Matthew K  
Instruments: Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Latin Percussion
Styles: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, Latin, Funk, Salsa, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Swing, New Age, Samba, Bossa Nova, Punk, Mariachi

I come from a family of teachers; my mother and father were teachers, my sister, and more. I myself began serving as a TA (Teachers Assistant) for 2 separate UCF Professors of Psychology, teaching lecture classes, doing online grading and more. All the while I was teaching private guitar lessons studying at UCF, Orlando. Substitute Teaching in the Public School System circa 2005 succeeded that, and I transitioned into teaching English in the Japanese Public School system next! I know! Random! I played in a punk rock band, and was coaxed into touring Japan instead of pursuing my Psychology Career (post graduation from UCF, Orlando). I love Japan so much that I returned for four years to teach! I managed to teach guitar, drum, latin percussion and bass lessons alongside all of this, since 2000, so it's been an enjoyable journey and I wouldn't trade it for the world!

For those students who love to forge ahead, I use HARMONY AND THEORY. I don't tend to start out teaching how to read music, but if suggested/desired, I'm aok w/ the notion. I focus on chord tones, diatonic, symmetrical and other scales, syncopation/rhythms, the clave in Latin Music, the metronome, jazz chords vs other chords and more. Drumming wise I use the book STICK CONTROL, and for more advanced students I use an Ed Uribe book about Afro-Cuban styles ... I feel that book takes one to a much higher level!