COLUMNIST: Peter Metcalfe on Gigajam

MOST of us, at one time or another, have finger tapped or strummed with an air guitar to a song or two, and secretly harboured dreams of playing in a band.

It looks so cool, it can’t be that hard can it? We may even promise ourselves to find a teacher and have lessons.

Then life and reality seem to get in the way and excuses can easily be found. Costs of lessons, lack of time and commitment, finding a patient teacher...

Just four clicks away, a new world awaits and you can banish all excuses to the bin.

It was a Saturday morning when I saw an advert for Gigajam. Brain and his team have created a learning process that is quite unique.

The benefits of his system include:-

– You choose to play and learn when you want (day or night).

– Being in the comfort of your own home (no need to go out in the rain).

– The low cost, and you choose your own pace.

– Instant feedback on your lesson.

– It does not matter if you are 99 or still at school (in fact, local authorities and secondary schools use it).

There are more than 76 primary schools, where 500 children a week are learning with Gigajam.

If you ever wanted to play guitar, keyboard, drums or bass, hours of encouragement and leaning are on the end of the mouse.

I have found the lessons and steps to learning simple to follow and all in bite-size chunks. You can repeat your lesson as much as you need to (in my case loads of times).