Genre

Back when I was teaching locally, I would sometimes have students who said that they wanted to develop their own style, and that they did not want to sound like other guitar players. The first thing that we need to clear up is a bit of honesty: We are always going to have influences from other guitar players and musicians. We are not going to create a genre of music that is completely unlike anything ever heard before - even if we create something unique, we are going to be using scales, techniques, structures and harmonies that have been used for 100s of years.