I have 1 year giving "classes" to a friend of mine. he's 20 years old, and its family is plenty of money.
His father bought him a Phantom and a huge BOSE stereo equipment, plus
a MC 307.
He tried the first days, and then, put them under them during 8 months.
I'm an ignorant person, but I gave him clases, just trying to inspire on him enthusiasm, and proud for doing something well on this life. Something that you can apply to anything. Inspire perseverance and above all the things: PATIENCE. All the things done with true love and dedication will give results, to forget about useless worries and focus on a personal inner work. I just put some gasoline on the tank, tried to show him a way to follow.
that was all, and the guy is so enthusiastic, he don't need any help anymore.
When I see this, I feel bad because I never had money to get a gear like he bought, I grew on pooverty. But whe I got my first synth, I used it so much during 3 years that it died. Also for the next one, the cover of the synth lost all the paint for overuse. First time I had more than 1 synth was on 1999.
Today I have a real decent gear, it costs me part of my life, but when I didn't have it, I blamed the gear for the defects of my music.
Now I realize that everything, the core of all, it's not on the gear, not on the last model. The best piece of gear is inside you, always have been there, and without that inner gear, your studio will be like that Jarre's studio but without electricity.