[TPIN] PRICE FOR LESSONS

[Travis Wilson]

I think some of this depends on the student. A young person just trying 
to learn to play the horn might well not need, or want an hour. I know 
that I need at least that.

I have taken lessons from three folks since coming back. Pops was the 
first and I spent a whole morning with him and got a lot out of that.
After that I have had an ongoing relationship with Bob Odneal. Some of 
what we do takes him a few moments to point something out at his jazz 
improv class i attend, and sometimes we sit down for a lesson, and that 
takes a while.
I have also taken some lessons from Dennis Dotson. Those take at least 
an hour because we are doing two things. Working on my "style" (I at 
least at sounded way to much like a "comeback guy who had only studied 
classical). That is the playing part. But then we sit and talk about 
specific tunes I am playing and types of chord progressions and how to 
work through some of them. Doing both those things simply could not get 
done well in less then an hour.

I have been blessed, each of those guys has been great (and fun)

Travis

William Graham wrote:
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> Hour lessons are good. They build up endurance. And, if you have to 
> drive 20 or more miles to get there, you might as well spend an hour 
> once you're there. But, of course, it is going to cost more.....
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