Omar J
Instruments: Guitar, Electric Guitar
Styles: Pop, Rock, Blues, Punk
Omar J
Instruments: Guitar, Electric Guitar
Styles:
Pop, Rock, Blues, Punk
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 7-80
2014 - Battle Of The Bands (1st Place)
2019 - Scholarship to Berklee Summer Program
2019 - Guitarist in All Star Rock band at Berklee School of Music in Boston
Hello! My name is Omar and I am a young passionate musician who enjoys working with other people, students or non-students, so that we get to share our love for music in some way and be able to exchange ideas. I have been playing guitar for eight years now, and I plan on playing guitar until the very last day I am on this earth. Ever since I was an adolescent little boy, I would listen to my mother's old records of bands ranging from Queen, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, etc... After realizing how much I loved the music, I turned to video and started watching what those artists did. I fell in love with every single aspect of it and decided that that is what I see myself doing in the future. Therefore, I played in bands and wrote a ton of music throughout high school, and we even got paid to play in bars and venues during senior year (this was very exciting). For now, though, I plan on sharing everything I know and have learned throughout the years of studying music and guitar, inside and outside of school! I currently reside at home with family (mother and little brother alongside me) in Oviedo, right by the University of Central Florida. I am located in the River Walk neighborhood. In this home, I have my own little studio where I study, write, record, and teach music!
My experience in teaching music comes from a tutoring background at school, as well as an online teaching skill. For the past few years, I have tutored students in high school and during my first two years of college. In addition to that, I currently post on my Instagram on an every other day basis. That is where you would be able to see over 70% of my guitar work being done. Through Instagram, I have been able to find opportunities to teach and help other talented musicians throughout the world. I have learned that combining simple music theory and basic guitar methods for students of beginner levels can really help them skyrocket with their musical ambitions! I know it has helped me a lot, and everyone else I have ever worked with or taught. I love playing music and helping others with it so much because I know that not only will it make the student better, but it also tends to teach me a ton of new things too! Those new things can be from the student, or just new sounds the student and I encounter while learning new methods on the guitar!
My methods of teaching completely revolve around the student. By that, I mean the first questions I ask the student are:
1) What kind of music do they enjoy listening to?
2) What kind of music do they want to play and learn?
3) Why exactly do they see themselves playing this specific song/style/genre?
With these questions, I am able to understand what the student is looking for with the instrument and music in general. After getting a clear idea, I begin to look over the basic fundamentals of the guitar with the student. We either do this through beginner exercises I know from books that I have used throughout the years to learn and teach or just basic general exercises that I may have in mind. Examples of these books include: Troy Stetina Series, Hal Leonard Guitar Method, etc... After that, we would slowly move our way through more fundamentals and even check out some basic music theory (notes on the fretboard, basic chords and finger positioning, beginner scales, etc...) For intermediate students, I usually ask the student to play one of the best pieces he or she knows. After I clearly get a decent understanding of the student's level in technique and music theory knowledge, we dive into deeper aspects of theory and technical aspects of the guitar. This obviously depends on the student's level.
For me, nothing is more satisfying than watching a student progress with the work he or she has put in. My teaching style clearly shows the students that if they are not putting in the work by themselves at home, they will not progress. Besides, learning the guitar does involve playing it every single day. I always encourage my students to play for at least half an hour every single day. I make sure they are applying what they have learned in the lesson to their playing at home so that by their next lesson we have already mastered last week's concept and are ready for a new one that the student can work on applying at home for the next week! I am always open to acknowledging students' accomplishments, as I already said, it is very exciting to observe progress. As a matter of fact, students of a younger age/beginning level tend to be more motivated to play and learn when their accomplishments are noticed and smiled upon. This makes students a lot more eager to dive into the beautiful world of music!
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