David

I'm Chris from NH, USA and also a somewhat mature student of guitar!!!

Robert is a good player and instructor. There are lots of lessons to check out and work on here. I'm sure you will enjoy yourself here.

Welcome aboard!

BTW, Robert stepped out for a little bit and is vacationing in France and Sweden at the moment. I'm sure he will chime in and say hello as soon as he is able.

Give a shout out if you any questions.

Actually, the vacation story is a cover for his lesson time with Keith Richards.

I found Robert around 4 years ago and joined MGA in 2015- my playing and musicianship has improved greatly and the friends made here are priceless.  Enjoy!

I too am on t'other side of 50. MGA is a great place to grow your music head. Great People too. Made some noice frenz! Welcome to the machine. 

Got any weird balloons flying overhead in your city over there near London, David??!!

All kidding aside (and I trust the EU and US is stronger and smarter to get over all this weirdness with no problems by the way) perhaps the greatest attribute with Robert is his on point attention to details and sense of humor. I've posed questions late at night from here in Texas (just about as late there in Canada) expecting Robert to maybe get back to me the next day or so only to get an even later response half an hour later that same night. Great personal service and in my case patience as I am hardly at his computer savvy technical level.

Also his lessons (especially the soloing lessons) are fantastic 'core' soloing lessons....which center around a bunch of signature standout licks. The best example of this I feel is "Stout Blues". You'll get down arpeggios and slurs and string bending along with some dynamite upbeat and funky licks. All good........especially as you master one course and Mr. Renman challenges us with more...... As usual.....my one and half cents worth here but this works well for me plus much of this all translates quite well into acoustic blues.....so double duty!! Jim C.

Welcome David!

I am excited to have you here! The forums are a great place to meet other players and to give/get encouragement and feedback. Here are some tips I posted in another thread:

1. Be consistent. It's much better to practice 30 min per day, rather than 3.5 hours once per week.
2. Record yourself frequently, and listen back to it. Make this activity a part of your practice routine itself. Share your recordings on the forum and get feedback! WIN-WIN!
3. Be flexible, and focus on what you enjoy learning and studying. Don't spend too much time on something you don't like.
4. Don't try to run before you can walk. By that I mean it's a good idea to not jump into material that is too difficult. Build up to it instead, and take joy in playing simpler pieces really well. Otherwise it's easy to become discouraged and lose interest.

There, a few tips that I hope may help!