Richard D  
Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Saxophone, Drums, Organ, Synthesizer, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel, Musical Theater, Opera, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Electronic, Flamenco, Salsa, Showtunes, Spirituals, Reggae, Merengue, Latin Jazz, Swing, New Age, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul, Marching Band, Punk, Mariachi, Avant-garde

I have been teaching on and off since 2010 and now teach almost exclusively from my home studio in Bloomington, IN.  I've had the experience of teaching everyone from 4 year olds to advanced adult students and implemented various teaching methods for the many different minds & learning styles.  I always liked to look at the art of music like learning a language so I have since learned to create individualized lesson plans for my students that gives students plenty time to "speak", that is learning the fundamentals, phrases, and tools to share their personal story and to study the vast pedigree of music that has come before them.  The musical journey I share with every new student opens as many new doors for me as it usually does for them so it is always an exciting venture & I am very passionate about what I do.

The art form of music is both a cerebral and deepy visceral experience.  And thus so I invite students to journey outward and inward to begin (or continue) studying music from both a scholastic perspective as well as treating the art form as a purely aural experience.  My teaching studio enables students to take home recordings of themselves so they have an audible track record of their progress.  Every student learns differently, and is born with inherently different strengths, weaknesses, rhythms, and song.  My individualized lesson plans take students on a journey from the past to the present as we dive into the vast pedigree of masters who have come before us, while looking outward at all the new music that is happening today.