Josiah J
Instruments: Guitar
Styles: Jazz, Rock, Latin Jazz
Josiah J
Instruments: Guitar
Styles:
Jazz, Rock, Latin Jazz
Where I Teach:
In Your Home
Ages Taught: 8-80
ABOUT
Degrees / Training / Special Info:
BA, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Jazz Guitar Performance
Awards:
2010 - toured the United Kingdom with rock group
2013 - EP (Early Worm)
2014 - nominated for RFT's "best soul band" (Al Holliday and the East Side Rhythm Band)
2014 - "Truck" (Early Worm)
Overview:
I love to learn new things! Music is a life long learning process which always leaves room for new things to be discovered. I began music in England with rock music, but my passion to understand music drove me to graduate from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor's in Jazz. I have played in venues all over and in all situations.
EXPERIENCE
My experience began as an instructor for two different music stores in my early college years. I have had a well rounded musical education because I come from a family of professional musicians and have had the oppurtunity to play in a wide variety of scenarios. I encourage regular practice because it is the only way to see results in your playing. I have taught students of all ages and all experience levels.
METHODS USED
Music lessons are not math class. It is first important to discover what the student is interested in learning. I balance the learning of material that the student is interested in with excercises and other concepts that I know to be important for any musician. I always encourage students to play with their peers!
LESSON STYLE
All music can be broken down into three categories: melody, harmony and rhythm. I tend to explore everything we do by observing how the given material utilizes one of these three elements (with rhythm being chief!). I love to instill the ideals that I have learned from my mentors into my own students. All guitar students are taught to think as musicians and not just as guitar players. I often think back on some of Miles Davis's famous words, "If it sounds right, it is right!".
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