Originally Posted by: HambergSix Months.

Their timing was so bad that I lost a feel for a natural transition in the arrangment. Their perspective on progressions didn't help either, I forgot how to do a cadence. The consistant 8th note beat, I lost sense of my style. He insisted that I used all down strokes. The guy was a dumbass.

Ouch. Of the few lessons I ever took, I had an instructor that we very rigid to the point where I felt like I was going to be indoctrinated in to his cult. Weird. I remember that he said 'Now we're going to teach you your style'. What? I thought even then, in my formative playing, that a style come along with time. So, I ran as fast as a could from this dude.

So, your story is pretty odd. That dude had opinions....just not good ones. Do you ever feel like you still haven't shaken that?