Bass Lessons Monroe County, MI

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer

I have been teaching music, mainly guitar and piano, off and on for almost 15 years. My style varies on the age of the student, what they hope to achieve and where their strengths lie.  I feel it's important for the student to learn the fundamentals while simultaneously having fun with their instrument and exploring the music they feel passionate about.  For me, the trick is inspiring the student to pick up their instrument everyday and want to play it. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar

bass guitar will start out with left hand right hand techniques to make sure that those are fundamental to the correct. then after that we will move on to major minor scales. and then typically we will move into sight reading and learning the mechanics of how to stay in the pocket and groove. With guitar we will work mostly out of a kids book teaching the simple C chord G chord g7 chord and d7 chord playing songs like skip to my Lou Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Though my focus is always on application, theory believe it or not can be fun to learn as well. Through a simple process taught to me, I present theory on one sheet of paper that provides all the information you will ever need to know. Now of course volumes of reference are available and one could spend a lifetime and still never get to all of it, but my teaching method provides a sound foundation in theory that makes application easier and most importantly gives students the language ability to talk concepts as well as apply them to their instruments. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Music, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I am happy to teach all styles of music from classical to RB guitar. However, what I get most excited about as a teacher is helping students understand the fundamental logic of music. I want to help my students know what they are hearing when they listen to music and know how to play what they are hearing. If students are able to grasp these things, music will truly become a medium of expression for them. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Double Bass

I have opened for National and International acts such as Dead Kennedy's, Powerman 5000, The Aristocrats (Guthrie Goven), Fishbone, Lucky Tubb (Ernest Tubb III), .357 String Band, Angry Samoans, Sixto Rodrigues (Sugarman), Mike Dillon (Primus), and many others. Touring solo and with groups on a National scale since 2010. Read More