Guitar & Bass lessons, Coaching studies, Songwriting

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Music lessons and coaching from professional guitarists/bassists/composers. Study preparation for advanced students. Music production and songwriting. Lecturer at the Jazzhausschule Cologne and various other schools and universities for 20 years.

Location

Online from Austria

About Me

Short Vita

Dirk, born and raised in Lübeck, received early training in singing in the Lübeck Boys' Choir, on piano and trombone and finally on the classical guitar. Since 2000 he has been a lecturer at the Jazzhausschule Cologne, where he teaches guitar, bass and electronic music/music production. In cooperation with the LAG NRW he regularly runs workshops, including at the Folkwang School in Essen. He has been part of the Cologne/Hamburg music scene for over 30 years with bands such as "Motorsheep", "King Candy" and "Bandaloop". As a guitarist he played and worked in live TV shows for international artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Joshua Kadison and Lisa Stansfield, was a member of the German Krautrock legend "Hoelderlin" and is a sought-after multi-instrumentalist and composer for film and theater productions.
With his long-term electronic project "Filmpalast" he released 5 albums in a variety of genres and played at the Roskilde Festival, among others. This was followed by extensive tours as a singer-songwriter and freelance work as a photographer. In recent years he has mainly devoted himself to his solo electric guitar concert "Concert for an Electric Guitar", which premiered in autumn 2019.

Between 2019 and 2022 he was a scholarship holder of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German Music Fund, as well as the GVL and GEMA. In cooperation with colleagues Susanne Kubelka and Yoshie Shibahara, the music theater project "Eden" was implemented and premiered in 2021 as part of the Viktringen Music Forum.
Now based in Carinthia, he performs with singer/actress S. Kubelka as "Humming Lights" or with "Bachmann Reloaded", where he pursues more experimental forms of cross-genre music, sound performance and light installations. With his latest formation DUO, he combines jazz accordion and the modern sound world of an electric guitarist and is touring "live" in Austria and Germany.

Education

Detailed Vita Dirk

26.04.1963 born in Lübeck
1980 - 1983 Dorothea – Schlözer – School Lübeck with general university entrance qualification
1985 - 1989 Studies at the German Sport University Cologne
1986 - 1990 Private studies in music theory and guitar
1989 - Today Various jobs as studio musician, producer and live musician on various TV shows with international artists including Joshua Kadison, Bonny Raitt and Patti Smyth.
Further information:

1990 - 1992 stay abroad in Stockholm/Sweden, various works as a composer for Swedish television, music for the Cannes award-winning documentary film “Artache”.
1992 - 1995 Various works as trailer composer for RTL, DSF, NDR and WDR

1993 Founding of the “Regatta” recording studio and work as a producer, sound designer and sound engineer.
1999 Founding of the record label "Projektor"

Since 2000, lecturer at the Cologne Jazzhausschule in the areas of electronic music production, guitar, bass and ensembles/bands.
Further information:
First Steps as a Photographer in Concert and Artist Photography

2000 – 2004 Workshops/Lecturers and teaching activities
Various workshops for multipliers and music teachers in the field of music & computers in cooperation with the LAG – Music and the
Ministry for Women, Youth, Family and Health NRW.
Training courses for educators from schools and youth work as part of Project M, carried out with the JFC Media Center Cologne.
Teaching at the Cologne Kalk School for the Learning Disabled in the field of music and computers.
Various hip hop production workshops in different youth facilities, including in Cologne-Porz, Cologne-Gremberg, Cologne-Nippes, as well as at the Humboldt Gymnasium Cologne.

producer and musician activity
Various productions with the projects “Filmpalast”, “Metropol”, “Motorsheep”, “King Candy” and “Bandaloop”. Releases by Universal, Motor Music, EMI, Hope Recordings, Trapez, Kontor, ZYX and Ministry of Sound, among others.
A detailed discography is included separately if required.

photographer's activity
Various works as a documentary and travel photographer through Europe, USA, Canada and Japan and resulting publications.

2005 - 2006 Various works in the field of film music together with partner Eckes Malz: ARD series “Adelheid and Her Murderers”, feature film “Double Game” by Claus-Michael Rohne, composition and sound design for Samsung Tech Summit/Malta.
Development of the photo and furniture exhibition “Please take a seat!”

Since 2007 composer, guitarist and co-producer of “Hölderlin”
Album “8” for EMI Electrola, various concerts with “Hölderlin” including appearances at the WDR “Rockpalast”.
Various workshops on the topic of electronic music in classes at the Humboldt Gymnasium Cologne, Kaiserin August Gymnasium Cologne.
Workshops and training courses for students and lecturers at the Folkwang School Essen.

photographer's activity
Various photo works for artists, musicians and bands including Coldplay, Söhne Mannheims, Materia, Roxette, BAP, Miss Platnum, North, Stephan Becker Trio, Laberintho B, Eccomoreno.

2008 - 2009 Release of the third "Filmpalast" album "Birth Of The Perfectly Known Stranger" followed by a concert tour. 70 solo concerts in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Spain. Various photo publications in the German, English and Spanish music press.

2010 - 2012 Photographer activity
Various trips to Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal and the Yukon Territory on behalf of the Canadian Tourism Commission as accompanying photographer for press and promotional trips. Various publications in travel and lifestyle magazines.
2 years press and portrait photographer for EMI Germany, Sony Music and Warner Music
Latest shootings and client list at:

2012 Release of the fourth “Filmpalast” album “Happy Breakup Everybody” “Live” recorded at Maarweg 2 Studio Cologne with Beat Halberschmidt (Lycee Lassi, Materia) and Sönke Reich (BAP, Stoppok)

2014 Release of the “Cherokee Rose” EP by “Dynopol”

2016 Release of the experimental rock project “DieNichtWissenWasSieTun!” and a new “Filmpalast” EP
“Live At Villa Dufte” with experimental ambient guitar music
2019 Development of the “Concerto for an Electric Guitar”, a work comprising three cycles with a total of 21 original compositions for solo
2020 – 2024 multiple scholarship holder of the state of NRW, the German Music Fund, as well as the GVL and the GEMA
With Susanne Kubelka and Yoshie Shibahara development of the music theater project "Eden", 2021 premiere at the Musikforum Viktringen
“Poemas Claras” premiere in Klagenfurt with singer/actress Susanne Kubelka, experimental format of spoken word poetry, sound performance and light installations.
“Humming Lights” CD production (release 2023)
"Weltenbruch" Composition for modern double quintet (release 2023)
"Concerto for an Electric Guitar" Cycle 1 (release mid-2022)
"Dynopol" CD production (release fall 2022)
"DUO (release March 2024)

Retrospective on Spotify Playlist Spotify Dirk

Other skills Very good written and spoken English.

Experience / Qualifications

Dirk Discography

1. As "Filmpalast"
Jobs: producer, singer, guitar player, bass player and everything else that has to be done
Releases:
Electricity, CD EP (1999, Projector)
I Want, I Will, 12" Vinyl (2000, Tonsport)
Women & Men, 12" Vinyl (2000, Tonsport)
I Want, 12" Vinyl (2001, Hope Recordings)
Istanbul, 12" Vinyl (2001, Hope Recordings)
“The Sound Of Unexpected Kisses”, CD Album (2002, Salt)
“Dish Of The Day”, 12” vinyl (2003, projector)
“Im Columbia”, CD Album (2005, Projektor)
“Birth Of The Perfectly Known Stranger”, CD album (2009, projector)
“Happy Breakup Everybody!”, CD Album (2012, projector)
“Live at Villa Dufte”, EP digital release (2022, projector)

Some Appearances:
“I Want” on Sorry! We Are Circoloco / DC 10 - The Album, 2xCD
(2002, Southern Fried Records)
I Want on Connected, 2xCD (2002, Kinetic Records)
I Want on Perfecto presents... Timo Maas: Connected, 2xCD (2002, Perfecto)
I Want on The Politics Of Dancing...by Paul van Dyk, 2xCD (2002, Ministry Of Sound (Germany)
I Want on Massive – Progressive Sounds, 2xCD (2002, ID&T)
I Want on Top of the Clubs Vol.13, 2xCD (2002, Kontor)
Istanbul on (DJ Remy Remix) on Essential Mix, CD (2002, Warner Strategic Marketing (US)
Istanbul on The Inner Sanctuary Sessions By Lemon 8, 2xCD (2022, Basic Energy)
Istanbul on (Remy Remix) on Resident Alien, 2xCD (2002, System Recordings)
Istanbul on (Capoeira Twins Mix) on 21st Century Breaks, 3xCD (2002, React)

Some Remixes:
“You Suck” Original by Bandaloop (1999, India Records)
“Dedication” Original by Turquoise (1999, Salz Records)

2. With “Mach!”
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter, background vocals
Releases:
“Do! “, CD album (1995, Art of Choice)

3. Ace "Metropol"
Jobs: artist, producer and everything else that has to be done
Releases:
Morphinic Typwriter, Mocho, 12" (1999, trapeze)

4. Ace "Keroxin"
Jobs: producer, songwriter, singer, guitar player
Releases:
“Where have all the flowers gone”, CD Album (1997, Zyx Music)
Remixes:
Gott sein original by Megaherz (1997, Zyx Music)

5. With "Bandaloop"
Job: guitar player, bass player
Releases:
“Twin”, CD Album (1997, India Records)

6. With "Gordon Monroe"
Job: guitar player, songwriter, mpc performer
Releases:
“ Fourteen Days ”, CD Album (1997, India Records)

7. With "Motorsheep"
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter
Releases:
“Come to play forever”, CD album (1997, Motor Music)

8. With “Hoelderlin”
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter, co-producer
Releases:
“8”, CD album (2005, EMI Electrola)
“Live at Rockpalast”, DVD (2006, EMI Electrola)

9. With “DienichtWissenWasSieTun” (Dnwwst)
Jobs: band member, guitar player, co-composer, producer
Release:
“Affengeist”, EP digital release (2016, Projektor)

10. With “Dynopol”
Jobs: singer, guitar player, bassist, songwriter, co-producer
Releases:
“Cherokee Rose”, EP digital release (2014, projector)
“In Wasser geritzt” album, digital release (2023, Projektor/Bandaloop Records)

11th Ace “Dirk”
Jobs: composer, producer, performer
Releases:
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 1, album, digital release (2022, projector)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 2, album, digital release (2022, projector)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 3, album, digital release (2022, projector)

12. With Markus /Dirk
Jobs: composer, co-producer, guitar player, bassist
Release:
“Morgen Meer”, album, digital release (2023, Projektor)

13. With “Humming Lights”
Jobs: band member, producer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist, drummer
Releases:
“Rauland”, album, digital release (2022, projector)
“Weltenbruch”, album, digital release (2023, Projektor)

14. With “Nećemer DUO“
Jobs: band member, producer, composer, bassist, guitarist
Releases:
“Madame A.”, EP, digital release (2024, projector)

Age

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

45 minutes

The class is taught in

German

English

Skills

Guitar

Bass guitar

Music composition

Availability of a typical week

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New York

Online via webcam

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Lou-Indigo

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The course that I propose is BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH, as well as 2 BOOKS.

Age and musical taste are not restrictive when in the program, you can with qualitative daily work (not quantitative) quickly observe your progress.

Here the pleasure of playing music is put forward.

The kind of music you love most will be the focus of the course, their codes and secrets will be the focus of our study, that's what I want to share with you.

We can do technical lessons and simply learn together how to play one or more songs of your choice or mine, enrich your game with this approach and your repertoire!

(For example, We can re-arrange the pieces and make them more original by approaching the system (CAGED), and enriching their chords, resulting in new positions, new techniques and new sounds, using arpeggio techniques rather than strumming for 4-chord pieces, voicing and fingerstyle techniques, in short, expanding the instrument's playing fields and playing skills to keep progressing in your game and improve your rehearsals ...)

If you make a request, this program is obviously accompanied by the pleasure of learning more in theory and being able to directly apply new knowledge on its instrument and identify its common or rare use in the pieces discussed in class.

In this case, the theory is translated to be accessible to anyone, both for those who are connoisseurs and for those who discover everything from absolute zero.
The exercises, songs, and theoretical explanations offered throughout the program are organized in an order of progressive difficulty.

I wrote and produced 2 books of my method to learn the guitar and the music, that I sell to accompany my course and your apprenticeship in the best conditions and so that you can continue the course even at home and to review etc ... .
There is ONE BOOK OF COURSES containing all the theoretical and practical program of the year, as well as a BOOK OF EXERCISE on the ranges and the modes that you can obtain directly.

You can find here an indicative list of objectives that I propose in my theoretical program, which can of course adapt to your request.

The general theoretical objectives of the course:

--- Tuning / tuning and knowing his guitar:
* Standard Tuning
* Drop Tuning
* Open Tuning
* Adjust the optimal tension of the strings
* Adjust the shaft axis
* Adjust the action of the strings
* Choose the strings adapted to the style of play / tuning
* Change his strings

-Know his chords:
* Triads: Fundamental State & Inversions
* Tetrads: Fundamental State & Inversions
* The chord progressions of the Range
* Arpeggio techniques (tapping, sweep, 1/2/4 fing.shape, etc ...)

--- Know his scales and his modes

* The Mode of the Major scale
* 3 Modes of the Minor scale: Natural / Melodic / Harmonic
* Modes of the Pentatonic range: 5 positions
* Modes of the Blues range: 5 positions
Etc ...

--- Technique to the Pick / Plectrum / Tab / Pick (Electric Guitar):
* Alternate Picking
* Fast Picking / Tremolo Picking
* Hybrid Picking
* Palm Mute
* Natural Harmonics
* Pinch Harmonics
* Artificial Harmonics
* Shredding
* Tapping
* Sweep Picking
* Legato Picking

--- Strumming / Hand Picking (Acoustic Guitar)
* "SnareDrum" percussion on the guitar
* Arpeggios pinched with 4 fingers + thumb
* Rasgueado (Flamenco Technique)
* Generic Strumming
* Fingerstyle Picking
* Two-finger picking + Legato for fast melodies (eg a solo)

-Play the metronome
* exercises on click
* practice on song riffs

-Learn his favorite songs
* without thinking about the difficulty, nothing is impossible with the right methodology

-Improvise
* choose ranges and positions
* to place oneself rhythmically, to finish on the judicious notes

-Theory of Harmony
* Understand harmonization and its practice

-Theory on the Melody

-Theory of Rhythm

Quentin

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This course is primarily here to make you want to play the bass, so that it is a pleasure! It will be based on practicing the instrument, on understanding and the role of the bass.

Theory will be based on the progress of practice. Step by step, practice and theory will thus be complementary, and will necessarily be useful!

Have you always dreamed of being able to play bass? it's time to get started!
Let the magic of music take hold of you and become the accomplished bassist you always wanted to be!

Join my bass class and let music bring joy and serenity into your life. Sign up now and begin your musical adventure!

“Music gives soul to our hearts and wings to thought.” - Plato

I am also here to advise you on the equipment you might need.
Advice on choosing an amplifier that suits your needs and fits your budget.
Choosing your first guitar, bass or ukulele, according to the criteria you want.
Also for small equipment, jack cables, plectrum/pick, tuner or instrument stand.

Possibility of offering this course to one of your loved ones, a very appreciated gift for people who would like to embark on a musical adventure!

Sergio

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Online classes of classical, electric or acoustic guitar, bass, Venezuelan cuatro, music theory, rhythmic or harmony. Beginner-intermediate-advanced. (Skype-Zoom-Meet). 12 years of musical experience.

Book your schedule now!

Do you have a musical instrument at home and do you always wanted to learn to play it?
Are you not sure where to start?

I can help you, I am Sergio and I have 12 years of experience in the musical area. I am a student of music education at the (UPEL) Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador Miranda José Manuel Siso Martínez and the Conservatory Lino Gallardo as a classical guitar interpreter. Furthermore, I also have experience teaching online classes via Zoom, Skype or Google Meet. If you think your level is beginner, intermediate or advanced, I can help you in your musical development. More than learning to play songs, musical art is a discipline and its own language that helps interdisciplinary in other areas of learning.

° Classes:
-Classic/Acoustic guitar.
-Electric guitar.
-Bass.
-Piano/Keyboard.
-Music theory.
-Solfeggio.
-Rhythmic and movement.
-Harmony.
-Venezuelan cuatro.

Camille

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Folk or classical acoustic guitar.

The teaching philosophy is adapted to the level of each individual, according to the pace of work and motivation.

For example, for beginners: Technique of the plectrum or fingers, coordination and correction of the right and left hand. Learning basic chords, simple themes, simple rhythms, reading tablatures (...).

For intermediaries: development of rhythm, construction of chords, writing of tablatures, basic notions of harmony (...).

Depending on your goals, you can learn, if you wish, to play 60 to 80% of current music from the first lessons, which often use the same chords and the same techniques. The objectives take into consideration the following points:

-Study of various playing techniques, chords, harmony, music of your choice, rhythm, with reading of tablature, teaching structured around the repertoire you like, technique of developing the musical ear
- Discovery of the neck, notes and basic positions of open chords
- Left / right hand coordination and rhythm exercises for the right hand
- Learning of different pieces of your choice
- Left hand control exercises, speed and precision
- Learning arpeggios
- Work around muscle memory
- Learning improvisation, musical play with others
- Ear training: use your ears to find chords, melodies, sounds and techniques used
-Spend a pleasant moment of exchange, without unnecessary institutional pressure, while obtaining concrete results
-Understand and discover the many facets of an exciting and user-friendly instrument
- Benefit from personalized advice on your posture and certain pitfalls to avoid when starting alone
-Adjust and clarify your self-taught knowledge
- Learn tablatures / tabs & in English.

Note :
- Possibility to use the guitar available on site, during the test phase.
- As our teacher is also a singing teacher, it is possible to combine the two disciplines: guitar + vocal instrument, and to work on synchronization, style and accuracy.
- Possibility of offering this course (birthday, party, Christmas, event ...) to the person of your choice.

THE TEACHER :
Trained in Grande Ecole post-preparatory classes & Ivy League university in the United States, our teacher has specialized and has worked for more than 15 years, in Europe and North America, in the field, in renowned international public and private establishments, with careful pedagogy and methodology as the watchwords.

PLACES :
- Locations: Geneva-Lausanne-Friborg-Neuchâtel-Montreux-Bâle-Sion-Sierre-Morges-Bienne. But currently, only by videoconference in accordance with national recommendations on Covid. These sessions also seem to be perfectly unanimous since they have the advantages of direct (example: quality of the interaction), without its disadvantages (ex: loss of travel time), with additional advantages (ex: of notes on the chat, which can be reread afterwards). In this context, these videoconference sessions for which you have requested me, seem to arouse a certain enthusiasm (and a certain enthusiasm). At your request, I therefore continue to offer them.

Frederic

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A graduate of the Jazz and Classical Conservatory, teaches guitar and bass.

Working method (10 years of experience)

All styles combined (classical, folk, rock, blues, backing guitar, etc.)

Accessible to all levels

Program adapted to the student and to his desires (with or without music theory, composition, technique, reading of scores, rhythm, solos, sound work ...)

Every 10 lessons there is an ensemble lesson to practice what you have learned.

New formula possibility of learning directly in a group, band's coaching

For the little ones (3 to 5 years old), an adapted training and price

Sebastián

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At my studio my students will not only learn how to play the piano, but they will receive a complete musical education in order to achieve their musical dreams. I will give all my best so everybody will get the tools for developing their own voice, helping them to master the instrument and teaching them all the theoretical knowledge they’ll need to make their particular personality shine. Openness, joy, dedication, creativity and passion for music are some of the things that you will find in the international environment of my studio. I care about who my students are and what they have to say to the world, and I will help them to develop it from the very first lesson.

In my class you will not only be able to receive piano lessons but also will learn to understand how the music works as a language. If the interest and the profile of the student goes in the direction of the purely classical music performance, the lessons will be focused on a deep and conscious piano technique development, practicing techniques, musical interpretation, history of music, history of the piano, applied harmony on the keyboard, analysis, and score reading by a method that I have developed for over 15 years of experience. And if the students wish, I can help them to prepare for the ABRSM exams and competitions as well. All this is aiming to achieve in a very practical and exciting experience the best results in the fastest way possible. But if the profile and the interests of the students goes on another way, I will give them all the tools they need to understand the language of music in depth, so they can find their own voice on the instrument. In that case the lessons will include contents of piano technique, score reading, applied harmony on the keyboard, composition, improvisation, musical arrangement, music production, recording techniques, jazz and pop music analysis and performance. Both programs can be combined depending on the focus and the profile of the student, or in case the student would like to go deeper in one of the previously mentioned subjects there is the opportunity to take an independent course of specialization on the desired topic. At the end of the semester every student will perform at the winter and summer concerts held every year and will have the possibility of making a recording session with the material worked during the term. With this, the student will not only be able to see his progress and work, but also will give him a direct experience of performing and working on a live or studio recording session, which is a fundamental part of the developing process of every musician.

Hope you can join and if so, I’ll be very happy to teach you!

Jim

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Hi, my name is Jim. I'm an electronic music producer with a Master’s degree in Music from the Fontys Academy of Arts (Rockacademie) in Tilburg, Netherlands. Music has always been my way of exploring the world — through raw field recordings, synthesis, and emotional storytelling. Over the past 12 years, I’ve developed a complete, self-sufficient creative process: from concept to composition, sound design to vocal production, mixing, mastering, and live performance. I’m passionate about helping others gain those same end-to-end technical skills — so they can bring their own musical vision fully to life.

As Malvae, I’ve written, sung, recorded, produced, mixed, mastered, and performed all of my work. My music reached #17 in the Spotify Viral 50 charts in the USA, gathered millions of streams, and featured in international film productions including King of the Streets and Netflix’s Terrace House Japan. One of the most formative moments in my career was my Amazonas album project, where I traveled into the Amazon rainforest to record and manipulate natural sounds. 90% of that album was created entirely from these field recordings, reshaped through granular synthesis and advanced sound design into a cohesive sonic journey. That experience deeply shaped how I approach my music and how I teach sound design and composition.

I’ve headlined shows at iconic venues like Melkweg Amsterdam with immersive, self-built audiovisual live sets using Ableton Live, modular gear, sequencers, and Resolume for live integrated visuals. I curated my own events and performed at venues like A’dam Tower, OT301. I also teach at studios such as Wisseloord in Hilversum, guiding students through the technical and creative intersections of sound and performance.

Selected Works & Collaborations:

My EP Like Bees to a Hive began as a soundscape for fashion brand Lobomar’s collection Final Orders, Please, presented at the Amsterdam World Museum. I collaborated with South African poet Julia-Beth Harris, integrating her spoken word into a seamless, atmospheric release. From sequential Prophet 6 textures to ADX1 drum machine layers and detailed field recordings, I handled every layer, from concept through multitrack production to the final live performance in London.

My Chrysalis EP, released as a limited-edition heavyweight red vinyl, pushed that even further, combining ethereal vocals, analog grit, and unique textures to craft an emotionally rich release. I personally led every part of the project’s technical and creative execution, from arrangement and vocal production to final mixing, mastering and vinyl press preparation.

In addition to my own projects, I’ve worked as a vocal producer and mixing engineer, including on Esther Veen’s EP Before I Go, where I handled recording, complex vocal layering, creative processing, production, multivocal arrangement and final mixing to deliver a polished, high-impact sound.

About the lessons:

My sessions are fully customised to your experience level, goals and grounded in real-world music production. Whether you’re just getting started or want to deepen your technical ability, you’ll learn how to develop professional workflows and the creative independence to finish what you start.

We can explore:

- Building advanced music production workflows and creative strategies
- Recording, Composition, arrangement, and storytelling through sound
- Full-stack mixing and mastering — from bedroom setups to pro-level delivery
- Synthesis and sampling — from sound shaping basics to high-level manipulation
- Multi vocal production, vocal recording, editing, layering, FX, and creative processing techniques
- Translating your music into a compelling live set with Ableton Live
- Applying music theory practically in electronic, cinematic, and contemporary music

Lessons are available online or in-person at my studio in Amsterdam. For online students, I use high-quality real-time tools that allow us to collaborate with full-resolution audio directly from your DAW — no screen sharing limitations, just real work in real time.

My own musical path often started by blending the sounds I encountered in the world, whether from distant rainforests or my own voice , into something personal and expressive.
I found my sound that way, and I’d love to help you find yours.

(And don’t worry — we won’t have to go to the ends of the earth to do it. I’ll show you how to turn the sounds you already have into something truly your own.)

Whether you're just starting out or ready to go deeper, I look forward to helping you grow through structured, creative, and technically grounded electronic music education.

Mary

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Welcome to the music class!

Here, we are gonna discover the wonders of learning an instrument. From reading note letters, implementing a proper form to sight reading a piece, we are gonna learn in our own pace. If you're just learning music now and it feels like there's a lot to understand, don't worry we're gonna start from the basics. I will help you understand music and its elements.

With your dedication and my guidance, I'm positive that we will get a good result!

Martin

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In my class you learn how to play the guitar either finger style or with a pick (plectrum).
First, you learn the basics, if this is what you need. Then you learn about styles and ways of playing the guitar.
Consequently, you learn how to develop your own style in music and find ways of making yourself and others happy with the means of your guitar!

You also learn how purchase the right guitar and how to set it up for you to be comfortable with.

You save your money on a luthier's shop every month.

You learn the smartest fingerings for any chord changes and scales!

You get to learn the theory in detail so that you fully understand what you play.

You get best deals on guitars from local music stores.

You get to learn how to sightread music and more!

See you soon!
Martin

Elías

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🎸 Looking for an experienced, certified guitar teacher with a structured approach?

👨‍🏫 Qualified concert guitarist – Professional level
I offer individual lessons in classical and modern guitar for children, teenagers, and adults, from beginner to advanced levels.

✅ Over 25 years of guitar experience (started playing at age 6)
✅ Recognized diplomas:
• Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Tangier (2007) – 8th year in Classical Guitar and Music Theory
• Graduate of the Jette Academy – Completed Music Theory program (2025) + 3rd year in Classical Guitar
✅ Author of 3 complete educational books + exercise workbooks (available in print and digital formats)
✅ Lessons tailored to each student: clear, musical, and motivating progress
✅ Preparation for auditions, exams, or simply for personal enjoyment
✅ Lessons available in French or Spanish

🎓 Rates:

- Children ages 4–6: 30 min – Special method “Croco and His Adventure”
- Children ages 7–12: 45 min – Progressive method from beginner to advanced
- Teens ages 13–17: 1 hour – Serious yet motivating and personalized approach
- Adults ages 18–59: 1 hour – Structured learning from intermediate to advanced
- Seniors 60+: 45 min – Relaxed and custom-tailored lessons →

📍 Location: Brussels – in-person lessons available at the student’s home or in the teacher’s studio
📚 All teaching materials and a guitar are provided during lessons
I’m happy to answer any questions you may have.

Sofiia

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Lessons are specifically tailored to the needs of each student, with a focus on their personal requests. I offer various approaches — teaching, coaching, mentoring. My lesson style ranges from diving into music theory and analysing great music works of the past, to developing a musical concept for your compositions and working on your personal style.

I am proficient in jazz arranging and composing, classical orchestration and composition, jazz and classical theory, solfege, rhythmics, as well as working within interdisciplinary fields — combining different art forms with music.

I offer a wide range of possibilities — writing your own compositions/songs; arranging for a big band (or any other ensemble); songwriting; working with strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion.
Your motivation is the limit:)

I am also working with Sibelius as a software, so I can teach you to use it.

Gabriele

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For experienced guitarists aiming for excellence, these lessons focus on 🎯 advanced techniques, deep musical expression, and preparing concert or audition repertoire.

📚 What you’ll learn:
• ⚡ Master advanced techniques (tremolo, fast arpeggios, legato, rasgueado)
• 🎨 Shape interpretation and phrasing with artistic awareness
• 🎤 Prepare for concerts, exams, or competitions
• 📖 Analyze and interpret works by major classical composers

🎯 Method:
We’ll combine high-level technical work with in-depth musical analysis to refine your artistry. Every lesson is goal-oriented and tailored to your professional or personal objectives.

Leandro

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PROFESSIONAL GUITARIST, COMPOSER, MUSIC AND GUITAR TEACHER

Beginner-Advanced Level

Experience:
I am a professional musician and have been teaching students of all ages for over 20 years. My experience as a teacher and my pursuit of self-improvement as a musician have led me to develop an effective method that I have already tested with over a hundred students.
Throughout my career I had the satisfaction of studying with great masters of different specialties or styles, each one emphasizing different aspects of flamenco, classical or modern guitar and each one has given me their approach (technique, rhythms, accompaniment, harmony, etc.), which has led me after years of study and compilation to take the best from each one to develop my method.

My role in my classes is more that of a personal trainer than a teacher, where I will be very attentive to bringing out the best in my students, finding the right technique to help them develop a good rhythm, working on their rhythm, etc.
For me, the role of a teacher, in addition to teaching, is to be part of a team, to maintain morale and constantly improve oneself while always maintaining a love for music.

Methodology:
I tailor the lessons to the student's level, style, or goals. Generally, the first half of the lesson is dedicated to technique, focusing on proper placement, execution, and relaxation, which will result in a good sound. Over time, I've realized that it's also a way to connect with the guitar, concentrate, and warm up. So, little by little, we'll develop our routine, which will begin by working on basic rhythmic aspects.
The second half is dedicated to playing, trying to put into practice what we learned about the technique with the sticks or studying other concerns of the student, which may be a theme, harmony, falsetas, improvisation, or even other styles, etc., always obviously taking into account the search or interest of the student.

FLAMENCO
- Flamenco technique
- Palos (Tangos, Bulerías, Alegrías, Soleá, Taranta...)
- Accompaniment to singing and dancing
- Clapping and rhythms

MODERN GUITAR
- Harmony
- Improvisation
- Repertoire (rumbas, pop, jazz, rock, etc.)

CLASSIC
- Reading, solfège and interpretation.
- Works
- I work with progressive learning books

Samuel

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Do you want to learn music production software, produce your own tracks, improve your mixing skills, or finally finish your productions?
I offer tailor-made DAW courses in Bègles / Bordeaux and via webcam, for beginners as well as more advanced profiles.
Specializing in FL Studio, I can help you progress in composition, beatmaking, arrangement, sound design, music theory and mixing, with a practical, results-oriented approach.
I have worked with labels like Lofi Girl and on projects related to film and video games, but my current objective remains simple: to help you progress quickly, clearly, and on your own music.

Universes I particularly love: lofi, hip-hop, ambient, synthwave, electronica, soundtracks / cinematics.

I can help you if you want:
getting started with FL Studio or DAW
create your first beats / tracks
improve your mixing
better structure your arrangements
develop your sonic identity
make progress on an EP, album or professional project

For beginners :
getting started with the DAW
basics of rhythm, harmony, structure
first pieces

For intermediaries:
cleaner mix
improved sound management
more lively arrangements
faster workflow

For the advanced:
finishing pieces
artistic direction
in-depth sound design
support on a real project

Maeva

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This course is for people who want to play their first songs quickly, without pressure and in a relaxed atmosphere (no music theory required). No experience necessary: we progress at your own pace, with the songs of your choice!

We're going to learn the basics so that you can then play all by yourself :)
- Basic chords to accompany songs.
- The essential rhythms for playing in time.
- How to sing and play at the same time.
- The correct techniques to feel comfortable with the instrument.

I am a student, and I would like to be able to share my experience in a calm, communication-based environment!

So if you are a singer who wants to accompany yourself, or if you simply want to discover the guitar, I'm here for that.