Sean S  
Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Mandolin, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Djembe, Acoustic Guitar
Styles: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel, Opera, Reggae, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul, Punk, Avant-garde

My teaching experience began when I was young. My mom is a teacher, so I was inherently interested in it. I used to be the best English tutor in my 3rd grade class. I didn't start my music career until I got into high school, but I was immediately excited to share what I was learning with my friends. From there, I found work teaching guitar lessons at a local elementary school. The kid's hands were barely big enough to hold a G chord - but they had so much excitement. From college to now I've focused more on my career as a professional musician, but I'm very excited to be teaching again.

If a student comes in knowing absolutely nothing about music, I will start with teaching basic music theory. Extensive knowledge of music theory is not essential, but a basic grasp will make the learning process much smoother. From there - for stringed instruments - we'll move onto hand conditioning. Musicians use muscles that everyday people do not (also, playing guitar hurts until you fingers calluses). Then, we move onto chord shapes and eventually we'll learn full songs. After that point it really depends on how the student would like to continue.