Guitar Lessons in Torrance, CA

Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Cello Viola Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Recorder Fiddle French Horn Piccolo Oboe

My approach to learning an instruments is to have the students learn to play by ear first before they can start learning to read music. I find that most students are able to progress quickly because it frees them to focus on the playing the instruments rather than reading notes. I consider reading music like different subject that they learn later. Learning music is like learning to speak. First we learn to talk and then we learn to read and write. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I have been surrounded by music's influence my whole life, being that my father was a guitarist, my grandmother a classical singer, and my great uncles were conductors and cellists in orchestras. My initial influences were rock, hard rock and heavy metal, being exposed to and enamored with blues and jazz. While earning my degree at Berklee College of Music in Boston, I was steeped in the jazz tradition as a guitarist and arranger, studying also classical, blues, funk, jazz fusion, American roots music, gypsy jazz, and more. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I have been playing guitar for 15 years. Played in an original band as well as a Nickelback Tribute band that has played in Texas and Trinidad. I also have gone to college with an emphasis in music including music theory as well as guitar. I am calm and relaxed. My approach is very laid back, yet strict enough to demand real learning and progress. My favorite music is rock, hard rock, and metal. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Saxophone Electric Guitar Djembe Acoustic Guitar

Every person is different as every student is different, so I make a point to cater to the individual and not get locked into an umbrella method of teaching. I make myself available to each student to ask questions and get the most information out of whatever subject we might be discussing/learning. I make sure that each students needs get met by determining on day 1 of lessons what they want to get out of music and the instrument they are learning. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar

Maya studied upright bass performance at Berklee College of Music, where she earned a Berklee Merit Scholarship and the Bass Department Outstanding Performer Award and Scholarship. She played with the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra, with a highlight performance of Lord of the Rings Symphony at Bostons Symphony Hall. She tours nationally with Boston-based bummer pop band Future Teens. The group has been featured on NPRs All Songs Considered and in The Boston Globe, and was awarded Boston Music Awards Alt/Indie Artist of the Year 2019. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Violin Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion Music Acoustic Guitar

As of this updated bio due to COVID-19 (Nov. 2020), Greg has been doing a hybrid format of teaching, primarily through Zoom with some in person instruction while maintaining orders of social distancing and wearing masks. He is currently on faculty at Santiago Canyon College, Santa Ana College, Neal Music Instruction in Anaheim, WePlay Music in Irvine, and La Serna High School in Whittier. He has previously taught at the Saturday Conservatory of Music in San Gabriel, Suzanne Middle School in Walnut, IvyCrest Montessori in Fullerton, and Music & Arts in San Dimas and Mission Viejo. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

As a session guitarist, I have had the opportunity to share the stage with Eric Bellinger, songwriter/producer for Justin Bieber and Usher, VJ Rosales of the Filharmonics, James Corden Show house acapella group. I currently perform both live and studio sessions around southern California. I attended music conservatory overseas when I was younger, but bloomed musically under the mentorship of Billy Meza, musician for Gladys Knight and the Temptations of the golden soul era. Read More