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TS MUSIC ACADEMY • ADVANCED TRACK

🔴 FACE MELTER  

Advanced Guitar Development Inside TS Music Academy

FACE MELTER is the Advanced Track inside TS Music Academy, designed for guitarists who are ready to move beyond plateaus and develop complete command of the instrument.

Through a structured environment that develops technique, fretboard fluency, and integrated musicianship, this flagship system helps serious players transform scattered skills into a clear path toward true guitar mastery.

WHAT YOU'LL DEVELOP IN FACE MELTER

As the system unfolds, players typically begin to experience several important shifts in their playing and musical awareness.

 

Inside FACE MELTER you develop:

  • confident technical control across the entire instrument

  • a clear, connected understanding of the fretboard

  • efficient practice habits that accelerate progress

  • the ability to integrate technique with musical expression

  • the confidence to approach the instrument as a complete musical system

Over time these developments reinforce one another, creating a stable foundation for continued growth as a guitarist and musician.

The Academy Architecture

FACE MELTER includes the complete IGNITE Foundation program.

Players who enter FACE MELTER gain access to the entire IGNITE Foundation Track, ensuring that the underlying skills of rhythm, timing, and mechanics are fully integrated into the advanced development process.

In fact, as the system unfolds, many discover that the higher levels of IGNITE are challenging in their own right — refining essential skills that continue to support the more advanced work inside FACE MELTER.

This creates a progressive training structure that develops both the foundational skills and the advanced capabilities required for true guitar mastery.

IS THIS YOU?

Do any of these sound familiar?

  • You’ve been playing for years, but progress lately feels slow — suggesting you may have plateaued.

  • Your technique works, but it’s not under your full control.

  • You want deeper command of the fretboard and the instrument.

  • You’re tired of collecting techniques without a comprehensive system in which to apply them.

  • You’re serious about mastering guitar — not just learning more isolated licks.

WHY MANY GUITARISTS PLATEAU

Many guitarists reach a point where progress slows — not because they lack effort or dedication, but because their skills have developed in isolated pieces rather than as part of a cohesive system.

Over time this can lead to:

 

  • techniques that work individually but don’t integrate well

  • limited awareness of how the fretboard functions as a complete map

  • practice that feels productive but doesn’t produce meaningful breakthroughs

  • increasing effort with diminishing results

What’s missing isn’t more exercises or longer practice sessions — it’s a structured system that connects technique, musical understanding, and practice strategy into a cohesive path of development.

HOW FACE MELTER CHANGES THAT

FACE MELTER addresses this challenge by placing technical development, fretboard understanding, and musical awareness inside a single integrated training environment.

Instead of collecting techniques in isolation, players work through a structured system designed to develop the instrument as a complete, interconnected skill set.

Inside FACE MELTER you develop:

  • technique that functions naturally across the entire instrument

  • clear awareness of the fretboard as a unified map — fully connected with your inner ear

  • practice strategies that produce measurable progress

  • musical understanding that connects technique to artistic expression

Over time, this integrated approach transforms scattered abilities into a cohesive framework for long-term guitar mastery.

🔻 READY TO BREAK THROUGH YOUR PLATEAU?

FACE MELTER is the Advanced Track inside TS Music Academy, designed for guitarists who are ready to develop complete command of the instrument through an integrated system of technique, musicianship, and practice strategy.

What Others are Saying About FACE MELTER:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ by Timothy Bennett

Great instruction

I grew up with speed mechanics for lead guitar and progressed wildly in technique. this course has me excited to learn about music theory and elevate myself as a musician. i definitely recommend this for anyone who wants to take a serious crack at learning guitar

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ by Roy Sanders

Light Bulb Moments

This really simplifies the guitar neck

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  by Kevin Authur

The Secret Sauce!

As an ongoing private student of Troy, I was so excited to see the release of his Fretboard Mapping System.  I have had to learn through hard knocks and private coaching that ear training was the missing key in my extensive background.  In short, my mechanical skills had far outgrown my "natural" ear ability.  While your ear does develop as you play more and more music, Troy has taken this "unconscious, haphazard" approach for everyone...broken it down and laid it out in a thorough, logical and dedicated manner.  I'm following the system and APPLYING everything into my daily practice regimen.  The results have already exceeded my expectations.  My ear is responding in ways that almost seem magical!  I'm zoning in on the right melodic notes far more easily.  I'm demonstrating a growing command over the fretboard.  My ability to improvise over a given chord progression has significantly improved.  If you want to really achieve fretboard fluency and are willing to put daily attention into Troy's methods, there's no doubt that his Fretboard Mapping System will deliver...and then some!  I sincerely hope you will not waste as much time as I have in pursuing techniques, scales, licks, studying solos...only to see marginal improvements over a very long duration of effort.  Learn from my mistakes and go straight to one of the biggest keys...ear training...and let the master player, master teacher, Sifu of Shred put you firmly on the path of real no-nonsense improvement!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ by Jesse Gonzalez

Great Theory

Perfect mix of theory and real world application

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ by Kevin Lawson

Inner Ear Meets Fretboard!

The Fretboard Mapping System is far more than just scales and chord patterns, it's about truly connecting your inner ear to the fretboard so you instinctively know how every note will sound as you play it. I'm working on Step 3, and already the structured approach has given me clarity and confidence. What we're really training is the ability to improvise in real time, similar to how we communicate, what's in the mind comes out naturally. It's a slow process, but each step builds that connection, so I will be able to ultimately play what I hear in my mind just as effortlessly as speaking. The integration of inner ear development, theory, and fretboard structures makes this a revolutionary approach, and I'm excited to continue building on this foundation!

Inside Your FACE MELTER Membership

  • Full access to the complete FACE MELTER advanced training system

  • The entire IGNITE Foundation Track

  • The Art of Picking Masterclass Series

  • The Motivated Musician bonus system

  • The TS Music Academy community

New lessons, training insights, and system expansions are added regularly inside the Academy.

Simple Membership — No Long-Term Commitment

Your FACE MELTER membership is flexible.

 

  • Cancel anytime from your dashboard

  • No contracts or long-term commitments

  • Pause anytime if life gets busy

We want you focused on improving your playing — not managing subscriptions.

30-Day Satisfaction Guarantee

Try FACE MELTER inside TS Music Academy for up to 30 days. If you decide it’s not the right fit, simply let us know within that first 30 days and your membership will be fully refunded. No hassle.

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