[phillywillis]

So I am also self -taught. The majority of my motivation has come from playing in all sorts of different groups since I was 14 and my learning has come from strictly listening/observing other musicians along with books and the internet have had a big part in this too. I think that for being self-taught, I did fine learning how to play. However, I feel like because I did not have a teacher, I am lacking in certain skills like having a variety of rudiments to work with. Because I was always listening to music and mimicking that, I left some other things by the way-side. I am now trying to make up for that which is pretty painstaking.