And if you only ever do what is directly taught, likely at best you will be proficient but never great, and often not even entertaining. I used to have a Fijia

And if you only ever do what is directly taught, likely at best you will be proficient but never great, and often not even entertaining. I used to have a Fijian flatmate at uni who played guitar, totally self taught. Played ukulele from age 3 with his sisters in acts in hotels back in Fiji. Just one thing (of many, many things) he could do musically was play along to most songs first time he heard them, anticipating chords/keys, no formal training. He did say they had so much spare time on their hands as kids it was all he did, but he could play so many songs and lead breaks, bass riffs etc etc note for note, perfect timing. While we were at uni he cleaned up because he could just roll up to any house band for the night and fill in on almost any instrument, pocket a hundred bucks or more, free drinks and at least one girl.