Yaman Akdogan Music Academy

First and foremost, I enjoy discovering my students interest by asking them questions about what styles of music, artist and bands they enjoy listening. Then I try to map out a plan considering their music needs and goals. I balance this plan with what/how I think they should practice and their request of songs that they want to learn. My goal is to give them the most fun, easy, efficient and informative practice routine that they could ever enjoy.

I have a degree on Performance of Music from Berklee College of Music.

acknowledge that most of my students do music as a hobby, they do it for fun! So I do my best to give them the most reasonable price that wouldn't hurt their budget.

The idea of inspiring someone to achieve his/her musical goals has always excited me. Right after graduating from Berklee College of Music, I discovered my desire and ability to teach and mentor others in music. So a month after my graduation I got hired to teach private bass lessons and ensemble classes at The Cambridge Arts Academy, a private music academy in Somerville, MA. I was also fortunate to get hired by Bunker Hill Community College Performing Arts Department, as a music faculty as part of their recent music program that they just established.

The age range and level of my students vary in between kids, teenagers and adults in levels from beginner to advanced. My youngest student is 3 years old at The Rock&Roll Day Care in Cambridge, MA where I also teach music lessons. My oldest student is in his 60's who's an advanced student. I enjoy working with students from wide variety of demographic and social backgrounds, I see it as a helpful tool to develop my teaching abilities in terms of communicating and understanding what each student personally needs to improve.

I've recently performed 3 concerts with the Grammy Nominated Multi-Instrumentalist Mehmet Ali Sanlikol as part of his jazz trio project. Our concert at The Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Ma was packed with fans. We performed arrangements of Mehmet's original compositions as well as some Turkish Traditional songs. The crowd seemed to have a lot of fun and we had a very positive feedback after the show. It was such a fun project that lasted about 6-8 months.

My biggest advice would be to hire the best teacher who would help them focusing on their musical interests rather than showing them some general information that they can see on youtube or somewhere else on internet.

Artists always enjoy meeting enthusiastic people who are curious about their process of creating their project. Questions that ask about the process, preparation and struggle that artist go through are always good ones to ask professionals.