Guitar Lessons Pottawattamie County, IA

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I am a fun and patient instructor with over fifteen years of professional teaching experience, and many more years performing. I earned a degree from the University of Northern Iowa, where I studied both Music and Philosophy. I immediately began teaching music in my private practice, and have been helping students achieve their goals ever since. I have taught for local schools, as well as national chains such as Guitar Center and School of Rock. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My teaching style is success-driven and is largely about giving creative opportunities. Celebrating my students' first time playing a song or learning their first chord is always exciting, as I understand the sometimes intimidating learning curve that music presents. I set weekly, realistic goals for my students and always make sure they have something to listen to. For my piano students, I always make sure that they have pianists to listen to all week so that they can be inspired and have an understanding of the history of the instrument. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Trumpet, Trombone, Drums, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Hello! My name is PJ. I was born and raised in Central Florida, and I’ve spent the last 3 years in Central Iowa with my partner Libby, and our lovely and talented 4 year old daughter, Janie Rose. I have been a professional musician for almost 20 years, four of which I spent playing trumpet, guitar, bass, and singing in the US Marine Corp Band. For the last decade, I have made my living as a multi-instrumentalist and singer, entertaining thousands on stages across the country and around the world. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar

I have been teaching, performingand repairing guitars and basses for the last 20 years. I have been on tour with national acts. I have shared the stage with Gretchen Wilson, Dierks Bently, Josh Thompson and many more including rock legends Night Ranger. I have met Black Sabbath, Faster Pussycat and many more. I have had the wonderful experience of performing in front of 30,000 people and also being on TV. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My method is a balanced approach between learning the technic to play the instrument and the harmony/theory involved with what the student is learning. For everything learned there are exercises with songs from any music style that the student would like to focus on. The objective on the classes is to give the student the elements to explore his sound, with a little understanding of harmony and how to apply it to the instrument the student can explore more his/her instrument and enjoy expressing art through music. Read More