FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
$50 an hour for Guitar, Bass, or Ukulele Music Lessons. $30 for a 1/2 hour and $45 for 45 minutes. An hour long lesson is preferred so as to insure enough time to cover all topics and have enought time to be confident about the new material being learned.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
I first assess the current skill level and aptitude for learning so that I know at what scholastic level I must teach. After that, I allow the student to find a familiarity with the instrument and the basics of communicating about it. ie. parts of the instrument and how to handle it. From there, we will begin to learn to have some easy going fun with basic tunes - ones that will be entertaining to practice on the student's own time.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Besides regular private guitar lessons that I started when I was young, I took piano lessons as a regular part of my high school curriculum and this gave me a high degree of knowledge with music theory. I have also participated in a number of special workshops with guitar professionals that have reached nationwide notoriety. This includes a week long intensive at the National Guitar Workshop, a blues intensive with Ernie Hawkins, and a bluegrass workshop with Jack Lawerence and another bluegrass workshop with Orrin Star. In addition, I have attended the 2009 IBMA Business Conference in Nashville,TN.