Piano Lessons in Culver City, CA

Instruments: Piano Guitar Saxophone Flute Bass Guitar Music Keyboard

My name is Jens B. I am an award winning saxophone player, multi-i nstrumentalist, teacher, composer and producer from Denmark now living in Los Angeles. I offer saxophone lessons for jazz, pop,and rock for beginners, intermediary and advanced. I work seamlessly in all styles and genres and have a lifetime of experience in the professional music industry. I work as a musician, composer, producer and teacher and my work has been featured on more than 100 different records and films. Read More

Instruments: Piano Drums Latin Percussion

For beginning drums students, I typically star with a simple beat that the student feels good about. From then, we start learning important concepts as dynamics, tempo, intensity, groove,... Once the student has a grasp of the fundamentals, we can take a look into learning specific songs that he/she likes, reading, new styles/approcahes, preparation for a recording, composition,... Always keeping the lessons motiviating and fun, no matter the level. Read More

Instruments: Piano Drums

I am a people person. During my time as a Finance professional I worked with many different types of people and it was my job to help them learn and understand and how certain " market " forces work as it pertains to their life and their goals. I look at teaching music in the same way. Everyone has their own idea of what they want to do with music and where they want to go. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Acoustic Guitar

For my students, I like to see what type of music they are interested in and listen to a few of their favorite songs. From there we can learn chords (guitar, piano) and melodies for vocal lines. We could go the route of learning scales and theory, but since I didn't grow up learning that way, I'd prefer to go the more modern way by learning strumming patterns, chords, inversions, melodies and harmonies, and teach dynamics to make a song come together. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Keyboard

I encourage my students to find and explain to me the techniques that are working for them once I have given any instruction. I want you to have a deep seeded understanding of the teachings which I am employing upon you. I will begin with basic music fundamentals for all my students and establish a scope of your knowledge and then move forward accordingly. For my piano students I will start with a beginning piano book and we will move forward as you progress. Read More

Instruments: Piano

I'm an upbeat, dedicated teacher with a great deal of firsthand experience to offer. I have been working steadily in the music industry for nearly twenty years, and have BM, MM, and DMA degrees in piano performance. I am Classically trained but also sing and play keyboards in a Japanese pop band! We have had the opportunity to tour all over Japan and the US. I also have experience composing, accompanying, arranging, and recording as a studio musician. Read More

Instruments: Piano Drums

My teaching experience dates back to when I was a student at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts. While pursuing my own education I also had five private drum students ranging from the ages of 7-15. I am fortunate enough to have learned a great deal about teaching all different ages from my father, who has been a private guitar teacher for over 35 years. During my time at Berklee College of Music, I taught group clinics and while our tour with the Karen Lovely Band I mentored mentally handicapped music students in the Netherlands with a group called United By Music. Read More