Quote (Makemetalmusic @ Mon, Jul 14 2008, 03:06am)
Ehh...
Guitar lessons imo are not necessary, or usefull. Sure, if you all you wanna do is play songs other people wrote, its not so bad. But getting lessons from someone else really mutilates your own creative way of doing things, and learning on your own is the best way to achieve your own style.
It really depends on your teacher. I must say, the majority of teachers (in my experience)
will just be a creative hindrance to you.
However, if you get a good teacher who knows that you need to be learning music theory, rather than specific songs, you can actually do very well with lessons.
Maybe this was already said but I don't really wanna read all 14 pages :/