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“Hi, my name is Max, I live in Belgium and my first language is French. So really sorry for my poor English. I've been playing guitar for quite some time now and it's quite a common story, I think. I develop proficiency in parts of my playing, but I'm really lacking in basics to understand jazz properly. And I've been a member of Chase's Guitar Academy for only a few weeks now, but I'm already really impressed by its content. First of all, there's so much to learn. There's so much videos about comping, about soloing, arranging materials, solo material, vocabulary, classic patterns. There are some master classes, even some private lessons. So much to learn. But I'm a teacher myself. I do not teach music, but I do teach. And I think the most impressive part in CGA is that plenty is not enough. You need logic when you learn and everything out there is thought of as a part of a whole. Each time you learn specific patterns, vocabulary, and you learn to apply it to songs and you build on that, which is really impressive. It's only been a few weeks, but can already feel that my soloing is more intricate. The way I understand the links between the chords is way better, so that's really nice. The last thing is that I'm only discovering it now, but there's a real sense of community within cga. You are not just merely getting access to a whole bunch of videos, you're actually entering a community. Lots of players, different part of the world, different level of playing, but the same willingness to share, to comment, to help you improve in your playing while discussing clips you can upload. And Chase himself is already also really present, which is really nice, a really nice surprise. So, as I told you, I'm only starting out, but. But I'm looking forward to learning way more.”