The YouTube algorithm suggested me this today:
Additional read: Perfect Picking - Matt Wright Music
Ok, I watched it.
What he’s describing amounts to a clicking up a metronome, with extra steps.
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Which is a bit ironic with the text in the thumbnail. Still I’m somewhat interested in what the other two announced videos will bring. I primarily posted it here because I’m curious what the folks here make of it.
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I’ve also read the sales page on his website.
I am not impressed.
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This popped up today for me too. We are all probably gonna be seeing a lot of the same stuff. Interested to see what the community thinks about this one
I didn’t watch the video, but the website link reeks of snake oil.
I wonder if this guy is a student of Tom Hess?
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This video advises a couple of useful suggestions, like the whole “make a small error, fix it on the next rep instead of focusing on it too directly” thing. I also like that he shares a couple of guitar pro’s really useful features that should be more well known.
But that’s it. You’d get a similar result from the standard bump up the metronome type practice because that’s essentially what this video suggests even though the clickbaity thumbnail says something else.
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I am not a student of Tom Hess and have never been. I have never been a student of Anton. I am friends with Justin Hombach and we chat sometimes. 
I do not currently do lessons with anyone.
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THIS is the point of the video… That there is a CRITICAL distinction between “just bump up the metronome” and to progress through the middle stage quickly.
I am extremely transparent about my progress and the mechanisms behind my approach. Check out the ultra deep dive link for a slew of videos from literally day one of my guitar playing, where I got stuck, and then where I’m at now.
Sure the language is on the sales-y side. I’ll own that. But the fact remains that I started later than most and that I am playing faster than most and continue progressing.
If you have qs, feel free to reach out.
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Happy to see my work making the rounds. Thanks for sharing here!
Thanks for stopping by! Anything nerdy and techniquey, someone here will spot it for sure.
I see you mention me specifically in the video. You say: “Maybe you saw Troy Grady’s video […] Both of these sources advocate playing fast right away […] and ignore mechanics.”
What I actually say in that lesson: “When I play slowly, all motions feel the same, even inefficient motions like stringhopping still feel good. You don’t get the feedback that it’s wrong until you speed it up. That’s the only way you actually know there was something wrong with the technique.”
The point of the lesson is that you can use speed as a diagnostic to test the mechanics and verify the escape first, to make sure they’re working — that’s the “starting” part of “starting with speed”. You can disagree with the idea of using speed as a diagnostic, that’s fine. But saying I’m ignoring mechanics or presupposing that people already have them – no. That skips over the core point and mischaracterizes the lesson.
If this was inadvertent, no worries. It’s the internet. And if the thrust of your own lesson is that realism of technique is what matters most early on — 100% agree.
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Hey Troy!
Totally fair point — I’ll own that I condensed your message a bit. Your video focuses on technique formation, while mine focuses on practice methodology. Closely related, but distinct topics.
My quote is a little cut off, and the remaining words are vitally important. I’d like to clarify, respectfully.
The distinction I am making in my video is the difference between how experts (like the college level students that work with Dr. Jason at the university and the example players used in CTC videos) and novices (most people watching guitar videos on YouTube) differ in HOW they progress on the instrument due to differences in error processing.
The point in my video is mostly concerned with the idea of hopping into practicing music at tempo, which will encode mechanical errors, often keeping the musician for a long time from an accurate performance.
Here’s where there is overlap: Whether one is practicing music, or fundamental technique, the result will be the same. Errors will be encoded.
I’ll be more precise in how I reference your work going forward. 
I will also link this exchange in a comment on the pinned comment of my video so that viewers can relatively easily see this clarification.
How do you know what an error is?
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No worries. Thanks for the clarification, apologies for any unintentional truncation, and appreciate the civil exchange!
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As a Masters in Mechanics member, this made me chuckle. 
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I define what errors are, and what are tolerable levels @ 14:17.
Handy link to timestamp:
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