Language of lessons in Garageband 09 ????

Just installed Garageband 09 and trying to download / buy some lessons. For some reason the downloads are all proposed in German because I am in Switzerland. Great, but I don't speak German, so how do I change the language setting somewhere? This does not seem to be connected to the iTunes store as far as I can see?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks

hi, the content displayed in the lessons store seems to be IP related. So you might use an american vpn. you also need an american creditcard (or american appleID). It's actually the same restriction as you are not allowed to buy cpu's on an online applestore from another country. here is what i did to get the lessons (and actually a lot more than are available right now in the swiss store) in english:
set os language to english, log out / log in, deleted garageband pref, log to an american vpn to get the right IP.
edit: i'm sorry, it's not ip related...hm just get an american applestore id and change gb to english
cheers
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