It taught me to a more discerning musician, is fhe biggest takeaway.
The OG series (which, seriously Troy, was life-altering) was like a wake-up call therapy session, and a call to improve, which, I’m autistic and ADHD, so the original series hit me the same way I got my diagnosis.
I call it a therapy session, because Cracking the Code is basically saying, “If it sounds good, feels good, and works, then what’s the problem?”
Broke me out of a stagnation, to the point I switched my picking to USX literally because I had a ton of DSX licks to supplement the USX stuff, which I felt USX was a weakness in my playing.
Now, I can’t stop writing music. It freed up bandwidth to where I don’t have to worry about playing to my strengths. I can just play the music that comes to my head, and I can rely on these baked in motions.
Basically it gave me more freedom to be closer to the music. There’s a vibe you get when your picking hand locks into the groove, and you stay locked in. There’s no better feeling. Cracking the Code was like reminding me, an overthinker, to say if it sounds good, it is good.