Michael Wilson Guitar Lessons
About
My teaching approach:
50 years experience, 20 years performance, teach as vocation. Real fundamentals with results that keep the student hungry and satisfied at the same time.
My influences are:
Hendrix, Kottke, Parkening, Gilmour, Segovia, Scruggs, Atkins, Howe,
My guitar lessons take place in:
The teacher's studio or the student's home
Guitar lessons typically take place on these days and hours:
Anytime.
Guitar Techniques:
Rhythm guitar, Open tuning, Fingerstyle, Vocal Accompaniment, Performance, Improvisation, Reading Music, Music Theory, Scales and Exercises, Song Writing, Guidance In Equipment Selection
Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following:
Make friends. Demonstrate that I know how to play one of these things. Watch his reaction to what I play, see what catches his ear. See if he has any experience and what it says about his interests.
A guitar lesson with me might entail the following:
First lesson is always diagnoses. Where is the student, where does he want to go. How fast can he go. Build a course for THAT student.
The qualities I look for in an ideal guitar student might include the following:
I look for a love of music. A yearning to find that sound that is in their heads.