JAMS

Music lessons specializing in guitar and bass. I have a free guitar deal so you don’t have to invest in an expensive instrument before being sure you or your child will stick with it.

I believe learning the guitar (or any instrument) can be more than just playing songs. We can stick to that if thats your goal but learning can also be about reading music, understanding Music theory, notation, improvisation, even physics and math! Skills you can take to any other instrument or anywhere else

Of course, if you just want to play some songs, it can be that too.

I enjoy teaching guitar because I love watching students discover the creativity they didn’t know they had once they get past the fundamentals and discover how to put pieces together.

I’ve had students from 4 to 84 years old and its always a joy to witness the learning process.

We can learn by book, by ear, by tab, but best to learn by a combination of all. I generally use the Hal Leonad method and gradually add in scales, chords and theory to really expand possibilities. The idea is that kids start playing recognizable songs almost immediately and are encouraged to keep progressing.

Improvisation can also begin almost right away if you want to create, or you can focus on technical mastery, either way you or your child should enjoy what you’re learning along the way.

I taught friends and acquaintances for years before opening JAMS (i.e., Jeff’s Art and Music Studio) in NY in 2001 where I usually had between 30 and 45 students/week (mostly kids, but some adults as well). I sold the business in 2006 and have been teaching just a few students off and on since.

Seeing the light go on as a kid discovers for the first time that sometimes a “mistake” sounds better than the “correct” note, or when someone discovers that a misbehaving finger that last week wouldn’t listen, is suddenly going where it’s supposed to go and the student didnt even realize it before it happened.