FAQs
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
First an asessment of skills. Second, a discussion of student goals and aspirations. Third, a discussion of student musical preferences (blues, pop, folk, country etc...). We learn how to tune the guitar. Then we begin to explore three basic chords and how they are used in songs.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I received formal training in violin when I was five, began singing professionally when I was five, and later, clarinet and guitar from twelve years to about fourteen. I Played in my first band as a guitarist and singer when I was sixteen and have been playing professionally ever since.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I was an English Teacher in Junior High School so it was natural for me to teach my students guitar during my lunch or free periods...and in small group classes after school...for free. It was very rewarding. As a result some of my former students formed their own bands or played in them.