Blues guitar lesson online range from the ridiculous, i.e. free off YouTube to thousands of pounds. So, how do you figure out which one to go for?
I've been a blues guitar teacher since 2008, and one thing I can tell
you is that in some cases, quantity should have nothing to do with how
much you pay. Following is why.
Blues guitar lessons: when you throw quantity out of the window.
When companies commission projects - especially guitar lesson projects -
they'll find that many people will pay a higher price if the content
looks greater. Sometimes the end user does not understand the difference
between a tutorial listed as x amount of DVDs or gigabytes and amounts
of actual tutorials on the disk or download.
As a blues guitar teacher, your job is to help clients understand the
level of education contained in any given tutorial and how much of it
there actually is, and ultimately what you charge.
Some of these price differences include how the content will be
delivered, in what medium, and to what target audience. All of these
factors affect the price and the quality of the lesson.
When you assess what price you are willing to pay for a blues guitar
lesson should be from this perspective, do you need a six disc DVD set
or will one be just fine? Do you need from beginner to advanced level or
will it be just fine at the level you are at to save some money, for
example if you have bags of experience would you need someone to teach
you the basics?
Following are some factors to consider when choosing your blues guitar lessons:
Niche: Some styles are higher in price than others. For example a really
rare sub genre of blues would not have many lessons covering that
particular style or technique.
Competition: As in, if there are lots of other tutorials out there that are virtually the same this will draw the price down.
Your needs: one thing that many blues guitar players don't take into
account is what they need. If you are just looking to learn a certain
style or technique it will be a waste of money going for a guitar
tutorial with hundreds of techniques and 10 DVDs covering every style
imaginable thinking it will lead to better technique.
It almost never does.
One important factor I considered when I was receiving blues guitar lessons.
When I first started out as a blues guitar player, I read only the
tutorials that were of use to me, I went for guitar lessons with a blues
guitar teacher and I dismissed all the rest.
I looked at it as an opportunity because I knew that I did not want to
learn other styles of music at that time and I was not looking for the
cheapest either as I wanted to actually learn something worthwhile. I
quickly realised that if I purchased the best guitar lessons that I
could afford but the right type of lessons it would be cheaper that
buying lots of rubbish lessons that were cheap and taught me nothing.
So many were looking for the cheapest rates per hour or per book/cd but I
was busy learning off the best blues guitar lessons available.
Your needs are an important factor - and it cuts both ways. You don't
have to get the most expensive - content driven "industry standard" but
you don't have to get the cheapest poorly designed tutorial.
Think of it this way - when you shop for only the lessons that you want,
you are in charge to a certain extent of the pricing and can save 90%
of price of your tutorial bill by only going for what you need. Hence
setting your blues guitar lessons budget according to what you and you
alone need to make it as a blues guitarist.
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