[lorispencer]

I think that the internet allows people to play very quickly with very little technical information and without a great deal of ear playing. I think that it's a great tool. Most don't want to spend all of them time wading through theory or spending years with trial and error ear work. They can be up and running and having the joy that they wanted to have from guitar in months instead of years. For those who want, spend the time on theory and ear to really be able to improve beyond a certain level. i learned how to play the hard way with the needle on the record over and over again. I wouldn't expect computer programmers that worked for me to program in the same style that we did when programming was in it's infancy, i wouldn't expect musicians to continue learning the same that was done in the past. with that said, every guitar player should eventually learn to hear an out of tune guitar and be able to correct in case that tuner battery goes dead.