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Since July 2025
Instructor since July 2025
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Piano lessons for beginners. Guitar lessons for beginners.
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From 52 € /h
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I teach classical piano lessons for beginners. Personal guidance tailored to your needs. Guitar lessons also for beginners. Both acoustic and electric. Acoustically you will learn the most important facts from folk to bluegrass. Electric I can teach you the basics of metal. Then I will teach you power chords and how to reach higher speeds. Special self-developed technique after playing metal for 20+ years. During the guitar lessons I will also teach you how to make your own songs.
Extra information
For guitar lessons, please bring your own instrument. There are enough instruments available, but it is advisable to make your own instrument even more your own. But if you don't have one yet, instruments are available during the lessons. For piano, you don't have to bring anything.
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  • Witbol, Zeewolde, Nederland
About Me
My musical history: from the age of 6 to 17 I took classical piano lessons. When I was 16 I started drumming in a heavy metal band. Within 2 years I taught myself a more extreme form of metal (technical American style (Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Death) Death and grindcore) on guitar. Then I released 1 demo (1995) and a CD (1998) with the result of the first demo, demo of the month in the Aardschok. The CD that was released in 1998 was also mentioned as CD of the month and as band of the month in the same Aardschok. In the past 10 years I have upgraded my acoustic guitar playing by playing with different groups, including Irish Folk with a Shanty / Irish Folk band, a trio band that played different covers (from The Band, Bob Dylan to Townes van Zandt) and recorded more than 200 tracks with: Ukelele, Mandolin, Double bass, banjo, piano and of course guitar. These tracks are 90% self-conceived, recorded and mixed in my home studio. For the past 3 years I have been playing double bass in an Americana trio with my own work.
Education
Private piano lessons from 1980 to 1991. Double bass lessons from 2022 to 2024. MCO-International Trade from 1992 to 1994. Soundacademy Hilversum 1997 producer/sound engineer.
Experience / Qualifications
11 years classical piano. 17 years metal guitarist. 15 years acoustic (bluegrass/folk) guitarist. 4 years double bass. In total more than 35 years band experience on both rhythmic and melodic instruments.
Age
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Duration
60 minutes
The class is taught in
Dutch
English
Skills
Electric
Heavy metal
Acoustic
Country & bluegrass
Availability of a typical week
(GMT -04:00)
New York
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Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
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04-08
08-12
12-16
16-20
20-24
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