Overall Comments

I've taken lessons from Bob for two years and he has helped my learning curve an amazing amount. First of all I commend him for his flexibility in meeting a student at their level. I find him to be patient and adept at giving meaningful feedback.

One of the best things about learning from Bob has been that he has tought me how to play the banjo, not how to play tab. He has me arranging songs on my own and learning core concepts that I can apply to songs regardless if I'm learning from ear or from some tab. This can't be emphasized enough. Lessons can be a very expensive way to build a collection of tab and that's not what you get from Bob unless I that's what you want. Basically he'll lead you where you want to go and how you want to get there.

One other plus in my book is that my lessons are once a month and typically a bit over an hour long. How much can a person learn in a 20 minute lesson as offered by most music stores? I never understood what you could accomplish in that short of time except not much. The once a month approach works much better for me.

You should also know that Bob teaches at Banjo Camp North and is published on a regular basis by Mel Bay at banjosessions.com. Anyone in the greater New York Capital District should definately consider Bob as a teacher. He's a great picker and sincerely generous with his teaching.

Overall Rating

10