Alistair's Music Lessons (Guitar, Piano)

Years of Experience: 7 years teaching Location Options: In Studio, In Home, In Webcam Travel Radius: 25 Genres: Rock, Blues, Jazz, Classical, Acoustic Age Groups: Children, Young Adult, Adult Instruments Taught: Guitar Lessons,Keyboard and Piano Lessons Overview: Born in Coatbridge, Scotland I moved to Austin, Texas when I was 4 and have travelled back and forth. Music entered my life when I was twelve, and it has become an obsession ever since. When I was fourteen I began a routine of practicing guitar for 9 hours a day for 4 years. I followed the same principle when I began piano, I have now slowed down to 2 hours a day of each. I love all kinds of music, I have been in a Lamb of God cover band and I also play original folk songs around my community for parties and events. I have a wide taste in music and love sharing musical tastes and ideas with other musicians and people. Formal Education: In high school I was involved in the school choir and musicals. I was bass sections leader my junior year and section leader of all the men my senior year. These titles were accompanied by my lead roles in the school musicals and a choir presidency my senior year. I was given opportunities to instruct our choir (up to 150 students) on songs and accompany them on piano when our choir director was busy, or had to be absent for the day with separate ensembles. Private Education: I attended Dallas Baptist University my freshman year and excelled in my musical studies, I tested out of 5+ music courses before beginning to attend the school. These courses included Aural Skills, Music Theories, Piano Skills, and Piano Proficiency 1-5. By the time my freshman year was through I had reached the level of Junior within music courses, and had begun tutoring full time within the music lab, and private lessons. I am relocating back to Austin because after nearly a year away I realized that Austin was my home and it was where I wanted to pursue my musical education and career. Performing Experience: I'm involved in a church in which I have played guitar or piano every Sunday for the past 6 years (omitting my time away in Dallas), I also have experience in rock and folk venues. I have played at Antones and Emo's as a bass player and very small venues as a solo artist as well. I have been playing guitar and bass for nearly 7 years, and piano for 3 years. Experience Teaching: At Dallas Baptist University I was the main tutor for Music Theory and so I have a strong understanding of the functionality of music itself and I have learned to teach and communicate musical ideas to many different levels of learning.