Kyle S  
Instruments: Guitar
Styles: Pop, Rock, Blues, Punk

Although I am new to teaching guitar, it has always been a career goal of mine. I started playing the guitar in high school and my passion has only grown from there. I've had one formal year of guitar lesson and the rest of my experience comes from self-teaching and playing with other musicians. In my early years, I joined a youth music program, where I was paired with other young musicians and we played several gigs together. When I was 20, I started an amateur band for about a year with my uncles. We would play mainly covers and we played gigs at several events in my community.

If the student is a beginner, I would start with learning the fundamental chords needed to for a solid start to a music education. I would pick out a few fun and easy to learn songs, that contain the beginning chords to keep the lesson fun and interesting. I always found it more interesting to learn a new song rather than just to learn chords. Alongside learn chords, I also like to teach the basic fundamentals of learning guitar, i.e pick holding, strumming, and the parts of the guitar. For an intermediate student, I would figure what they know and what style they like to play. I would adjust my lessons to the student's interests. Whether it's certain songs they want to learn or certain techniques pertaining to the style they are interested in.