North Seattle Guitar Lessons

My jazz background

• Private jazz guitar lesson as a teenager
• Participated in public school jazz programs at Hamilton Middle School, Garfield High School, and Nathan Hale High School.
• Bachelors of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Washington
• Extensive performance and gigging experience
• Co-founding member of the Seattle free improvisation jam session called the Racer Sessions
• Co-founding member of Seattle based, new music record label, Table & Chairs

My approach to teaching jazz

• Specializing in a thorough understanding of music theory and jazz harmony on the guitar fret board
• Systematic scale and arpeggio learning that fills in all the knowledge gaps
• Emphasis on time, because a good “feel” is essential to jazz improvisation
• Systematic learning of chord structure, inversions, and melodic accompaniment
• Tune learning
• Transcribing and analyzing great jazz solos
• A lot of hands on jamming