Robert Blake

Robert Blake is a classically trained singer and an actor. Growing up in North Carolina, he was active in a variety of musical styles since childhood. Blake studied theatre from a young age at Charlotte Children's Theatre and for a while at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, shortly after he received some vocal training at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. Blake was active as a professional singer, actor and vocal coach in the music community of Brazil from 2002-2008. Prior to Brazil, he spent several years in Germany singing opera in a Cabaret theatre, in Seattle singing, writing and recording a hybrid style of rock and country music, and in North Carolina directing young singers in a variety of opera performance pieces. He has sung and has appeared in concert as a soloist on several recordings with the Symphonic Orchestra of Minas Gerais. Blake lived and was a vocal coach in San Francisco from 2008 to 2012 at Blue Bear School of Music...

A lifelong lover of music, I have been playing guitar for over 15 years and have played in various professional capacities locally and regionally. I am currently studying music at UNC Charlotte and am also the lead guitarist in Charlotte-based rock\hip-hop\reggae band Elenora Fagan (www.elenorafagan.com). I am dedicated to ensuring that students learn the things they need to develop them into solid guitarist for years to come.. and having fun!

Many of my students not only learn to sing, they also learn to write their own songs and record. However, if you want to learn to sing, we can do that. I have two Master's degrees, one in education and one in supervision. So I understand how students learn. I have been teaching over 10 years. My training took place with very special teachers, people who write, and sing for a living. Jai josel who worked for RCA, Jason Blume, who wrote for Brittney Spears, and Stephen Schwartz who wrote the Broadway Musical, Wicked. My singing teachers include Van Christy, Roger Love, Rosemary Bulter and others. Recently I completed an album of 12 original songs. I have a website which I will share with you after you enroll in my class.

I have been passing on what I've learned in my own studies, Personal and privately taught, to help new students get the strong foundations for becoming the best musician they can be. I've been playing since age 6 (now 44) and performing since 18. I started with Classical guitar, then Rock and Jazz. In all my years of study, I've learned how to teach and how NOT to teach. I have had many years of private lessons. I've written, recorded and performed for over 20 years. My wife and I even do voice over work on occasion.

I am a musician and teacher who has been playing music since my childhood. I've played on stage in front of over a thousand people, and I've performed quiet venues with audiences of 30 or so. I have incredible patience; I can teach at any pace for as long as the student remains engaged in learning. I can teach open chords, barre chords, the CAGED system, standard notation, jazz notation, TAB, Nashville numbers, how to use a capo, triads, quartal harmonies, fingerstyle, classical, blues, jazz, rock n roll, pop, etc...Pretty much anything that the student gets excited about, I can get excited about. I believe that a teacher is just as able to learn from a lesson as the student, and I'm driven to learn something new every single day. I've been playing in bands for 8 years, I've recorded 3 albums, I spent one year at Liberty University taking music theory, sight singing, and classical guitar lessons, and I have played guitar for over 4,000 hours. For me, music is food for the soul and...

Fun, professional, and relaxed. Experienced instructor since 1988. First paid public performance was in 1983, so I've been at this a while, and love it.

I've taught Piano, Acoustic, Electric, Bass, and Drum lessons for seven years in New York and South Carolina. I enjoy teaching students with different learning styles, whether your natural tendencies are creative, analytical, or you just like to jam out I'll help you get where you want to be as a musician.