On the topic of Online vs. Real Thing, I much prefer online. I have not taken real guitar lessons, but I did drum lessons way back when. The main thing I can say as a positive of real vs. online is that there is an expectation from somebody you have to face in person. Thus, a motivation to meet that expectation for whatever reason.

For myself, I am not focusing as much on theory as I should be. I know I need to be doing that, but I'm having so much fun learning licks an practicing putting them together, making variations, etc. I am learning a lot and getting better, but there's the rub: There is nobody I have to meet each week and demonstrate my progress to! So, the less fun parts are getting neglected. :rolleyes:

That said, it is also one of the great strengths of online lessons. For someone like myself, who has no particular goal other than to play and to learn, I could never get that flexibility with personal instructor and a timeline of expected results. I just need to make sure I keep some discipline about it all and not neglect those bits I'm not so enthusiastic about.

Lot of other reasons, such as time flexibility, costs, etc, are also a factor. I can say, that if online lessons were not available to me, I almost certainly would [u]not[/u] be taking any personal lessons. That's just the way life gets. No time, no money. lol!

And if there was ever anything I agreed with, it is this!

Musicians don't play just because we want to. We play because we have to.