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Take Your Guitar Playing to the Next Level • Electric and Acoustic Guitar Lessons

Do you feel like your guitar playing has plateaued or your progression has become stagnant? Are you feeling frustrated with trawling through guitar tab websites and watching instructional Youtube videos that lack a personal touch? Do you want your guitar playing ability to reach levels you never even thought you could achieve? If this is the case, I would love to help you.

My name's Dave and I've been a full-time professional musician for the past 15 years. I work predominantly as a performing and recording session musician and also as a private guitar tutor. I'm sure it will come as no surprise when I say that I absolutely love the guitar. My biggest goal in teaching guitar is to share with you my passion for this instrument and to help you gain as much enjoyment from it as I have for most of my life. My lessons have a highly tailored approach as I believe all students to be individuals and as such, they will always have different goals and ambitions, different ways of learning and varying rates of progression. I specialise in all popular contemporary musical styles on both electric and acoustic guitar as well as having a highly in-depth knowledge of musical theory, songwriting and composition. If you're interested in developing your skills in any of these areas, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Please note: I am happy to take on beginner guitarists however I believe that you will get the most out of what I can offer as a teacher if you are already towards the intermediate/advanced level of playing.

Extra information

For in-person lessons please bring your guitar, for online lessons please be sure to have a laptop with a good quality camera and high speed internet.

Location

At teacher's location: Wyvern Road, Sutton Coldfield, UK
Online via webcam

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General info

suitcase iconSkills:
Acoustic, Blues, Electric, Folk, Funk, Heavy metal, Indie & alternative, Jazz, Pop, Punk, Rnb, Rock, Ska, Song & varieties
Age:
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English, French

About Me

Hello and thank you for your interest in my guitar lessons! Allow me to share a little bit about myself. I’m a full-time gigging and recording musician and after having spent a few years in London I’m now based in Sutton Coldfield.

Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy a variety of work as a session musician, accompanying a range of different artists represented by labels such as Sony and the Universal Music Group. This has given me the opportunity to play at renowned music venues, festivals and radio stations both across the UK and abroad. I also have a home-studio set-up in which I record electric and acoustic guitar for both film and television soundtracks - recently these have included a BAFTA winning animation, an ITV drama series and the main ad campaign for Fender’s Professional II series of guitars. The variety of work I’ve taken on in my career has helped me develop my skills across a wide range of musical styles from rock and heavy metal to jazz and classical music - and everything in-between.

I’ve had over 15 years experience gigging the function scene, which has seen me play at prestigious venues, hotels, restaurants and bars all across the UK as well as having the odd function abroad. I perform predominantly with function band 'Bandit' who are represented by the highly regarded Alive Network Agency, playing an average of 50 to 60 shows a year. I am also one half of the prestigious vocal/guitar duo 'The Blue Wild' for which I assume acoustic guitar, keyboard and backing vocal duties.

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