Can a guy build a solid foundation here and go from beginner to experienced player without a local instructor (aka actual lessons from a music shop)?
My situation is one where I travel a lot (airline pilot) and want to really learn to play. I have been on/off again for a while now with actual lessons from 2 different instructors over the years but have moved around and get sidetracked and next thing I know I wish I'd have kept at it. Another thing is my schedule changes and I cannot commit to a specific day of the week to take the lessons locally.
The site looks great and I think this may work perfectly for my situation, a lot of hotel rooms with free time. I have a traveler guitar.
I was wondering, can a beginner (I still believe I fit this) go thru the beginners course and get a thorough foundation to keep advancing? I read a lot on the net and many say you need actual lessons....but to be honest I think I get more out of your on-line videos than I did when I was taking lessons. I like that you can download, replay, and the tab is there.
The beginner's series, is it set-up to progressively move someone like me forward??? I don't want to skip anything, I want to build a solid foundation before moving to the next lesson. Seems like when I took lessons at a guitar shop we would kind of jump around a lot, he would teach me part of a song, I would practice the chords/notes, but I never felt like I had any building blocks. Seems like I was just memorizing this stuff. He had me learning Jimi Hendrix intros in my first 3 months...talk about frustrating...that was waaay beyond me!!! I just want to learn in a progressive way...seems like doing geometry before you learn simple math.
Anyway, thinking of jumping in and wanted to know how thorough the beginner's series is, how many videos, is there a clear way to move through the lessons, and will I truly get a good foundation.....I don't care how long it takes, I just want to be sure I build a good foundation before moving forward.
