“New York Guitar Guru” — The Village Voice

Thank you for visiting my guitar lesson page. Finding an interesting, fun, educated, and a properly qualified, guitar teacher is important. I started teaching as the Syracuse University referral guitar instructor when I was a student in their music program, I now teach a few hours each week on Tuesdays because I enjoy it. There is a huge difference between teaching to share skills and teaching for a living because you do not have work as a musician. If your teacher did not develop the necessary skills to be a professional national level player and the attendant experience on a variety of levels, how could they justify taking your hard earned cash to teach you what they missed? Why waste your time learning music skills that have no practical value? Whether you need to improve your blues and rock soloing, learn real jazz improvisation, develop better right hand technique, learn more practical theory, want to work on sounds, or just want to develop new styles of playing I offer the skills required of professional guitarists who want to play past the local club level. You don’t need to read music unless you want to, you don’t need to read charts unless you want to, and you don’t need to know the Nashville Number System unless you want to. You only need a willingness to improve your skills or learn new ones. 

MY EXPERIENCE AS A RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN AND EDUCATOR CAN BE SUMMED UP VERY SIMPLY:

• Performing and recording credits as the guitarist or musical director for 38 Gold and Platinum award winning musical artists headlining everywhere from Entertainment Tonight to VH-1 to Madison Square Garden to PBS.
• Doctorate
• Four years traditional music school (Classical Guitar Performance: Syracuse University, I was also the referral guitar instructor for non-majors 1973-1976)
• Special Studies Program at Berklee College of Music, and private lessons with top guitarists including Sal Salvador and Jack Wilkins (not to mention what I learned from watching my high school classmate and classical guitarist Elliot Fisk).
• Full-time Professional Player (telephone to ask where you can come see me perform any week).
• I have taught at major Universities and colleges including the State University of New York, Syracuse University, and Volunteer State Community College, including several Music Industry courses when my schedule permitted.
• Convenient high quality location.
• Reasonable rates and I provide all of your materials.

Thank you for visiting, telephone me, and we can chat.

Joe 615-283-8119