Self taught means taught themselves. Thought that much would be clear to you. Bach literally taught himself to play and compose music. -blam!-, you're dense. I play an "odd" combination of instruments huh? I play instruments that are relevant to where I was brought up and my heritage, numb nuts. You only play instruments that have pretty much no relevance to anyone that's not stuck up their own asses with their "vast musical background" aka a couple of years of god damn high school music class LMAO. I would love for a music teacher to laugh at something I say. Then I can laugh at their "degree" lol. Thanks for stopping by kid, glad I could put you in your place.