Aren't lessons expensive?

LANSTARR · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:43 pm Post subject: Aren't lessons expensive?

I would like to get lessons, but aren't they expensive? How often do you guys get professional lessons and around how much do you spend on it?
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Trumpet Dude · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Aren't lessons expensive?

_swthiel · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject:

I try to take a lesson every week, as schedules permit. Trumpet Dude's hourly cost is similar to mine.

They are worth every penny!
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_Gene · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:04 am Post subject:

An hour every two weeks at $40.00
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riffdawg2000 · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:06 am Post subject:

Two lessons a month @ $65.
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Trumpet Dude · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:24 am Post subject:

_Don Herman · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject:

Starting and continuing to play poorly is "expensive". Gas is expensive. A good lesson will take you hundreds, thousands of times ahead in your playing the cost of the lesson. IMHO - Don
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Tom LeCompte · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:

Are lessons expensive? There's an old saying: 'If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

Cheng · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:34 am Post subject:

I have two lesson a month at $44 each and it is worth every cent. In the year and a half I have been taking lessons I have made more improvements that trying to gut it out on my own in the previous 10 years.

The lessons have given me focus for my practice time and I waste less time in my practice.

I even introduced a co-worker and he also takes 2 lessons a month.

Is it expensive, not really.
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Paul P · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:43 am Post subject:

I think Claude Gordon put it pretty well when he said "That's what you'll get... a three dollar teacher."

TP_Dad · Regular Member Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 33

My Daughter had been taking lessons each week for 5 years (not during the summers). We changed teachers (close to $10 more/hr) and in 3 months her sound went from not bad for a high school player to very good. Her articulation improved greatly and she finally has a decent vibrato.

I'd gladly pay the new teacher $20 more/hr. But don't tell him that.

She is now a year away from university auditions and well on her way to being prepared.

I always wondered how much a teacher can really help when the student "already knows" what they are doing. After all, the student has to make themselves better by applying themselves to the things they arn't doing right. And although a teacher’s main function is to help you find what you need to improve, this showed me that not just a teacher but the right teacher can make a huge difference.

Find one, a good one.

tpter1 · Heavyweight Member Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 1194

What you invest in lessons (both monetarily and in work) comes back to you threefold in either opportunities, knowledge or improvement.

Umyoguy · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:55 pm Post subject:

Like anything in life - You get what you pay for.

Jon

hiwiller · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:01 am Post subject:

Speaking of lessons... In case anybody might have some info, I'm looking for a good teacher in the Cleveland, OH area. Now I am a comeback player so please don't suggest Michael Sachs (although that would be quite a thing eh?

) as I'm sure he has his hands full with the students at CIM.

If there's a better place to ask, let me know.

Thanks,
Doug

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

MalinTrumpet · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject:

I started studying with Ray Mase about 13 years ago. At that time I took a lesson every few weeks and his rate was $60 per lesson. He's a wonderful teacher. He never said anything about increasing his rate. After a few years I decided to give him a raise every year of $5. We are now up to $110 per lesson. I don't have the time for a lesson every few weeks anymore. My playing has improved because of my lessons and I'm very busy rehearsing and performing.

The last attorney I used had a rate of $400.00 an hour. (I live in New York) Ray is a far better trumpeter and teacher than my attorney is a lawyer. Ray is one of the best in the world and my attorney is only very, very good. I think Ray is very inexpensive and I look forward to many more years of study.

Larry Malin

Guest · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject:

Umyoguy · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject:

Tom LeCompte · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:

I don't think it's necessarily the case that someone who had a teacher who didn't work out for them got "scammed". Sometimes it just doesn't work out. And sometimes it's the reverse - sometimes a player who has less of a "name" makes for a better teacher. If he knows 3/4 as much as the "big name player" but is twice as effective in conveying it, you're ahead of the game.

FeBolas · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:36 pm Post subject: Lessons/Trumpetdude

I teach half-hour lessons in the Houston area for 16 bucks a pop, and when I was in high school payed 50 an hour.

It's worth every penny; you pay more for pros, less for college people like me... just make sure you work well with your teacher. I had 3 of my 5 older kids make all-region, but there are some really crappy college-age teachers out there, too. If you're serious, shell out the bucks and go find a pro. Look at teachers for nearby universities, and players in major symphonies, opera orchestras, etc.

Trumpetdude: I'm originally from the Fort Worth area, and also took from Bert while I was in the GDYO. He's amazing! He's pretty much the reason I'm going to be playing trumpet for a living.