Substitute Teacher

So I went to my guitar lesson and my normal teacher was out and they brought in a sub. Well this sort of pissed me off. I would have preferred some advance notice and probably would have skipped it if I'd have know. After taking lessons from the same guy for almost a year, it's pretty much a waste of time to bring in a new guy for one lesson because the Sub spends most of the time trying to figure out where you stand. By the time he gets to the point that he can make any useful assessment time is up.I am by no means a great guitarist, I'm probably not even an average guitarist but everything this guy tried to show me I already knew. The sub was pretty impressive when he played. He is going to Depaul and is a Jazz major. So after talking for a few minutes about where my current struggles are and telling him I already knew his tips we decided to just jam for a bit. We decided on a blues jam in A minor with him playing rhythm and me soloing away.ruh roe, the dog is loose.Ok back now. So anyway Mr. Sub was pretty impressed and to tell you the truth I was also impressed with my playing. I came out of the "lesson" with a whole new level of confidence and I have been jamming away in the basement for the last couple of days.If I could only eliminate the latency issue I am having with my recording software as I would like to record some stuff and compare it to where I am six months from now.On another note I've been reading "Bang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal" Very enjoyable stuff, brings back a lot of memories from High School as the book covers the "hair metal" era in pretty good detail. Certainly interesting reading for any Heavy Metal fan.