David Villarreal Guitar Lessons
About
My teaching approach:
I am a professional musician graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. I have more than 15 years of TEACHING experience, having taught students from all skill levels. I believe in following a teaching plan based upon each student's goals. Instead of following a book or the same process for all my students I focus on using the best tools to help them achieve their goals.
My influences are:
As long as its honest music I like it, no matter what genre. Here's a partial list: Rock: Beatles, Led Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Dream Theater, Ozzy Pop: MJ, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, John Mayer Jazz: Blue note 50s era mostly, Rosenwinkel, Metheny Instrumental: Beck, Vai, Govan, Gilbert, Greg Howe Blues: SRV, Clapton, Gary Moore, Bonamassa A lot of Latin and Flamenco too!
My guitar lessons take place in:
The student's home
Guitar Techniques:
Guidance In Equipment Selection, Song Writing, Scales and Exercises, Music Theory, Reading Music, Jamming Skills, Improvisation, Performance, Rhythm guitar, Lead guitar.
Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following:
I start by talking a little to get to know each other better, it's crucial for me to know what music do you like and what are your goals so that I can guide you through your learning process with confidence. After that I ask the student to play a little of what he knows already (if applicable) and take notes from it. Then I am ready to tell him what our plan is gonna be! I try to have my students playing complete songs as soon as possible.
A guitar lesson with me might entail the following:
For me repertoire, playing ACTUAL SONGS instead of exercises only, is really important. That's why I try to always teach a new concept, technique, chord, etc through a real music situation. That way my students can really see their progress while learning at the same time. For advanced students we work together on a more focused approach towards their needs (technique, improvisation, harmony knowledge, etc).
The qualities I look for in an ideal guitar student might include the following:
Learning guitar is a 70/30 process. I'll ALWAYS do my best to have you playing the best you can, as fast as you can. That's MY PART of the equation (70%) The other part is YOUR commitment and motivation, but since you are reading this I guess that has already been settled!!!