Jamorama Review

Jamorama Review: My reason for wanting to learn guitar was this: as the new music teacher at a largish high-school, I didn’t feel I would be taken very seriously as a violinist and cellist. For most kids, rockstars are the sole reason they are taking music class. Who wants to be a geeky Violin soloist that most people have never heard of?

I didn’t have much time to waste – the new term was due to start in a couple of weeks, although I had a couple of months before the practical section got underway. I need to learn guitar fast.

Now I didn’t want to spend $50 an hour on a guitar teacher who might have me playing 5 chords after three months – I needed to be able to set my own pace. So, the Internet seemed the best place to look.

It wasn’t difficult to decide on Jamorama as the learn guitar product for me – and here’s why:

• The price – an unbelievable special of $39.95! (Less than the price of one actual lesson)
• 148 step-by-step video lessons and 26 high quality Jam Tracks (The Jam tracks are a super-fast way of teaching yourself some classic songs).
• Hundreds of lines of tablature (this taught me the songs I needed to impress)
• Guitar Tuner Pro
• Jamorama Metronome (You can’t be a rock star and not have rhythm)

I can already read music, so Jayde Musica, the music reading software games that come with Jamorama, weren’t something I required (although I did give them ago and they were rather fun!).

I guess your all waiting to hear whether I wowed the socks of my students with my new guitar skills. I was certainly no Jimi Hendrix by the time we reached the practical session, but in my review of Jamorama it did help me learn a fair rendition of Stairway to Heaven, a few Rolling Stones and Nirvana hits and a couple of The Eagles songs.

The great thing about Jamorama is that you don’t necessarily have to follow the set course. In my case, it was handy to be able to skip ahead and focus on the areas that I really needed. I could focus on quickly learning pieces in order to fake a greater proficiency than I already have(!) - although I intend to go back and spend more time on finger picking and other techniques later on.

I rather sneakily made sure the set pieces for the practical sessions were ones I knew and learned from Jamorama – and it worked a treat. The kids were definitely more receptive to my teaching – playing the guitar gave me street credibility that the string instruments just don’t have! I’m wondering now whether I could even get away with hinting I used to be in a touring rock band…hmmm…maybe next year!

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