Guitar Students Before Smart Phones Existed (Late 90's era)

Guitar Students Before Smart Phones Existed (Late 90's era)
Didn't realize it then but this was a great time to teach guitar. Students were still coming in with CD's and lots of songs they loved and wanted to learn. Everything changed once everyone had phones and infinite access to songs.
Thanks!!!

[meepmeepssss]

Before the internet it seemed like life moved a lot slower. As someone who was born in the internet age, I sincerely wish i could experience the pace of life that these kids experienced it at.

[HarptoHeart]

I was the skateboarding guy with stickers all over my guitars. So happy I was able to grow up in the 90's! Cheers and much love from NC. 🤘🏼🇺🇸🤘🏼

[eqx]

I just lost my guitar teacher to cancer. I took lessons from 2007-2010 when I was a teen. I found out a few weeks ago he was gone. I didn't have any contact with him save for a few Facebook messages since my final lesson. I will never forget my time with him. I hope the kids learning now will still seek in person teachers. It's clear that you can learn basically everything via YouTube. However, a good teacher will instill more than just techniques. Mine had stories from many years of playing and general life conversations about being a guitarist. RIP Scott. You were the man.

[danielhiggs]

Man I remember being a guitar student in the early-mid 90s and this is perfect! I really wish we could put the technology genie back in the bottle sometimes..

[TheArtofGuitar]

I remember getting into video production way back in the day having only a Sony Hi8 handycam and a really slow Mac running Final Cut 5 I think. I made these videos as a way to show each student’s progress but over time it turned more into a time capsule for the time period before tech took over, before smart phones. Back then only a handful of people got to see the finished video, today we almost got 100, 000 views in less than a week. Such a different world today.

[jwhite]

So many nirvana riffs lol. It really was so different back then. Growing up in the 90's I got a huge wave of nostalgia watching this. The clothes, the hair styles, and the music. Sometimes I wish I could go back and experience it all over again.

[kaisawheel]

Everything was different before all of this technology. I miss it, honestly.

[thecaseybueno]

This is so cool. You’re such a good teacher. Only someone who genuinely gives a shit would record your students like this. You deserve all the success in the world, man. Thanks for sharing your teaching gift with all of us. 🙏🙏

[pyroseed]

Love the kid at the end listing all the Pokemon interspersed with him singing Backstreet Boys lol. It's like the perfect time capsule of that year.

[deadreckoning]

Everybody was my friend. I got to observe that change take place. People are a lot more self-absorbed now and think they're a lot more significant than they really are. People back in the '90s had fun because they didn't have a social media platform to throw themselves out there then have to put on a false narrative to try to impress the world.

[Xinbaset]

This needs to be seen by everybody. There is a deeper feeling and message just by being what it is. Beautiful, really beautiful

[briancoyne]

Look at all the lives you have improved by teaching guitar through the years. Thank you!!

[OnlyAson]

Love that guy with the pickup selector labeled for Ska/Punk!

[Reeldrivenoutdoors]

As someone who was born in 1990 I can confirm this era was the best years of my life everything felt real and true and honest, the world truly changed around 2006-2008 and hasn’t felt the same since

[MackDaddyVic]

This also just shows how real and down to earth kids and people in general used to be. Man, I was probably like 5 years old when this video was recorded. I wish I was a teenager in the 90’s. Best decade for music and life.

[marcusvetrano]

As a guitar teacher that just started teaching last year, I found this video to be immensely informative, entertaining and also beautiful. You captured everyone's unique personality so well its like im seeing my own class of students with all their quirks and funny conversations. I kinda wish I was teaching back then as well, a world without technological distractions and just pure love for music. This was awesome man

[dman]

Not gonna lie - if my guitar teacher started filming me I'd be pretty terrified ha. You seem like a great tutor though

[Usgmusteret]

RIP Josiah!
This video makes me very sad and happy at the same time... thanks for that! what a beautiful time capsule

[madmartigan]

Takes me back to the days of hair gel, Ibanez/skate punk, love it

[PerryCodes]

This is freakin' gold Mike. I absolutely love the kid at the end that names off a TON of Pokémon after being asked which one he likes the most! Or... you know that a kid thinks you're really old when they ask questions like "Do you know anything about skate boarding?" =) This video goes really well with another one I just watched where you talk about maintaining a beginner's mindset. Seeing people in that first year or two of learning the guitar not allowing themselves to get bent out of shape when they aren't perfectly nailing every single note... Playing the guitar because it brings you happiness and it's something you enjoy doing. Great post!