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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Guitar lessons in Santa Clarita . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!
Instruments: Guitar Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
Samantha is an all around artist. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist since the age of 7. Samantha teaches guitar of all styles to all ages. Samantha has performed at venues such as the Blue Note, was lead guitarist for Improvisational Jazz Orchestra, x22Burnt Sugarx22, and toured with Orchestras as a featured guitarist. Her stage name is Ambrosine. With Samantha you will receive lessons that are both comprehensive, innovative, artistic yet technical. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I am an award wining guitar player of the Ibanez Flying finger contest 2017 awarded by Paul Gilbert. I have 11 years of guitar playing experience. In 2017 I performed at the Latin Grammy Music Awards held at MGM Grand Las Vegas. I also have experience performing with various artists at Wishky a go go, Burbank Bar and Grill, Viper Room, Saint Rocke etc, and performing with one of the Biggest 80's tribute band "Tainted Love" in San Fransisco and different other states. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
My initial stint as a Los Angeles session guitarist consisted of going for high profile auditions, and being considered as a guitarist for X Factor USA. I also recorded for a musical and for a movie soundtrack. More recently I have recorded in Travis Barker's private studio, recorded for Terry McDermott (runner up on The Voice) with x4 Grammy winning Duran Duran producer John Jones and have recorded on a number of projects with one of Pink Floyd’s engineer/producers at a major LA recording studio, including a session with Steve Ferrone (John Mayer/Tom Petty). Read More
Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
During my first meeting with a new student I ask them questions about their prior experiences, current knowledge, and musical aspirations. From there I tailor a unique learning strategy geared towards their goals, personality, and aptitude. I always try to use music that the student enjoys to spotlight the concept we are covering, and encourage the student to think about it while they listen to their favorite songs. The greatest payoff I can think of is when a student gets the immediate satisfaction that comes along with hearing an audience cheer for them after a good performance, and I do my best to curate these opportunities! Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Viola Drums Conga Latin Percussion Music Electric Guitar Djembe Acoustic Guitar
I am very flexible with the students I work with. Depending on how you learn best, I will adapt to your needs. I can teach through the use of books (such as the Suzuki Method, John Thompson, etc) but I am also an advocate for learning by ear, transcribing and chord charts. I am also a great transcriber and arranger. With that, I am able to adjust any song to any difficulty for the students I work with. Read More
Instruments: Guitar
Ihave been a freelance guitarist for over five years, and have performed in a variety of genres and styles. I have played everything from rock to jazz and folk, acoustic or electric. In teaching, I not only emphasize the importance of learning how to read music, but also make sure that I am doing what is necessary to keep the student motivated and engaged. Everyone has different goals and ways of achieving them, and I apply this knowledge to every student. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar
As a professional performing and recording musician, I have been honing my craft for over 18 years. I have been teaching guitar professionally for three years both privately and on staff as an instructor at School Of Rock in Venice, CA. My students range in age from 7 years old through to people in their 50s. With experience teaching a multitude of styles and techniques in both one on one and in larger group contexts, I have a great way of communicating things to people with different styles of learning. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
Not Applicable
What is your dream piece to perform and why?
My dream piece is always the next good or great song that I will create. My own piece is always better to perform than another's (though I often do cover songs) because when it's my own, I never have to worry about someone coming after me for recording or playing their music (if they wanted to).
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
Yes it does. My older brother is a bassist. When I was a little boy, I saw my half-sister with an acoustic guitar. I was told my one of my cousins, whose dad is a bassist in a salsa or Latin rock style band (I forget which), that my paternal grandmother was a pianist and violinist. I also learned from my parents or one of my other relatives that a set of my ancestors (I can't recall if they were my grandparents or ones further back generally) were a travelling musical duo in old Mexico, the man being a singer and his wife being the violinist).
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I had a 'work wife' at Fedex (not a real wife, just a young lady I worked with every night, but we were friends). We were unloading ukuleles one night. She said, "I want to learn to play the ukulele". I told her, "I will teach you how." However, I didn't know how to play a ukulele, nor did I have one." So I bought one on Amazon, and took to it quickly. I told her the truth, that I didn't know how to play the ukulele, but that I would learn and teach her whatever I happened to be learning. So, the love a woman lead me to it!
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I suppose that I decided recently. I recently ran into a friend and former band member after many years. So we decided to start jamming recently. We were the featured artists at a local open mic session, and the response of the audience was very good, so I saw that were was potential to keep the musical endeavor going and improving. I've always known that I had the talent to go professional. However, when I was a young man, sincere but doubting voices (others) in my life cast doubt on my musical ambition, causing me to self-doubt in that regard. Now is a good a time as any to make my dreams come true.
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
I like graphic art, like drawing, so probably that. I'm athletic by nature, so my time would probably go more towards that too.
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
By experience perhaps it would be reggae music, because, when I'm playing live, I'm in full control of myself. I can observe the audience and my band members with no problem. I'm in harmony with the soundman and just about everybody else around me. It provides 'wiggle room' in the sense that the band gives me time to jam, or 'solo'. The guitar is usually integral to the song. Therefore I'm playing almost throughout the whole song.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I feel like I must improvise guitar playing to some extent for two reasons, because I love to and because the best guitarists in the world do the same in my opinion. That could sound like 'soloing' or that might like a chord progression nobody has ever heard before. Sometimes I like to revisit the past and play familiar songs for whatever reason. Sometimes I write new songs. Oftentimes I make new guitar instrumentals. I don't really consult my old books of scales and chords anymore (unless I need to look up a chord for some reason or am trying to jog my memory as to the name of a chord). I play what I want to hear, which sometimes is my own singing.
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