As of January 2026 MMM has two courses starting soon. The Monthly Deep Dive and the new 6 week Workshop: Saddling Up the Fretboard: A theory-shy Cowboy’s Trail Map. Read about both below!
The Monthly Deep Dive
Each month the community at large will decide on a specific song in the MMM catalog they would like to learn or improve upon. We'll meet on Zoom at the start of the month to discuss the song, go over the picking concepts, and I'll provide study pieces, technique tips, and a methodology to tackle the piece.
Throughout the month, we’ll keep the conversation going in the MMM Discord, where you can share videos of your playing and receive feedback. At the end of the month we’ll have another meeting where y'all can showcase your newly won mastery and fine tune any hiccups! The MIP (Most Improved Picker) will get a free copy of an MMM eBook of their choice.
February Monthly Deep Dive - Ripple - Grateful Dead
Intro Class: Sat, Jan 31st at 12:00 - 12:30ish Eastern
Final Class: Sat, Feb 28th at 12:00 - 12:30ish Eastern
$30 enrollment
email MikesMusicMethod@gmail.com to sign up!
Saddling Up the Fretboard:
A Theory‑Shy Cowboy’s Trail Map
MMM is delivering a new Workshop!
The goal of the workshop is to get you playing with confidence up the neck, and to give you a basic understanding of theory (read: chords and scales) in relation to the guitar! Theory language is piano language, but we’re going to unpack this!
WHY
Because too many of you can’t play beyond the 3rd fret! This really shouldn’t be a hurdle, and it isn’t if you’re given deliberate instruction and apply it for a few weeks. Learning chords up the neck is not more complex than learning Cowboy Chords/Open Chords. So if you know your C, G, D, A, E…then you’re ready!
A few things you can expect to know by the end of the workshop:
The layout of the guitar. Ya know, the instrument you play! Do you know it yet?
The ability to see how the same simple shapes repeat up the neck, so you stop feeling lost past your comfort zone
Having memorized simple patterns for finding all the notes on the guitar.
The ability to connect your trusty cowboy chords all the way up the neck (many frame this as the CAGED system)
Your INTERVALS! Minor 2, major 2, minor 3 etc…
How to build scales on the neck yourself, and finally learn why and where the mystical “5 shapes” come from.
A firm grasp on what a major scale is, how it’s built, how to play it all over the neck in any key, and know exactly which chords can be played in any given key (the Roman Numeral/Nashville System).
It might seem lofty for 6 weeks, but with intention and focus? Nope. Easy. Because…YOU, are a great guitarist….YOU are capable of learning fretboard concepts with ease and depth…(download the Mike’s Music Hypnosis MP3 at www.haha….)
WHEN
The course will be held on Wednesdays 8:30-9:30pm Eastern for 6 weeks starting on January 28th.
We’ll all meet for an hour on Zoom. I’ll lay out the week's topics and provide ample examples, field your questions, and give you homework! You don’t learn the fretboard and theory by listening, you’ve gotta build these things yourself.
WHO (Pre-Requisites)
Not much. Can you strum some Open/Cowboy Chords? Can you play some individual notes that resemble a scale up the neck? Have you avoided theory because it feels abstract, mathy, or shame-inducing? Then you’re ready for the workshop!
Details & how to grab a spot
The course will run Wednesdays, 8:30–9:30 p.m. Eastern, for 6 weeks starting January 28th.
Live online workshop via ZOOM (with replay if you can’t make it live)
Group size: Capped at 8 people so there’s plenty of room for questions and follow-ups.
PDFs, Homework, all my notes taken during the course, and video playback of the 6 sessions.
$185 for the Workshop. Remember MMM is based on the v4v model. If this doesn't fit your budget but you're motivated to learn, simply email me and I’m confident we can come to a win-win arrangement.
Email MikesMusicMethod@gmail.com to snag a spot and I’ll send payment options from there.
If you’ve been circling this for years, now’s the time. Tame the wild horse of theory and the fretboard in a way that applies to how you actually play, write, and listen to music.
Any Qs or concerns? Hit me up: MikesMusicMethod@gmail.com
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The Picnic Pickers has been put on hold, but if more people are interested I’ll boot it back up:
The Picnic Pickers is a group class capped at 6 people that meets for an hour every Saturday morning at 11am Eastern for an hour. Enrollment for the month is $120. These classes have been a blast! With a fantastic global community we meet weekly and learn guitar! I come with prepared material, but most of the class is open to address your picking, theory, fretboard, songwriting, and general guitar-related questions. We build upon previous weeks, troubleshoot, provide feedback and much more. The icing on the cake is the comraaderie. Learning guitar alone can be slow and frustrating. Having a support group is a great and fun way to keep up accountability, keep it light hearted, and stay inspired!
email me MikesMusicMethod@gmail.com to sign up!