We teach all levels, from beginner to advanced, from fun to professional!
As one-to-one or group sessions, we help bands with their recordings in the studio, singer songwriters looking to improve their technique to the next level and performing artists who want to keep up the stamina in their playing and singing on stage.
We also teach students, adults in work, kids at school and just about everyone else!
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We believe everyone can be taught and by taking our lessons you're sure to develop a great skill that will last with you for the rest of your life.
Our lessons are mostly one to one and tailored to your needs, whether you want to develop your voice, songwriting, music theory or playing ability in guitar, keyboards or drums.
You can even combine different instruments and recording sessions with your coaching. We're also happy for you to swap teachers to take advantage of different teachers' experience.
The coaching studios are all fitted with recording facilities so we can record your lesson or record you to a track.
Our teachers are all practising musicians, on stage and in the studio. We're constantly developing our skills and researching the field to enhance what we can offer you. We collaborate on eachother's projects and we can put together a session band for performances or recording sessions.
With every instrument we provide opportunities to perform so if you are not already showing the world what you can do, we can get you up there!
Performance Nights
Our singers or instrumentalists can get the chance to play any songs of their choice with a band behind them. The songs can be rehearsed in the lessons and the band will play the songs for you on the night.
The more advanced singers can use this opportunity to break away from your usual material and try out new ideas, new songs, covers you've never tried or play your original songs with new instrumentation. i.e. if you are in a rock function band, you could ask us to play some jazz backing for the night as a one off gig!
Our performance nights are great for all levels of singer or musician: beginner, intermediate or advanced.
Build your confidence and put it to the test by performing with our band in front of friends and family and our other clients at Artist Studios!
The nights are held every month so please contact us to get on the mailing list.
Voice / Singing Lessons
Our singing teachers are fanatics about voice! Our background is from contemporary training, having studied a wide range of vocal, breathing and posture techniques which are essential whatever style you do or stage you are at. We teach everyone from absolute beginners to professional level.
Everyone is different so we draw from our experience and training to provide you with the right advice and routines for you to take on.
You may be learning from scratch or if you are more advanced, you may be aiming to develop your voice or to maintain good health if you are constantly using your voice.
Advanced singers will benefit from studying stylistic conventions, musicianship, releasing tension and artistic choices for your singing.
For professionals and those looking for fast development, we of
\fer an artistic development plan, which sets out milestones for you to reach with a timeframe of development with recordings to take away and train for £45 per session.
We also offer a self-training CD either to accompany the lessons or to train on your own, an essential routine for all singers. It was recorded in our studio with a full band lineup and at only £15 it has some great exercises which will keep you interested, warm you up, train, maintain and develop your
Lessons available at £30/hour with Carolin or £20/half-hour with Ben. There is a discount to £110 for 3 hours worth. DVD of your lessons are available for £5.
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Saxophone / Clarinet
All lessons planned for individual needs, whether you are a beginner clarinettist who wants to play classical music or a budding blues saxophonist. Teaching can be tailored for music readers/ non-readers and those who wish to pursue graded classical or jazz exams and accompanists can be provided through the studio.
Teaching concentrates on the essential working of embouchure, breathing, posture and a sound understanding of the mechanics of your instrument.
Work on fingering techniques, sight reading, aural skills, improvisation and transcription of favourite tunes are all possibilites for students.
Lessons are usually on an individual basis, but group teaching for beginners also available.
Lessons are only £25 per hour or £13 per half-hour with Roland.
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Drums
Rhythm training from beginner to professional.
Our drum teacher is a percussionist of many styles. From latin to rock, jazz to drum and bass. All ages taught and recording facilities available.
Our drum teacher is an experienced pro trained in the Czech Republic and now works as a teacher and session drummer in all styles. Take drum lessons to improve your rhythm, style and musicianship for performing with a band or recording as a session musician.
Lessons are available to players of all ages and levels, from beginners upwards, in a friendly, relaxed way, but giving you the results you're looking for.
For beginners, you will be playing your first drum beat by the end of the first lesson! We will cover quite a lot of basic stuff that will give you a great sense of initial achievement, before going into more detail with regards to technique etc.
There's nothing worse than paying for a whole lesson just to be told how to correctly sit on a drum stool!
Material covered will include:
• A wide range of beats and fills in many popular styles
• Fundamentals of technique- stick grips, foot technique, rudiments
• Transcription and analysis of the students favourite music
• Theory: reading, note values, timing concepts, and even advanced concepts like metric modulation and polyrhythms!
• Double bass drum techniques and 4 limb co-ordination
We also offer rhythm training and wokshops for all musicians looking to improve your rhythm.
Lessons are £25 per hour or £13 per half hour with Jan.
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Bass
From theory to practise, from technique to stylistic conventions.
Guitar
Taught by an experienced, classically trained guitarist, you can learn the guitar in any style on classical, acoustic or electric guitar.
Absolute beginners to advanced guitarists are welcome. Train your rhythm, soloing and improvisation. Pick up the theory and use it in songs or pieces that you can choose from.
Improve your strumming, picking and fingerpicking and develop faster chord changing without thinking about where to put your fingers too much! Speed up your rhythm and play around with new rhythms if you feel you're sticking to just one style.
Take influences from other songs and see how they are written to help you with playing or writing your own music. We can also help you develop an ear for picking out notes, chords and rhythms from a recorded song so you can learn a song quickly without needing to get the music!
We can tailor the lessons to your needs, whether you're starting from scratch, you want to develop your performing ability, make quicker recordings of your playing or if you want to have a greater understanding of how chords work, how the guitar strings relate to each other or learn more about the rules of music and songwriting in general.
Lessons are £25 per hour or £13 for half an hour with James.
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Piano / Keyboard
Piano for jazz, rock, blues and classical. Learn for fun or improve your technique, sight reading and understanding of structure for writing / composition. Improves your performance on stage or in the studio and can develop your writing / composition techniqes.
Keyboard lessons help you out if you don't care so much about the technique involved in piano lessons. Useful for producers and guitarists, singer/songwriters and non-musicians.
Lessons can be tailored to your needs whether you are in a band, a solo artist, or need to improve your skills as a session musician.
Lessons are £30 per hour with Carolin.
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Songwriting
One-to-one sessions are avaialable, whatever you feel you should develop in. Some songwriters come to us having hardly written before, whilst others have been writing for years and feel they need a new direction, influence, creative techniques or new ways of getting started.
These sessions can be taken on their own or at the same time as our songwriting courses. Please take a look at the courses page too.
Music Technology / Recording and Production
Tailored one-to-one lessons to develop your own recording and production skills.
Whether you are recording your own music or you want to mix other musician's recordings. You will develop a practical use of processing and effects, use of microphones, sequencing, programming and mixing.
If you're starting from scratch we can put together a down-to-earth yet informative lesson content for you, if you are already mixing and want to develop your skills, let us know where you're at and where you want to go and we can take it from there.
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