yeah pretty much. There's no better experience than first hand experience. I would suggest picking the bits you like from the methods you think would suit you best. Then just go out and practice, practice, practice. You'll start to see if the stuff you read about works or not. The more you wing it in sets, the more you start to find little tricks and lines you never knew you had in you. These actually kind of end being the tricks and lines you stick with, because they're natural and you are more congruent with them. Well, this is what I've been finding with my experiences.

Also, I recommend checking out keys to the VIP. It's quite an entertaining show and there's a lot of little gems you can pick up from there.