Emmanuel S.

Beginner-I will teach you most importantly to treat your hands with love. How to play with proper technique and the core fundamentals of chord building and progressions. Along with an easy introduction into scale! Intermediate-I will show you how to play with more fluidity and to take more chord building practices to learn more advanced chord progressions and ideas. Taking these practices to be a solid accompaniment to a band or singer. Learning to play with intention and confidence. The keys plays an integral role in all music.

Beginner-Learning to record in itself is a task and art. And we will learn the fundamentals of recoding talent (others or ourselves) and dip our toes into ear training. Listening to music more as scientist, and introduce ourselves to microphones, recording structure, and simple recording techniques. Along with steps into mixing basics. Intermediate-Recording and mixing engineering is a world in and of itself. But we will focus our time with industry standards. Modern day DAWs, mixing techniques, different types of equipment, ex. Compressors, effects, saturators, channel strips and other core components of the mixing and production world. All while training the most important part. Your ears. With frequencies and growing your taste pallet. Advanced-Here we will put on our thinking hats. Learning recording techniques with more advanced microphone placements. Microphone knowledge, how sound works, manipulating sound in and out of the box (a software) and how to mix a session (multiple tracks recorded in a DAW) with advanced mixing techniques and plug in knowledge. Along with more ear training!

-For beginners Songwriting is simple and also complex which is beautiful. And torturing. But I will show you and guide into expressing yourself in ideas and lyrics to be confident and true to you. You will learn the basic of the Nashville number system to help guide your songs, along with teaching you the structure of modern day songs. With techniques and fundamentals that are industry proven that we can you use at your current skill level! For intermediate-Songwriting takes time. But I will show you processes to take your ideas from just ideas into songs quicker and more efficiently. We will learn how to accompany your skill level and theory with songwriting fundamentals. Like chord charting and number systems. And delve into songwriting techniques like modulation and composition. For advanced-We will take all we learned and learn to forget it at times. I will teach you how the most successful and groundbreaking artist of our times took timeless fundamentals and twisted them to fit there own style. But one must know the rules to break them. And we will also learn more advanced song structuring ideas and theory to strength your creations to their best ability.

For Beginners-Expect to learn the most fundamental chords that will unlock 1000+ pop songs to your arsenal at the very least and to grow your passion and confidence as you take the next steps! For Intermediate-We will dive into only necessary theory to unlock your potential to play smoother, more colorful and to make people turn heads when they hear you. You will learn at the very least a solid grasp of the fundamentals of music and music creation and a firm technical ability. For the Advanced We will train your ear to learn taste. Tone, and what it takes to be a professional musician. We will dive deeper into unnecessary levels of theory but you’ll love it. Cause your an anarchist like me. We will stretch your mind to take on new ideas and train your hands to reach peak muscle memory and fluidity. You will be unstoppable.

For Beginners-If your deciding to take bass lessons your already a winner in my book. I will make you a young bass God. We will learn the core rules of rhythm and groove, and how to play with feel and intention which is a must for bassist. You will confidently learn your fretboard and learn to be a steady hand on your bass and learn your favorite bass lines. (And make guitar players jealous.) For Intermediate-If you’ve made it this far you are practically a son/ daughter to me. I will show you the ways of legendary bassists. How to play advanced bass lines and grooves. Teach you the greatest technique invented: Slap bass. And introduce others. And give you a solid understanding of theory and how to play bass like a professional. And know your fretboard and notes like the back of your hand. For Advanced-If your here, you’ve unleashed the beast within me. And I will show you the ways of the bass Gods. We will learn advanced theory and voice theory for bassline creation and improvising. (Yes bass can solo too). You will have gained a firm understanding and ability of multiple techniques and how to achieve popular and timeless bass tones. And mastery of your fretboard and rhythm. Time to go out there a thump that bass.