Don’t be afraid to go back to the start! You have the course for life.
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Don’t stress if you fall behind. As others have said, you can return to the material again and again. And if you’re still closer to beginner than intermediate (like me), make it a marathon not a sprint.
Also, pick your priorities. I have a weekly private teacher and thought I would get super-charged instruction by doing this course . This backfired for me. The BLIM videos and practice – together with the demands of life – made it hard to make meaningful progress on private lesson songs. I tried to align things and asked my teacher for BLIM-relevant songs, but this didn’t really work either because he is not synched to the course. So I’m taking the BLIM course at a more leisurely pace, which is a bit of a shame because there’s value in keeping up and taking part in the challenges etc. Instead,I’d recommend that if you also have a private guitar teacher, give him/her details about your BLIM practice, and consider less frequent private lessons.
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I agree with what you are saying about private lessons. I started using my weekly lesson as an extension of BLIM. It helps that my instructor is a professional blues guitarist.
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@Richard_close2u, glad you’re making this thread public. I think a lot of future BLIMmers want some of this good information before they sign up. It’s good to have a clear idea of what to expect so you know if you have time and true desire to take the course.
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Hello to all new Blim 2 students, I would just like to pass one little bit of advice on to you, One of the most important things I regret not doing when I started Blim 1, Was not recording myself at the start of the course, when we finished and it was suggested we compare before and after I was gutted,
I know how you are feeling it’s the last thing you want to do but just pick up your phone and record yourself doing your first exercise on pattern one, and keep it, until this course ends,
I guarantee you will be glad you did it, I still regret my ignorance because I can’t get it back.
Cheers Hec Blim 1 back for the ride again and yeah I have recorded 
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Thank you for the tip, Hec,
I’ll record myself when I start practicing! Only watched the videos yet and listened to songs and did some stupid stuff 
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cool we can have a chat about it tomorrow Dominique just a few little pointers that will help you a lot and the work we have done with Artem and Nicole will help you heaps mate
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Thanks for the push Delta.
I was having problems recording and gave up, you gave the edge to try again and I figured it out and posted.
Cheers 
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Good on you Andrew you will be glad make sure you keep it mate, if you need any help just shout out mate cheers Hec
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Thanks Hec. I recorded myself saying I didn’t have anything to record because I’m new to electric, lead, and all things blues. But I like your suggestion and I will record as soon as I have something-- even something bad-- to record. Thank you!
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nice to meet you Lorin and yes you are right even if you record your guitar in your arms it is a must cheers HEC
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