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Hi Brian and everyone else!
I posted once but it turned out to be on a thread from years ago. I just wanted to say that the last year and a half has been the hardest of my family’s life. I am a physician, my wife is a nurse, my daughter is a nurse and my son in law is a physician. We all worked in one of the busiest COVID hospitals in the country. And the death and dying early on in the spring of 2020 was more than any of us ever thought we’d see. Three out of the four of us got COVID and my son in law was the sickest but never needed admission. So we felt very blessed. But the sadness and melancholy that seemed to overtake us with my patients losing their jobs and businesses, so many sick and on ventilators and such. It was just overwhelming. I’ve often felt like a weak person because it just made me so depressed. My wife was so wonderful to always try to be uplifting and upbeat. She’s an angel. SO one day last year she said, “You should start to play the guitar again.” (I played rhythm guitar in our church team for years). So I have a few guitars and I picked up my telecaster and began to play through a blues junior amp that my angel bought at guitar center for me so I’d have something to play through. And I happened on youtube across activemelody. Having never played lead of any kind, I figured I’d never learn but was willing to try anything after work each evening to buoy our spirits. I found activemelody and Brian teaches in such a way that I began to learn and it sounded okay, but it sounded a little better each week and month. He is simply the best composer/teacher a person could ever hope for and somehow understands what a beginner lead player like me needs. Also working so many chords into the lessons helps because a lot of us already know chords. The guitar and this site has gotten us through the hardest stretch of our careers hopefully that we’ll ever have. I have no idea why I even feel compelled to type this as internet boards are not really my thing. I just think a special teacher should know what they are doing for their students on the other end of the computer. Thank you, Brian.
john mclaughlin
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