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rossyamaharossyamaha Frets: 2439
Bit of market research for something I’m working on.  Do you/ have you bought any lessons online? The download ones I mean not Skype type stuff. 

If if you have, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Why did you get them and not search for the same kind of content from a free source? 

Were they what you expected? Did you get what you wanted from them? 

Did you buy just one or more or do you intend I buy more from the same provider or someone else? 

Was it it a more basic lesson or more advanced? 

all replies much appreciated.  

I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.

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  • rossyamaharossyamaha Frets: 2439
    Also, if you don’t have the time to answer all questions, a simple yes they’re great or no they’re shit would be fine. ;-) 

    I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.

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  • ClashmanClashman Frets: 175
    Never tried them.
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  • Yes but not for guitar, for audio. Am currently an URM Academy Enhanced member.

    I got them because I’d been listening to the podcast for a while and I’d learned so much from it I figured I could learn more from the courses.

    The Fast Track courses are very clear and well organised. Worth it to me. Learned stuff even on concepts I thought I had a decent grasp of.

    Its a monthly fee so buying individually doesn’t really count for the core content in general, though you can buy past content (which I have done).

    I also have bought some courses from Creative Live but haven’t had time to dig in to those properly yet.
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15475
    kind of, for violin. Basically, the video is available for free but you pay for the text of the lesson. I went for this as often the free lessons, while generally good, can not always be well arranged and I was spending more time watching free stuff that didn't match what I wanted. The paid for stuff said up front what it covered, so in the long run I figured it was cheaper.

    They were expected as you knew you paid what you were getting.

    Yes, I bought two books worth of lessons based on the free video content.

    From beginner to grade 3.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • carloscarlos Frets: 3426
    Why did you get them and not search for the same kind of content from a free source? 
    The tutors are fairly unique in the guitar world, so I couldn't get from somebody else what I got from them.
    Were they what you expected? Did you get what you wanted from them? 
    Funnily the one that was just a person talking to camera with a little editing was better than the one that had more production and transcriptions. Both were value for money.
    Did you buy just one or more or do you intend I buy more from the same provider or someone else? 
    I ended up buying all 3 Monder lessons from MyMusicMasterclass. If he did 10, I'd buy 10. 
    Was it it a more basic lesson or more advanced? 

    More advanced. The basic stuff is well covered on the freebie market.

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  • MoominpapaMoominpapa Frets: 1649
    Yes - coincidentally just in the last week I bought a lesson from the Mike's Master Classes site - Tom Lippincott on fingerstyle jazz guitar. I bought it because it was pitched at a relatively  beginner level (which is what I wanted) and seemed a reasonable value for 1hr 50 mins of video. I don't purchase a lot of video instructional material, but I'm happy to when it just fits what I need at that moment. I'm not in a position to take lessons right now, so I didn't have any problem with getting a video that I can rewatch whenever I like for a cost that I imagine is close to what I would pay for a one-on-one lesson. (Not knocking real life lessons at all - just saying that for me right now this is a good substitute.)
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  • BranshenBranshen Frets: 1222
    not bought any. I consider myself an intermediate player and there are plenty of video lessons to watch at my level. I have however bought many theory books like "the jazz theory book" to work through slowly in my own time.
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601
    Yes, I buy online lessons. I've had stuff from Jam Track Central, True Fire, Lick Library  and other sites. I generally look for stuff that will improve my playing and get me into a new genre. For example, I bought a jazz course on True Fire.

    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • DLMDLM Frets: 2513
    @guitarfishbay Oooh, you've taken the plunge! Cool.
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  • aord43aord43 Frets: 287
    I've bought a few when on special offer.  I have bought courses on genres; on specific techique; and also "here's a piece I wrote, you can learn to play it".  I tend to wait for the big discounts. 

    I have bought multiple from the same source, yes.  I tend to get intermediate stuff rather than beginner or advanced.  That shows my level I guess.  But it is definitely material to push me a little.

    One benefit of the courses I have bought over what I've found free, is that you get videos, MP3, and PDF covering the same material.  For free tutorials I find myself making tab myself from what they are describing or playing (perhaps that's not such a bad thing!) also I feel I can trust paid for material more (depends who it's from I guess).
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15475
    I would add to my above re paying, I am a basic believer that people deserve and should get paid for their work, whether than be in the form of CD's etc, or lessons. If by paying we keep the content at a more professional level we help reduce this race to the bottom that seems to be happening.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • stratman3142stratman3142 Frets: 2177
    edited April 2018
    I've purchase quite a lot. I also watch quite a lot of free stuff.

    For recording techniques I've purchased quite a lot from Groove 3
    For guitar I've purchased tutorials from Lick Library, Jamtracks and Troy Grady.

    I purchased tutorials that target specific areas of interest. Plus sometimes I feel that I need to support some providers that provide good free stuff.

    It's not a competition.
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  • rossyamaharossyamaha Frets: 2439
    All very useful info thanks guys. 

    Initial thoughts are are that my idea of a somewhat unconventional series of lessons might not be the way to go but still useful. I guess I’ll test the water when I pull my finger out and get the YouTube thing back up and running. 

    I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.

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  • pmbombpmbomb Frets: 1169
    edited April 2018
    I have a year of guitartricks.com, and also Justin Sandercoe's starter books. All bought with good intentions but never used - but I will use guitartricks to learn Tush for the southern jam. I took a quick look, the tutorial is much more detailed than anything on Youtube, great quality.

    But for song learning I tend to find Youtube (perhaps a couple from different channels) works very well. That, and the record, and a bit of tab maybe. I learnt You Shook Me All Night Long this way, including Erich Andreas' play along (no tab) video for the solo, which stretched me and improved my ear I think.

    I did a year of personal lessons, good teacher and vital to keeping me on track for the difficult first year when it can all be a bit overwhelming, but that's currently on pause due to a) time pressures b) an awareness I need more practice not more knowledge.

    I wouldn't hesitate to buy an online lesson if it was appropriate to what I needed. I guess that would be more specialist knowledge - but I am probably years away from needing that.

    This is the Shook Me solo video - his approach is "watch, listen and copy" rather than "put x finger on y fret of z string then h finger on i fret of j string" - my life those ones are boring!


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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    I do two different sorts of paid-for online tuition - Truefire (passport) that I dip in and out of, and the JimmyBruno jazz tuition website.

    Also I hoard useful YouTube free lessons (links or downloaded)
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    I signed up for jazz guitar tuition from jazzguitar.be, got a whole pile of emails from them but only had the time to follow a few of them up.
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
    Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 6637

    I use Truefire (Year subscription) and some individual lessons from youtube people whos videos I've enjoyed and match my musical style (Papastache, Stitch method).

    Of the Papastache ones ive purchased (which are video with pdf of tab and a backing track) I like the fact I can watch bits over again, get the tab (which I annotate with Chord notes) and a track to apply the licks over. But he also talks around other ways to get a similar lick sound (varying strings/fret position), or variations on a theme (adding passing notes, dynamics, using RH fingers, tempo)- that you don't get from a book.

    Have had 1:1 tuition, but felt that 30 mins for £17 wasn't good value for money -  I don't want to pay someone to write out the tab while I sat there, or try to answer my "how do I play Rolling stones style rhythm techniques" when they don't seem to recall any of their songs.


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  • DLM said:
    @guitarfishbay Oooh, you've taken the plunge! Cool.
    @DLM ;

    Yeah and wish I’d done it sooner.

    I thought I’d need long stretches of time to benefit from it. The fast track courses (for enhanced members) are sectioned off in to small chunks, very easy to watch a few when it suits, even though many of the courses end up being a couple of hours long.

    The live mix videos are several hours long, still haven’t managed to watch a full one, but they provide time codes for each interesting section so I have sometimes gone and watched how guy X solved problem Y if it’s a specific issue I have been having.

    Definitely recommend trying a month or so of enhanced if you’re interested. I’ve felt like it’s clearer tuition than I’ve seen elsewhere on YouTube/forums etc
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  • DLMDLM Frets: 2513

    @guitarfishbay I don't even have a recording set-up anymore. Need an interface. I had bought a UR22 as a cheap starter, but returned it because I couldn't stop it clipping and never got around to replacing it. Anyway, I remember how long it took me to get going (just getting the audio in) in Cubase with my first set up years ago, it's not as if I was even up to learning anything about mixing. I was listening to the URM podcast for the artist interviews, essentially, and then found I was having more fun with I'd Hit That, Tone Talk, etc...

    On topic: I've never bought an online course. Given it some serious consideration with the Troy Grady stuff, yes, but what essentially amounts to a band breakup means I'm having to re-evaluate what I wanna do with music and I've not come to any sort of conclusion on what that might be. :|

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  • Matt_McGMatt_McG Frets: 321
    I use Truefire (annual subscription), and have previously subscribed to Troy Grady's site (really useful, imho) and to Mike Outram's ElectricCampfire site (really really good quality jazz tuition, but I just didn't have the time with a toddler and a new job to do it justice).
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