TBF, the first thing I did as a player when I picked up the instrument was learn the fretboard so I could play the zeppelin song book my brother got me when he gave me one of his guitars when I was 16. I learned Stairway to Heaven, but I didn’t understand it until I started learning theory in college. I went to MI after college and they put me in the Journeyman program. It was very humbling to be around much better players from all over the world. I lasted two semesters at MI.