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Teaches Lessons:
In Person
Styles:
4-String (Tenor/Plectrum), Bluegrass (Scruggs) , Other
Levels:
Beginner, Intermediate
Teacher Since: 2000
Pricing: £25 - £30
Listing Created: 7/10/2017
Listing Updated: 7/10/2017
More About Me
I teach the Guitar. Banjo, Mandolin, Harmonica, Ukulele and am looking to add the Mountain Dulcimer to teach as well
All ages & Abilities are taught
D.B.S Certificate
Public Liability Insurance
Musicians Union Registered
My 18 years of "On the Road Tutoring Experience traveling throughout the County of Kent. in the South East of England had interesting beginnings
It was during a period of unemployment in the early 1990s, having been out of work for about a year due to ill health, and at a disadvantage of getting back into work, that I voluntarily signed up for the Government's then known “Employment Action” scheme. This was to help the long term unemployed get back into work. At the initial interview I was asked what skills I had. Prior to my Unemployment I was a Milk Rounds Man . Years ago prior to that however I was an Art Student & “Bedroom Guitarist”
Wishing to make a go of Art & Music professionally, something I wish that I could have done much earlier in life but never seemed to have had the right connections, it was mentioned to the Interviewer that I had Art Experience. This led to being assigned to work at a local Community Arts Center as a Publicity Designer and Arts Worker. In this environment I was able to access a local Folk Music Club and was able to perform there every 2nd Sunday evening in the Month for 2 years as a floor spot musician. Trying to promote myself as a professional performing Musician, didn’t quite work and the next best alternative, that of Guitar Teaching was tried a few years later. With a bit of primitive advertising mainly by word of mouth and free notice boards, as I couldn’t afford paid advertising, I eventually got my first lesson inquiry. Since then my tutoring has made positive strides
