as a bonus. A different paradigm perhaps.
A cool idea might be to mix it all. The first 2 months we learn one genre of music, then we move to another style etc. Off course, it would be less detailed/advanced than BLIM. It would be more a deep dive introduction into a few styles of music to broaden our horizon.
My goal is not to become advanced in all those styles, but at least if someone talks to me about classical or jazz or country, I know a little about the players, the standards and the techniques. (Beginner level)
As excellent a teacher Justin is, I also get the impression he is aware of his limitations. Just watch his video lessons on Jazz to know he doesnāt feel this is his strongest suit.
He created a Blues immersion course, and he has heavy blues emphasis on his overall course, because that is where he is. Other courses may be less in his wheelhouse and expecting him to put together a coherent jazz or classical course seems a bit much. He has training and skill in these areas, but they seem less his āthingā. Which he makes pretty clear in the jazz lessons.
I imagine he could consider courses in Rock, Metal and finger-style pretty well. I would seek other resources for Jazz and especially classical. One of Justinās jazz lessons brings in Jens Larsen to help him. Jens has a full jazz course online.
I would love to see more from Justin on Finger Style though. Even just in the main courses, if not immersion.
