If you play guitar and often yell:
“SCREW THIS!”
… then practicing more won’t help you.
But the offer on this page just might.
Hey, Mike Philippov here.
(I trust you already know that I know a thing or two about making people better guitar players. If you’re not convinced of that, go look me up on YouTube, watch my videos and then come back here, so you can fully grasp the value of this offer. Otherwise, read on.)
Despite what my YouTube videos may have led you to believe…
I don’t sell or teach “guitar lessons”.
Which… is very good news for you.
Because if you ended up on THIS page and you’re intrigued by what you’ve seen in my free videos…
Odds are: you got a waaaaay deeper problem than anything “guitar lessons” can fix.
See, in guitar lessons you get “things to practice” (scales, licks, basic techniques like legato, string bending, sweep picking, etc).
Which is well-n-good, and yes, you do need that stuff… (so, I hope you picked up “things to practice” somewhere along the way).
But if you’ve played for years, practice regularly, yet still can’t play even close to how you want to, it’s almost certain that:
Nobody ever *trained* you to *practice* guitar.
Oh sure, I bet you have a general idea of how to make a practice schedule…
You may know *about* concepts like speed bursts, chunking, one-hand practice, two-way pick slanting, slicing & dicing, or focus rotation.
(The latter of which is my concept, by the way… if you’ve heard other teachers teaching focus rotation post 2021, they’ve gotten it from me.)
And you may’ve bought some offers from those creepy, identical-sounding, AI-written ads that all promise you “structure”, “a daily plan”, “a real system”, “a 30-day workout”, “a focused roadmap”, or whatever-the-f*ck ChatGPT labeled as “the missing piece in your playing” …
But have you ever had a guitar teacher guide you through a 30-60 minute practice session in real time and make it crystal clear to you – at every step:
🤔 What exactly to focus on
🤔 How to spot subtle micro flaws at slow speeds that make fast playing impossible
🤔 What to do when a mistake happens
🤔 When (and how) to adjust your technique to make your playing easier
🤔 How (and when) to use a metronome… and when NOT to
🤔 When to speed up (or push yourself with speed bursts)
🤔 When to slow down
🤔 How to decide which parts of your playing are bad habits and which ones aren’t
🤔 How to fix things that you know are bad habits
🤔 When to use any of the dozens of practice techniques you’ve learned about on YouTube
🤔 When to move on to another item (or when to be patient and keep practicing the item you’re on)
…etc.
No?
You’ve never had that?
Oh, so then…
You’re totally guessing how, when, and how long to do all that 👆 stuff, aren’t you?
Now, to be fair…
*If* you had a ton of natural talent… then “guessing” about those things wouldn’t be a problem.
Because your “guesses” would almost always be right, and you would get really good, pretty damn fast.
(Psst! That 👆is pretty much what happens to guitarists who seem to get good simply by “practicing”. This is why they all just shrug their shoulders and say: “Practice more!” when you ask them for the secret to making more progress. And this is how the Yngwies, the Petruccis, the EVHs and the Guthrie Govans of the world became insanely great despite being mostly “self-taught”.)
But if you – like most people – don’t have much natural talent and guess wrong most of the time?
Well…
THAT 👆 is *the* root cause of your “f*ck this sh*t” moments, and your gnawing “you-should-be-way-better-than-you-are” feelings.
This is how you waste a ton of time, develop a bunch of bad habits and hit plateaus that no amount of practice time or money wasted on guitar lessons seems to help you break.
And THIS is where I come in.
Because instead of teaching standard “guitar lessons” stuff, like chords/scales/fretboard knowledge/ear training/soloing/songwriting, you can learn just about anywhere…
I train you how to practice like you would’ve if you had natural talent all along, so you can improve faster without practicing more.
Guitar players who practice the way I train them to practice tend to quickly undo their bad habits, smash their speed plateaus and get results like this:
To be clear…
I’m not guaranteeing the same results to you unless *YOU* guarantee that you’ll put in the effort that those guys did.
But if you want to see how I train those 👆 guitar players to get those results…
I can show you how inside my flagship guitar practice program:
Rapid Fire Guitar Practice Training
(RFGPT)
As a RFGPT member, you get three things every month:
FIRST: I level-up your guitar practice IQ with needle-moving guitar practice strategies, that develop your technique, undo your bad habits and get whatever licks, exercises or songs you’re already working on under your fingers faster without making you practice more.
I’m not gonna spend many words convincing you how learning ‘guitar practice’ from me is night-n-day different from learning guitar practice from just about anyone else.
Suffice to say, if you like my YouTube videos, you’re going to LOOOVE what I teach you in RFGPT… because I teach everything in the same style and format you’ve come to expect from me, except with nothing held back (because it’s happening behind a paywall).
For example, here is just some of what you’ll discover in session #1 of the course (that you’ll get immediate access to when you join):
- How to quickly ‘purge’ useless exercises from your ever-growing list of “stuff to practice” and eliminate much of the overwhelm you feel about your practicing right now. (Simply ask: “What s______ is this exercise d_____ or what s_______ p______ is it s______?” And if you can’t answer that question about an exercise – CUT it out.)
- A simple way to fix mistakes at fast tempos without slowing down or playing fewer notes. (Pro tip: many mistakes disappear when you slow down enough… so knowing how to pinpoint them at any speed you happen to be practicing is a massive time-saver.)
- How to have crazy effective practice sessions without a practice schedule. (Sure, practice schedules *are* very useful. But – as you’ll discover – you don’t ‘always’ need one, as long as you are clear about your ongoing m_____ o_______. So, if you’re in a pinch, didn’t have a practice schedule ready, but suddenly have more (or less) time to practice than you planned, do what I teach in this session and you’ll *still* make awesome progress.)
But don’t worry… if you think it’s weird-af that a “guitar practice guy” is telling you to practice guitar without a practice schedule, I will (of course) also walk you through: - A much more intelligent (and personalized) way to create practice schedules than the usual “here are the 6 skills you need to play guitar… rotate through each one for 1/6 of your practice time and fill ‘em with exercises” cookie-cutter crap you see on YouTube.
- A quick and accurate ‘usefulness test’ for any practice schedule you might be (considering) following that can save you a TON of wasted practice time. (The secret is examining the link between its i_____ to your w_____ g_____.)
- How to improve your technique faster by… deliberately ignoring mistakes while you practice. 😱 (CAVEAT: you absolutely have to hear the session to understand the context of when (and how!) to do this. Otherwise, if you think to yourself: “Oh, you mean don’t gotta focus on mistakes? Cool!!!” and go practice like that… may God Petrucci have mercy on your soul. You’ve been warned.)
- A clever practice drill that merges the best parts of slow practice & speed bursts (instead of making you choose one or the other, like a political party 🤦) to train 2-hand sync, pick attack and tension control at higher speeds all at the same time.
- How to nearly instantly find the precise metronome tempo to practice at for maximum gains. (It’s far more nuanced and specific than the braindead advice you get to either “always start very slow” (whatever the f*ck “very slow” means) or “push yourself”/”practice at fast speeds”).
- A special way to play notes to make sloppy string noise: A. more obvious and B. easier to fix. (It is: l____ the note s_____ f____ o_____ s_____ after playing it.)
- How to trick yourself to stay focused (for long periods of time) – even when practicing mind-numbingly boring licks – without self-discipline.
There is a lot more there, but the point is…
If you’ve been wondering if the reason you’re stuck as a player is because of some “secret knowledge” you’re missing that great players have that you don’t…
THIS. 👆 Right there.
THIS is (some of) that “secret” stuff you’re missing!
(I know it’s kinda cringe to call anything “secret” these days… but if your practicing isn’t making you better, it means you don’t know these things (or aren’t doing them). And that makes them secrets as far as you’re concerned, yeah?)
If you were naturally talented, you’d instinctively practice this way all the time… and you’d be a hell of a lot further along in your playing than you are right now.
But if you’re not (like most people – including me), you can simply learn what naturally talented players do and put your progress on a totally different trajectory, starting today.
This is what my program is about.
And of course, the list above is just what you learn in the first session.
You get NEW deep-dives like this (focusing on different aspects of intelligent guitar practice) EVERY MONTH.
(In general, the topics revolve around having better technique in both hands, undoing bad habits, making your playing feel easier, more consistent and more reliable, and – as a consequence of that – building a ton of speed.)
Oh… and if you don’t want to play fast and simply want to “have better technique” and “play harder songs that are out of reach for you right now”, this program will show you how… and then you can simply choose to play slowly if you’d rather not shred. 🤷
But we’re just getting started…
SECOND: You get… training. (I mean, it’s literally in the name of the program, what did you expect?)
By “training”, I mean:
Step-by-step guided practice sessions that turn your new practice knowledge into 200-IQ-level guitar practice ‘skills’.
And let me make something DAMN clear:
These are NOT the retarded “play-along workout videos” on YT (that are purely done for views and algorithm points, where you practice someone else’s exercises that have nothing to do with YOUR specific goals and make no attempt to ‘fix’ any issues in your playing.🤦)
(Pro tip: nobody good actually practices the way they show in those play-along workout YT videos. Take it from me – another Youtube guru who knows how the game is played.)
No.
My training sessions make you better with the very exercises, licks, songs and solos YOU want to improve!
Remember those “decisions” you make at every step as you practice guitar that no guitar teacher ever trained you on?
Well, for every practice technique I teach you, I’ve already made all of those decisions FOR you and I’ve mapped out a perfect practice session for you to simply follow, where I tell you:
- What to do at every step.
- What to think about as you do it.
- Specific technique points to focus on.
- “If/then” conditions that tell you how to proceed depending on how your practice session unfolds
- What to look for, what to listen for and what to focus on
- Action steps to quickly troubleshoot any problem area
- Ways to make what you’re practicing harder (or easier) without slowing anything down.
Etc.
All you do is choose something to practice (e.g. a lick from a solo), open a training audio track and follow the steps I lay out for you.
Everything is done in real time. (i.e. I tell you what to do… then I go silent while you practice… a few minutes later, I tell you the next thing… I shut up again, etc.)
This way…
There Is Almost No Chance To Screw Anything Up And Practice Wrong!
This, in my opinion, is the coolest, most unique and most valuable part of being my student.
Because you get the double benefit of:
- An immediate boost in your playing the very day you do the training session…
- The long-term boost in your guitar practice chops that makes you improve faster for the rest of your life.
But what if you have questions about something or want some feedback or personal help from me?
Don’t worry. I got you. 👇
THIRD: You get an almost unheard-of amount of live video access to and personal feedback on your technique from me.
This support comes in the form of… well, a bunch of things.
Starting with:
1-1 LIVE Guitar Practice Support Hotline sessions with me (30 minutes at a time. On a regular – first-come, first-served – basis).
Oh yes, I actually do the 1-1 thing. For no extra charge. (It’s included with your subscription.)
These 1-1 sessions are a fantastic opportunity to have my eagle eye pinpoint your exact guitar technique ‘micro flaws’ that no other guitar teacher ever pointed out for you....
(i.e. Micro flaws are those pesky problems that make your playing sound ‘ok’ at slow speeds but make you fall apart as you get faster. They’re so tiny, you’d never spot them on your own, unless you know exactly where to look. And lucky for you, spotting and fixing these micro flaws is something I’m incredibly good at. )
… and have me train you LIVE – in real time – to give you real breakthroughs in half an hour that would take you many months of practicing to get on your own.
Here, have a quick look at a few of those breakthroughs:
FYI: The only other way for you to get live access to me in this way is to either:
Pay me hundreds of dollars per hour… which many guitar players gladly do, btw.
Or to pay thousands of dollars and catch me in person at live guitar technique training events I train at.
But in RFGPT, you get this kind of 1-1 access to me for pennies on the dollar.
Which is why, by the way, I not only work with guitar players, but also with guitar teachers who buy my courses to learn how to do this same training with their students…
Of course, the caveat is:
There is only one of me and I have a lot of students.
So, yes…
There IS a pretty big waiting list (of a few months) for a 1-1 with me.
Realistically, you can expect a 1-1 once every 2-3 months… sometimes more, sometimes less depending on my schedule (so don’t freak out if the wait is longer).
Remember, in RFGPT you’re paying a tiny fraction of my usual on-demand hourly rate.
If you want things to happen sooner and more on your timeline, pay the big bucks.
Otherwise, realize that this is the tradeoff you’re making and stop complaining, yeah? 🤷
Anyway, the sooner you join, the sooner you get access to my calendar and can hop on the waiting list and have your first 1-1 session with me.
And in any case, don’t worry.
Because to tide you over while you’re waiting for the 1-1 session, you get a bunch of other things, including:
2x week live video Ask-Me-Anything sessions
You can come to one or both of those every week, show me your playing, and we can pretty much do everything we do in a 1-1 session… except, it’ll be in a group, not 1-1.
(And if you’re nervous about other people seeing/hearing you play, remember: one of the skills you need to be a good player is confidence when playing in front of others. So, how do you expect to develop this skill if you don’t ‘practice’ playing in front of others, hmm?)
These sessions happen at 8am EST on Wednesdays and 9pm EST on Fridays.
But if these times don’t work for you, that’s not a problem.
Because as long as you’re an active member in RFGPT, you also get:
Nearly unlimited PERSONAL FEEDBACK on your playing from me… nearly as often as you want.
This 👆 means pretty much what it says.
Got a question for me on something you’re struggling with?
Send me an email. Better yet – send me a video showing your problem.
Imma check it and either:
– Reply to you in detail… and I mean in ‘detail’. Like, here – have a look:
This is ME at the keyboard writing this btw… NOT some AI-generated bullsh*t.
– or
I FILM a personal video feedback video just for you, breaking down the issues I see in your playing and showing you how to correct them.
Yep. I do this 👆on a regular basis.
Those 👆 are just a handful of the most recent ones (at the time of writing this page) that I found by quickly skimming my inbox.
Point is:
I put in a crazy amount of effort into personally helping you improve.
Anytime you need my help, I’m just an email away.
Oh, and the feedback itself that I give you is CRAZY good.
Wanna see an example?
Here you go:
You can have feedback videos just like this from me to you.
And there is no “hard” limit on how often you can have these, either.
(Just don’t get ridiculous about it and send me a bunch of videos before using anything in my last feedback to you. Use common sense, be respectful of my time and we won’t have a problem. Cool? )
Oh, and something else:
These personal video exchanges are in some ways MUCH more valuable than even a “1-1 lesson” with me.
Sure, in a 1-1, you can ask follow-up questions in real time.
So, it ‘feels’ like you’re getting more than in “a recorded video”.
But check this out:
- in a 1-1 lesson, I reply off the cuff. In a video response, I take a bit of time to think through what I’ll say before I hit record. This makes my response tighter, easier to understand and easier to use in your playing immediately.
- I often watch your video playing several times. (Sometimes – slowing it down and taking screenshots to send back to you with comments). So, I can pick up on things I may miss when watching you play live on video.
- Getting a targeted response on ONE issue is way easier to handle than a laundry list of 20 things to fix in your playing you often get in a 1-1 session. So, you’re more likely to use my feedback and get better from it.
- On a “per-minute” basis, it’s actually a STEAL of a deal. $400/hour (my current rate) = $6.67 per minute. A 6-minute feedback video (in this case) = $40 of value. And like I said, there is no hard limit on how many of these you can get each month with your subscription.
- Perhaps most importantly...
There is no waiting list to get 'em.
So, even while you wait for your 1-1 live video guitar practice support hotline sessions ... you can get all kinds of feedback that makes you better fast.
Oh, and as a subscriber you get a whole bunch of other miscellaneous perks too, like:
– access to my FULL LIBRARY of 1-1 session recordings with other students covering just about every guitar technique and practicing challenge you can imagine
– extra generous discounts on my other courses (that my main audience doesn’t get)
– bonus trainings that I end up turning into products (but that I give to you as gifts)
– you remain grandfathered at your current rate (as long as you’re an active, paying member), even when I raise it for others in the future.
– other perks I may think of on the fly to reward you for your loyalty
So…
If you like the sound of this, here is the deal:
The current price for RFGPT is $77 per month.
I say “current”, because I will be raising it (for new subscribers, but - like I said - not for you if you join today and remain a member) in the future.
And yes, it’s very easy to cancel if you don’t like it. I’m not gonna twist your arm and try to talk you into staying or do anything sleazy like that.
To enroll, click the button below: