Hi! I am a guitarist/ composer/ teacher based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Teaching

I’m passionate about teaching and can help with players of any level from beginner up to advanced. I’m the electric guitar teacher at Edinburgh City Music School. Here are some of the areas I can help you with:

1)Learning to read music

2)Music Theory, specifically for guitarists

3)Improvising in different styles

4)Preparing for Rockschool/ Trinity/ ABRSM exams (Classical, Acoustic and Rock)

5)Ear training - In the practical sense, how to recognise chord progressions, chord types and develop your ear in a way that's useful to playing.

6)Creating an effective and satisfying practice routine-This can help if you may not feel like you are getting any where and help to focus your time spent practising. If you can manage thirty minutes a day that is enough to develop.

7)Helping you write your own pieces of music and create your own studies to help you develop - I'm am over the moon to help you write music and suggest ideas to help that you with that, whatever the style

8)Technique - Picking, right and left hand co-ordination, legato playing, alternate picking, finger-picking, posture, warm ups, chord scales/ inversions etc.

9) Jazz Guitar - Improvising/ chord melodies/ jazz standards/ transcription

10) Rhythm - I’m super interested in this often neglected area that many guitarists can find tricky.

11)Making sure you find a way to enjoy what you are playing and learning!!

• Teaching references available on request

Guitarist

I am involved in different projects including my own music and have a lot of experience of playing different gigs and recordings. Please let me know if you need guitar added to a recording from my home studio or if your project is looking for a guitarist, I’m open to all styles and genres. My projects can be found here…………….Videos of me playing here………… Contact me here.

Composer

I have written three albums so far of my own compositions….you can hear them here.

I also write parts for different groups and ensembles I am involved with and can arrange songs you like for guitar/ ensembles.