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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I have a friend who went through a nasty divorce, closed down his very good corporate law practice, packed up all his belongings into storage, and then enrolled in a one year intensive guitar performance course at the Music Institute in Hollywood, California. This is the same guy who inspired me to get back into more serious playing 10 years ago, and it was his corporate bandroom that inpired me to build mine. Interesting turn in his career. I just wonder how good a player could get by taking that same money and paying Matt Smith for a year or two of intense private instruction? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | I would think that person would only be limited by his capacity to learn but there has to be considerable weight given to time spent playing as well. Two years of intense playing would still only get you so far. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | He's been playing for 50 years and is an outstanding player. He was burned out in his prior life and has decided to give his playing 100% of his attention for the next year of his life and then see where it takes him. He's in his late fifties and says the class is filled with nothing but long-haired teens and 20-somethings, all of whom are better players than him. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Wow! Sorry to hear about the nasty divorce...been there, done that.
It DOES get you to thinking, though!
If I didn't have two young children when MY nasty divorce was done, I might have done something similar! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'd have to say it depends on what's in you. MI or MS either one are good choices, but you got to boil it down and be able to regergitate it your own way in a way that people want to listen to.
Probably either is a good choice. He might like the weather better in LA. I wouldn't. |
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Friend enrolls at MI