Guitar Lessons in Oceanport, NJ

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar

Acoustic Electric Guitarist,Composer Music Educator. Craig's early music influence came from his family; he grew up with Mom's jazz, RB and soul records and his brother's Rock Roll albums. Craig started playing guitar at the age of 9. In high school Craig started performing live with his first rock roll band. He attended Berklee College of Music and studied with private teachers and attended workshops with great musicians including. Dave Creamer, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and many more. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet

Sharing the joy of making music has been a passion of mine since my undergraduate days. I've been lucky enough to have had some of the most fulfilling students along my journey since then. I enjoy beginning students and their progression and growth and have seen some of my younger students granted music scholarships and even music degrees along the way. I've also had the pleasure of working with some of the finest adult beginners since living here in New York. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar Double Bass Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I started teaching private music lessons 10 years ago before I attended college. Throughout college and after, I progressed and improved greatly as a musician, teacher and person. I like teaching people of all ages and backgrounds and feel this mindset in paramount in me improving as an educator and overall communicator. I have experience teaching students from kindergarten to college to grown adults. Teaching a wide range of ages has allowed me to be able to communicate and teach these different generations of students. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Seriousness and also keeping fun and interesting. Being serious to understand music is a science, and fun not to let it become tedious. Most music students don’t stick to practicing for the mere reason nobody has ever showed them the right way to practice, practice with the mind and not as a robot, and keeping it interesting and challenging. You need to challenge yourself, put yourself to the edge. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Drums Conga Latin Percussion Music Djembe

While teaching at Tri-Key, I began working at Guitar Center in drums and percussion shortly before being promoted to Lesson and Studio Manager. I attended to the students, teachers, and the department overall. After a while I was offered a teaching position for introductory guitar at the Ridgewood Montessori school in Paramus and a clinic style teaching position for drums and percussion at Master Your Guitar Music Academy in Fairfield where I currently teach from. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Ukulele Mandolin Double Bass

Having taught students of several different age groups, on several different instruments it is hard to have a definitive "set method". For all students, however, I try to do several things that will help them no matter the age or instrument. I help them develop their technique, music theory knowledge and work on ear training. No matter the age or instrument I believe these 3 things lead to musical success no matter what. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

With all students I put a lot of emphasis on leaning how to learn. I believe that by, for instance, teaching students how to make good use of their practice time (being productively self-critical) and processing information in an intuitive way, drastically expedites musical development and profoundly affect brain development. Much of this intuitive practice has to do with internalizing information such as music theory or recordings to the point that they become second nature much like a language. Read More