I want to put this out there to get others' opinions. I once, as an adult in my mid-20s, took drum lessons. Now, I wasn't a music beginner, having played clarinet and bass guitar for over a decade at that point. I wanted to expand my musical knowledge and really learn the rhythm side of things.
Well, I found a music teacher in my area and started taking lessons, and I absolutely hated it. The guy was always trying to push me into playing jazz, and I do not like jazz. It got to the point where I just stopped going because of how much he was pushing me. I told him I didn't have any desire to play jazz, but he kept it up. I know that jazz is the root of most popular music styles, but it doesn't change the fact that I hated playing it.
Honestly, it was such a horrible experience that I pretty much gave up on playing music altogether shortly after that. And I haven't played anything in over a decade.
So I want to know if anyone else ever experienced anything like this, or if they could tell me why that guy was so persistent in forcing me to play jazz to the point of making me want to quit?
Submitted August 22, 2025 at 01:50PM by FreqJunkie https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1mxbs55/pushy_music_teachers/?utm_source=ifttt