"I have been taking guitar lessons from Tim for over a year now. My previous teacher was also an excellent teacher, but his first priority was performing. With Tim, I feel that he loves to teach, is dedicated to teaching guitar, and that I’m more than just a financial necessity for his “night” job. Two things that I really like about working with Tim are: 1) His use of technology to enhance my learning and practice; and 2) His flexibility to “change gears”, as I learn more about what I like in music.
By using technology, he provides complete edited audio mp3’s of each lesson, by email. It includes instruction, my guitar, his guitar, multiple versions of the songs that we work on and practice materials. This allows me to go back and review the lesson and change the tempo and keys or focus in on particular parts of the song. Also, now I’m recording multiple track compositions using Apple’s “GarageBand” software. This has been great because it enables me to re-record, edit and improve my songs on the Mac as we progress.
In terms of flexibility, I have learned and practiced scales, reading music, music theory, fingering exercises and many, many songs from all genres. We use both electric and acoustic guitars, depending on the type of music that we’re working on. We have even downloaded iTunes songs that I like (some of which are country western songs that he’s never heard of) and he then composes the music for me as the artist actually performed them. All this makes it extremely easy to learn and record the songs that I most enjoy. Last but not least, he’s now even helping me with my singing. Amazing."
Steve Bowden