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Re: Are all private teachers flakes?

Author: SonicManEXE
Date: 2016-06-15 05:41

No. Not all private teachers are flakes. I've had two clarinet teachers. My first one is a clinician at my middle school, so I know him well (his stepdaughter was also a drum major at my high school a couple years before I got there, so he and his wife are well-known among my older friends). Not only does he live several doors down from me, but he always drove the two minute walk to my house and was very prompt. Lessons were $40 an hour. Unfortunately, he mainly teaches middle school woodwind players (although clarinet is his main instrument) and by the end of my sophomore year (a year of working with him) he had to practice at home to catch up with me. Even though he is not a professional he got me on the path I'm on now, and even now he's still as nice as he ever was to me.
My second teacher I've used a couple times. He was my high school director's saxophone professor while he was at FAMU, but he's also an amazing clarinet player and plays it in our local community band. Being a music teacher and basically a professional musician, he charges $60 a lesson, which is much better than you may think from someone who went to Florida State and has been doing this for a long time. Still, he's very nice and just freaking amazing.

So, no. Not all private teachers are flakes. I'm sorry you've had such bad luck. I'm sure there's a good person in your area somewhere.

Jared
Ft. Lauderdale & Tampa, FL

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