Guitar Lesson

I found this guy on the net while googling for something voice lessons. Click on his music and it suits my style. He's got formal training at a respectable local city college and started a band that's been around for about a decade. He had his "studio" setup in his parent's garage. It's seems more like his living space with a practice amp, a couple of acoustics, and a small stack of fake and music books. (note: I later found out he owns a house 6 blocks away with his g/f. I guess he never bother to get his stuff out of his parent's garage like the rest of us.) We talked for 1/2 hour and his lesson "idea" pretty much sounded like what I had in mind. I wouldn't say he's got a lesson plan since his other students were kids starting from scratch and were learning out of the Mel Bay books. For me, I'll bring in some songs to learn, and we'll pick the theory out of the song and work on any technical issues that I have.

I got him to strum a few riffs, and he sounded alright. I had to make sure he can actually play because anyone can learn a few beatles songs and start teaching beginners, and I wasn't about to check his school or work(teacher as local music school) credentials. I had heard the intro to a few of his songs online, but I wasn't sure how much of the guitar playing was his.

I almost wrote him off before the lesson started cause the drive there was a pain and away from my house. It's not far, but the traffic can be a pain right after work.