There's
a lot about "traditional" guitar lessons that used
to frustrate me, both as a teacher and a student.
For
about $20 you get a 30 minute lesson - once a week.
After
getting organized, fingers warmed up and guitars tuned, you're
lucky if there's 15 minutes of actual work time.
Now
divide that time into three parts:
-
five minutes to review last week
-
five minutes to solve problems
-
five minutes to learn new material
Now
you're on your own for a
week to thrash around trying
to remember what the instructor said, or how something
was supposed to be played.
If
it didn't sink in the first time,
you can get help next week -
I
don't know about you, but that's not a very good deal in
my book. Frankly, as an instructor I felt bad enough about
the "system" that I simply got out of it for quite
awhile. I don't like to say no, but for the last few years
I've had to turn down a lot of people who asked for lessons.
That's
has changed...
I'm
excited to tell you I've found a way to get the
best bang for the buck - so excited, in fact, that
I've signed on as an instructor.
It's
an internet-based "online" system that has the
best of everything:
-
Professionally filmed video instruction
-
All levels, from beginner to advanced
-
Multiple instructors to choose from (or watch them all!)
-
Multiple styles to study, from bluegrass, fingerstyle, blues,
jazz to rock.
-
Supplemental content including tablature, chord charts and
instructor notes.
-
Interactive Q&A. Instructors can address questions either
in video, or on the discussion forums.
-
Request and learn specific songs
And
access to the entire site is yours
for a montly subscription that is less than
the cost of a single private lesson !
Want
to check it out? The website is:
I
am so excited about what these folks have to offer that I've
signed on to be an instructor. In addition to "Phase
1" beginner lessons, I will be teaching fingerstyle
lessons from beginner to advanced, plus adding specific song
tutorials of arrangements from guitar giants like
-
Chet Atkins
-
Jerry Reed
-
Tommy Emmanuel
-
Doyle Dykes
and
others.
I
have started filming and lessons are getting posted regularly.
You can check it out now by clicking HERE.
Currently
there are 14 instructors and nearly 100 hours of
online instructional videos. More instructors and
new lessons are being added all the time!
Maybe
you are a self-starter and you've begun collecting expensive
instructional videos and DVDs. Some of these are very good,
but each DVD is going to run you $30 to $40 and may contain
60 to 90 minutes of material.
The
trouble is they are limited
in what they can cover so they tend to be either
too simple or too advanced for many students.
And other than the pause
and rewind button, they could hardly be called "interactive".
On
JamPlay you
can ask questions and get answers in a variety of
ways, including email, forum posts, a live chat room,
or even video-taped answers from one of the instructors.
Take
a look. I think you'll be impressed!
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