I heard Lou was a great guitar instructor from a friend so I requested a lesson at his first opening. I am a beginner and a visual learner so I was amazed at his enthusiasm to teach me the fundamentals when he has such experienced students. His patience with and belief in my talent when I had neither really inspired me to get better. His instruction is deep but communicated simply so the novice is served well beyond the initial lesson. As an example, while teaching me the song Everlong (acoustic), he broke the song down into fundamental percussive patterns (David Grohl was originally a drummer), pick holds and illustrated transition strums between cords. While “I’ll never learn this”, was my initial thought, he had proved me wrong in the previous year so i rolled with it. That one lesson allowed me to progress much deeper into a difficult song – something one cannot achieve from Internet Tabs.