Recent content by Mutherplucker

Never burn a bridge, maple or not.

Thanks for all the replies/sage advice. I'm moving on and trying to evaluate instructors, while noting that in my area, they charge between $40 & $75/hr. That's a big gap. That's almost two lessons for the price of one, but if the $75/hr lesson is twice as valuable, it makes good sense. I...

In general, his enthusiasm and energy level are very high and when I say I don't understand a term he just used, he'll say it isn't important or that he doesn't expect me to understand it at this point. And THAT doesn't help with the lost feeling. He'll be showing me how he can pull a walking...

I'm new to music in general and have been taking lessons for around a year, but I'm feeling like I'm not only not progressing, but that I'm more lost than ever. My very enthusiastic (25 years my junior) instructor plays well, but often uses terms that I've explained I don't understand, then...