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Songwriting for everyone! Discover your own musical talents!
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Do you have the words but the notes are a bit harder to find? Do you think writing music can be something for you? Then my lessons are definitely for you!

I am a composer and musician with experience in different genres, and also in teaching people with different backgrounds and musical interests. During our lessons we analyze the music that you find interesting and inspiring, and then we use this material to work on your own songs. I try to keep the lessons as practical as possible, so we're also going to sing a lot and play together, but we're also going to learn theory and a little music history.

If you really have no experience but you have motivation, I think that's more important. We will then learn everything step by step.

Just contact us and let us discover the colorful world of music together!
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A laptop with Garage Band or another DAW is good, but not mandatory, you can also use a notebook and a guitar or piano (don't forget your pencil!)
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Soy un compositor especializado en música para cine, teatro y and general todo tipo de formas artísticas que combine elementos visuales con música. Me encanta colaborar con otros artistas, siento que trabajar con distintas disciplinas hace de la creación artística algo comunitario y mucho más grande de lo que cada uno individualmente podría hacer.

And mis clases, busco siempre que mis alumnos se sientan escuchados y que sus voces son válidas. Si bien hay conocimientos básicos de teoría, instrumentación, y más que es necesario aprender, mi enfoque es siempre desde cómo todo esto se puede aplicar al lenguaje que mis alumnos están buscando desarrollar. La creatividad es algo muy personal y delicado. Lo que yo quiero es justamente ayudarte a liberar tu intuición y desarrollar herramientas con las que puedas alimentar las ideas que muchas veces surgen de la nada y, si no se las cultiva, se quedan and nada.

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I am a composer specialized in music for cinema, theater and in general all kinds of artistic forms that combine visual elements with music. I love collaborating with other artists, I feel that working with different disciplines makes artistic creation something communal and much bigger than what each one could do individually.

In my classes, I always my students to feel heard and that their voices are valid. While there is basic knowledge of theory, instrumentation, and more that needs to be learned, my focus is always on how all of this can be applied to the language that my students are seeking to develop. Creativity is something very personal and delicate. What I want is precisely to help you free your intuition and develop tools with which you can feed the ideas that often come out of nowhere and, if they are not cultivated, remain nothing.
Education
2018 - 2020: Conservatorio de Ámsterdam (Países Bajos) - Máster en música para cine (Composing for Film)
2013 - 2017: Real Conservatorio de la Haya (Países Bajos) - Bachelor en composición musical y violín
Experience / Qualifications
Desde el 2014 doy clases de violín y composición a estudiantes de distintas edades y niveles. También tengo experiencia con clases grupales y talleres.
Age
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Duration
60 minutes
The class is taught in
Dutch
English
Spanish
French
Availability of a typical week
(GMT -05:00)
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Lessen ook beschikbaar in het Nederlands!

In my classes I always seek to maintain a balance between the development of basic knowledge, composition techniques and creativity. These are the three fundamental pillars that any person dedicated to composition needs.

Basic knowledge: Many are afraid of learning "too much" theory, because they believe that it can kill creativity. But what I precisely want to teach in my classes is a practical approach, where theoretical knowledge serves to further develop creativity.

Composition techniques: Each class I give small composition tasks, things that can be developed in the time you have available between classes, where we will explore different composition techniques and how they can be applied within the musical language that you want to develop.

Creativity: We work here in two ways, the first is on a project you are working on, for example a piece for your own instrument, a project for a competition or entrance exam, a song, etc. The second way is through improvisation exercises on your instrument. We will do this together, since I play violin and piano. With this we are seeing how to give space to musical intuition, to be able to capture ideas and then concretize them in a composition.

These three elements are present in each class, which is usually divided into 20-minute sections, so a lesson usually lasts 1 hour.
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