What the fuck is this?

Two things. One person learning guitar in public — that's me, and it's the whole timeline on the front page. And a place to do the same yourself, at whatever pace suits you, with people at the same stage.

The short version

I started at absolutely zero in April. No music background, no shortcuts, no pretending to be a teacher. Every day I practise gets a number and a video — the mistakes, the frustration, the occasional bit that finally clicks. Day 1 was genuinely Day 1, and it was terrible.

There are 159 days on the timeline now. The point was never any single video. It's what happens when you line hundreds of them up.

How often do I have to post?

However often you want. Including never.

This is the bit people get wrong, so let me be blunt about it: I post daily. You don't have to. Every day, once a week, once a month, whenever you pick the thing up again after three weeks off — all of it counts, and none of it is measured against me.

Your day count is your days. It doesn't reset, it doesn't go down, and nobody is looking at it but you.

You can also post nothing at all. Make a profile, write a line about yourself. That's a perfectly good way to use this.

What actually happens when I do post?

You open the app (or the site), hit record, and play something. Ten seconds is fine. A minute is fine. Ten minutes if you're enjoying yourself. No editing, no intro, no thumbnail. It goes on your wall with the day number on it and that's the whole ritual.

It doesn't have to be good. Mine wasn't. That's rather the point of filming it.

What's the Challenge, then?

The one place there are rules — because a challenge with no requirements isn't a challenge, it's a wish.

It's twelve months. You check in, you show your working, and at the end of it there's something to show for the year. It asks for real consistency, and it's completely optional. Everything above stays true whether you join it or not.

Why do it publicly?

Accountability, mostly. It's very hard to quietly give up when a numbered public record says you showed up. And if watching a genuinely average person struggle through the awkward phase helps someone else start — or start again — even better.

If I can do this, you definitely can. I'm not being nice. I've seen the footage.

Where else this happens

The whole archive lives on the timeline. Day to day: