Rodgers, Dale K

listen to what the student wants to learn.  Some want "hum & strum" music, while others want a more serious approach toward fingerstyle jazz or classical guitar or piano.  I start with assessing the level of the student, then work from that point foward.

I've been involved with music for my entire life. Piano for 10 years, brass throughout elem. & high school. Acquired a guitar at age five and found what would eventually become a career. I taught guitar and played professionally while in high school and college, then spent 25 years in business to support my family. But each evening I still found time to escape into my music. Nearly twenty years ago, after our last one left home, I quit the business world to pursue my love of music full time.

$30/ half hour -  $50/ hour lesson, once or twice per week

A business client of mine was a small music shop owner in Chardon, Ohio.  His classical guitar instructor quit to take a university teaching job out of state. What started as 4 students became 8, then 20 & then a new career.

Every kind of student iminaginable.  From 8 to 80 years. Kindergardeners to surgeons, grandmothers to mechanics.

A friend of mine is pursuing an advanced degree in violin performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music.  He asked me to compose a violin - guitar duet for his required recitals.  The end result was a ten minute long composition called "Eclipse" consisting of six minatures describing the entire day of the total eclipse last summer. The performance this past January was a complete joy for me, and was well received by the audience.

Find someone who loves music, and loves to pass that along..