Glad to hear some thoughts on the Torn Down course. I grabbed a copy today. Hurry up mailman!Â
Jon you will like this course. I just got it a few days ago. My biggest problem with learning solos is my memory. If i improvise something myself, its intuitive but if I try to copy something i can never remember which part comes next until i play it about a hundred times. When i got this course, i jumped ahead (like i always do) to see what I could look forward to and I thought holy crap this will take a long long time....i'll never learn these the way hes playing but maybe i can pick out the best bits ands put my own spin on linking them together. As i lgot into it from the very beginning it occurred to me that he's not really expecting anyone to learn the solos the way hes playing them, they are just his ideas - if you break the licks down you can do whatever you want, wherever you want. In fact I dont even like some of his phrasing, some of it is too repetitive, although I assume he's just illustrating his point.
For 70 bucks this is a slam dunk in my opinion...like i said, not particularly easy, I spent a couple hours just on the first lick.....but i like his approach and I can see myself playing most of these licks...and applying them in a variety of ways.