Thoughts or suggestions on the new website?

.....I love the new site!! It is enough similar to the old so as to not challenge me in navigating it. And I think it has more 'eye appeal' than the former site. It is laid out extremely well, and is very easy to use.

Thank you, Tavi, for all the continuing improvements!!!! I also love our 'new' instructors, Ines and Taso. I listened to Ines play the performance video of Packington's Pound, and she makes me want to pick up that piece again, with her tutorials.....I will let you know how that goes.

That's so great to know Diana! Thanks for the analysis and yes, both Taso and Ines are just wonderful! Excellent guitarists, teachers and diligent working musicians. Share with us a recording of Packington's Pound when you are done with it.

The new site is great. I am happy to see the videos upload much smoother/quicker now. One suggestion that I have is to create a "Coming soon..." post where you regularly update the list of upcoming songs that will soon be featured on the site and cite what production stage the song(s) are in (ex. preparation/planning stage, soon to be recorded, recording stage, post production, etc.). In my opinion, this could help build excitement and anticipation and give current and prospective students even more to look forward to.

Hi Steve, this is a very good suggestion. I might rename the "News" section to "Upcoming Projects." FYI, the next tutorial released will be Leyenda, 2 Studies by Leo Brower, Recuerdos de L'Alhambra and Una Limosna by Barrios.

Steve, check out the new "Upcoming Projects" page on the website and thanks for the good suggestions.

Hi Tavi, new site is looking good easier to navigate too. I was thinking it might be cool is there was a separate section where people could upload their own performance of their favorite piece. Best of luck with the site.

John

Hi John, this is a great suggestion. For now, the easiest way to do this is for students to upload their video recordings to YouTube and then provide links to those videos in the Forum section. I like the idea of students and teacher playing for each other. Thanks for the suggestion.

It would probably be more efficient for subscribers to access their packages / accounts quickly from a direct link on the main page.

dbueker, excellent suggestion. Check out the "SIGN IN" option on the home page of both the classical and jazz tracks.

I would like to suggest adding a way for subscribers to suggest projects by while also including a way to request the level of difficulty. It may be beneficial to also have this list view-able by others and include an option for subscribers to “like” suggestion thus indicating support.

Since it’s my suggestion (and because I bought one of the twenty Coco guitars), I’m going to selfishly suggest a classical interpretation of Remember Me at the intermediate level. I think you could do something interesting with that song. I got the idea while watching the video of you playing one of the limited edition guitars.

this is more of a comment on teaching style than the website but I thought it could go here.

I really enjoy Tavi's teaching method where he methodically goes over the left and right hand placement, and then does a recap every few bars in slow motion. I sometimes struggle with other teachers when they skip over the left hand fingering or which strings to play, and I have to pause the video and rewind many times, or go to the tabs, which are not always correct.

just a personal preference of mine - i'd rather leave the quick learning to the fast track tutorials if that's possible

All I do is leave the cursor over the point I want to rewind to on the time lapse bar. The time shows up when you do this so you can choose the exact point you want. Doesn't this work for you?

If I use my phone I do the same just tap at the same spot, not as precise but it only means a few extra seconds if you go too far back. Referring to the tabs also helps me with complicated parts, then the video is easier to understand second time you play it.

Hi Tavi. Just joined and looking to really learn a lot from the wonderful lessons and community here. There are two things that I think would add a lot of convenience to the interface. One would be a rewind control that returns you back 5 or 10 seconds or so (possibly a forward one too). I have that on the Udemy interface and after starting here yesterday find that it’s a convenience I really miss, especially as you need to go over parts again and again. Another is the ability to bookmark so that if you navigate away you could return to where you left off or bookmark spots that you might feel need extra work. Thanks!

steve