Andrew Miller Guitar Lessons

My teaching approach:

My teaching approach is tailored to the particular student I am working with. Education is one thing, learning is another - the teacher has to adapt to the student. In my view, songwriting and music theory fundamentals are essential to becoming a well-rounded musician. To start I work one-on-one with acoustic guitars, preferably classical because nylon strings and a thicker neck force a student to finger properly while exploiting their unique sound and style. Classical guitars are very organic in that sense. Then we will pursue songwriting and theory and then preferred genres.

My influences are:

Native, The Fall of Troy, Jonny Lang, Joshua Radin, Audio Adrenaline, Tyler Burkum, Great Big Planes, Matt Wertz, My Epic, This Town Needs Guns, Robert Pattinson, Alive in Wild Paint, As Tall As Lions, Closure In Moscow, Blindside, ColdPlay, Cool Hand Luke, Damiera, Hanson, Indigenous, John Mayer, Keaton Simons, Lost Ocean, A Love Like Pi, Maroon 5, Lydia, Stereo Deluxe, Mute Math, Until June, etc

My guitar lessons take place in:

The student's home

Guitar Lessons with me take place in the following areas:

Using Peoria as the center, draw a circumference around the region. That is my limit in most cases.

Guitar Techniques:

Guidance In Equipment Selection, Recording and Production, Song Writing, Scales and Exercises, Music Theory, Reading Music, Jamming Skills, Improvisation, Performance, Vocal Accompaniment, Fingerstyle, Open tuning, Rhythm guitar, Lead guitar