Anthony P.

I like to teach a variety of skills and give students tasks to help them develop on their own between lessons. Depending on experience, students can expect to learn: chords, notes and their position, theory reading notes and chords, lead sheets if applicable but I also enjoy teaching students songs that they know and like as it can create a friendly practice approach.

Voice was the first instrument I ever worked on, since my mother was a voice teacher herself. In a voice lesson with me, students can expect to learn proper techniques to improve their tone, identifiers to comprehend the intricate moving parts of a voice tongue, throat muscles, etc. Similar to guitar lessons, I like to focus on singing music that the student enjoys, as I believe it entices them to practice with higher quality and more consistently.

Song-writing is the skill I believe I am strongest at, especially after receiving a 4-year degree with a heavy focus on that particular skill. I can teach students about how music theory lays the basis of most if not all songs, and how that same knowledge can be used to write their own songs. We will analyze musical patterns, melodies, and elements of popular recordings to understand what makes them 'tick'.

Also connected to my degree, I studied production intensively in a professional music studio. Lessons on production will include basic introductions to various tools and UIs of the respective digital audio workstation. This includes: Buses, loops, effects, routing, clipping, recording techniques, and anything that falls under that umbrella.