Collin Hockenbury Guitar Lessons

My teaching approach:

I have been playing guitar for almost 13 years now, in my home town of Reno NV, I ran an organization that trained children to basically become rockstars. I was the head instructor and coordinator. I have had many students in the past and now that I am settled in LA I would like to start teaching again.

My influences are:

Brian Setzer (the Stray Cats), Billy Duffy (the cult), Rise Against, Rancid, Social distortion, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry

My guitar lessons take place in:

The teacher's studio or the student's home

Guitar lessons typically take place on these days and hours:

Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday Times vary but we can discuss them

Guitar Techniques:

Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Fingerstyle, Performance, Improvisation, Reading Music, Music Theory, Song Writing, Recording and Production

Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following:

Getting a good analysis of where your student at playing wise is a good start. Asking them questions about the instrument itself, and what bands or guitar players they like are good too. Building a lesson plan off of what style of music or guitar player the student likes is a good way to keep them excited about the things they are learning.

A guitar lesson with me might entail the following:

First off tuning your guitar, next we will warm up together for about five to ten minutes. Talk about last last weeks lesson and what we learned, try to play material brought up at precious lesson. Critique/improve positioning of left and right hand technique. Present new material to learn, play through it or try to. And at the end of the lesson talk answer questions, or if the student feels comfortable Jam and hang out. It really depends on the student though.

The qualities I look for in an ideal guitar student might include the following:

The ideal student is someone who gives their all. For a teacher you have no idea how frustrating it is to have a student that never practices the material, then the parents get angry with us because they feel their child is not learning anything. If you practice the material and focus you will see amazing results.