I'm selftaught, but when I was 13 I wanted to take lessons to understand concepts I couldn't figure out on my own, such as modes, scales and theory (this was pre internet era for me) so I went to a teacher, he asked med to play something, so I did a short blues tune, the teacher shook his head and said "Boy oh boy... you stink, we have to start all over again!" so I got stuck playing "Mary had a little lamb" for six months... so I gave the lessons up. A couple of years later I started giving lessons, and I charged about 40$ for 45 min.

Doc-Z

[This message has been edited by doc-z (edited 01-08-2006).]