Hi! My name is Tom, and I started playing the guitar, and singing in 1996. I've been very lucky in my musical pursuits. I've studied Classical guitar technique with Fred Benedetti, and the world renowned Celino Romero, and I've also gotten to know big stars in the Heavy Metal world such as Kerry King, and Alex Webster. The most amazing thing that I have discovered, is that this immaculate Classical guitar technique handed down through the Romero family can be applied to any style of guitar or bass playing. I will teach you these masterful techniques! Since 2006 I have given over 10,000 guitar lessons. You will learn how to play the Guitar easier, faster, and more expressively. I can teach you to approach the instrument the way that works. It really can be easy to play the Guitar, if you just know how to approach it! It will of course take lots of practice, but if your hands are moving correctly from the beginning, that practice will be much more enjoyable. I specialize in Spanish...

Francesca has over 20 years of experience polishing her guitar talents. While working towards her BA in Music Education and English, she carried a full teaching roster with over 30 students and still managed a 4.0 GPA from Cal State University at Los Angeles. Francesca's musical dexterity has taken her touring in four continents and has allowed her to perform with some of the most prestigious artists in the industry, including the Donald Briniger Singers, her own pop/rock bands Minor Setback and Franki and the Ntelegents, and even playing the banjo in The Three Penny Opera.

Francesca started teaching music at the early age of 16 with great success. She was on the faculty at California Music Academy, Cornelia Connelly High School, Pasadena Saturday Music Conservatory, and Sawday and Holmes Music and she has taught classrooms of up to 70 choir students. Francesca has high expectations and is skilled in helping her students reach their goals. With a constant effort to maintain...

I have been teaching and performing in the San Diego area for many years and have used that experience to develop lessons for any level of player. My program emphasizes all around musicianship in addition to technical ability. Being a musician is more than simply learning repertoire. I help my students get the skills needed to be capable, independent performers. While studying at UCSD, I was awarded double honors for my work in Guitar Performance and Composition. In 2010, I was given awards for "Most Outstanding Graduating Senior" and "Outstanding Classical Music Performance". In January of this year, my latest ensemble piece "Bell Music" was given its premiere in Zurich, Switzerland by Ensemble TaG.

I am currently working with autistic individuals using music and musical instruments as a tool. I am the drummer in the Lenny Fuzzy Rankins Band better known as fuzzy and the Bluesman. I also have my own group called Smooth Groove where I drum and sing. I have been playing drums for 40 years and have been singing for just as long. I have been playing professionally for 30 years. I produced Jacob Lusk one of American Idols finalist from last season 2011. I have been a songwriter for most of my life. I Also teach songwriting and I teach how to use recording software (Protools, Logic Pro and Reason.

I was introduced to the arts at a very early age. My mother gave me my father's harmonica around the age of four-years old. At that same age, I began drawing pictures by crayon, and then switched to ink pen. Drawing was my art until by the age of twelve I became interested in percussion from watching classmates practice their sticking technique on the cafeteria tables during their lunch period. The next year I enrolled into beginning band and quickly increased my talents to catch-up with my classmates by the next year.

I furthered my studies in music at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998, and a Master of Music degree in 2001. While in college, I performed with the Kansas Intercollegiate Jazz Ensemble and a Latin-rock band that toured throughout the eastern and southern area of Kansas and northern area of Oklahoma.

In 2002, I moved to San Diego, California to experience more worldly styles of music. I began teaching in...

Melody has been a professional musician, vocalist, and actress since she was 16 years old. She began her career in musical theatre and graduated to film and television, starring in the independent hit "Down and Out with the Dolls." Her rolls in theatrical productions include Ti Moune in Once on This Island, Rizzo in Grease and numerable others. Originally from Washington State, she relocated to San Diego to go to college. She currently holds a Bachelor's of Music from San Diego State University's Don Powell school of Music and Dance, and is currently enrolled in the SLS vocal pedagogy program. She teaches all ages, from young children to seasoned adults.

As a vocal coach, she utilizes over 10 years of vocal study to help her students learn to transition effortlessly from chest to head voice. She creates a fun and relaxed atmosphere where mistakes are considered part of the learning process, and thus encouraged. She has studied with Greg Enriquez (SLS),...

Kevin T. is a music professor at MUM, Vice president of the San Diego Songwriters guild, and CEO of Songwriting Planet. He is an instructor of guitar, bass, voice, piano, songwriting, composition, orchestration, jazz arranging, music theory, ear training, production and engineering, and music business and career development. He graduated from Musicians Institute with a performance certificate, received his BA degree with honors from Berklee College of Music with a dual major in Songwriting and Performance, and received his Masters degree in Music Composition from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.

Kevin has written and performed myriad and diverse styles of music which include everything from jazz, rock, funk, country, blues, fusion, R&B, and classical, to world music and avant-garde. Kevin has recorded CDs and has been the songwriter, arranger, and bandleader for several original music groups. Stress Factor Zero combines rock with funk and jazz. Cloud Ex is...

I grew up in a small town in Northern CA. I started playing guitar at seven and am still just as passionate about it. I also compose music and have been in a few bands. I have been playing guitar for 14 years (teaching for 5) I have a commercial music diploma in performance and education. I started talking lessons young and kept it up all throughout high school. I know proper technique with classical, some flamenco, jazz, rock, blues, country, pop, metal, and experimental type music. Teach everything from basic theory to advanced theory.

Jason has been playing guitar for over 15 years and teaching music since 1996. He instructs students, ages 5 to 105 years old, in music theory, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, keyboard and acoustic guitar. Although trained in standard teaching methods, he has developed his own method of teaching to positively enhance the student’s strength, dexterity, ear-training, memorization and techniques. His goal as a teacher is specifically designed to help you achieve your goals as an artist and a musician.

Jason has been transcribing for guitar and bass since the age of 18 and since then has become a master of the craft including both 5 line staff and tablature, hand-crafted exercises and deconstructions to better enhance the students learning. Artists and genres that Jason has experience with range from Classic Americana, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Led Zepplin, Robert Johnson as well as a selection of pop music such as Jason Mraz,...

If I had to choose one singular goal in life, it would be to help others experience the same joy and well-being through music that I have! I believe music is one of the purest expressions of emotion and greatly enriches the lives of whoever it touches.
I began my own musical journey when I began piano lessons at the age of seven. I loved playing and even began composing a few of my own tunes as soon as I knew how to read the notes on the staff. By the time I graduated high school, I already had a paying position as a pianist at Redeemer by the sea Lutheran Church and knew that music was what I wanted to do as a career. I attended Point Loma Nazarene University, graduating in 2011 with a double major in piano performance and music education. Although classical piano was my primary focus throughout college, I also extensively studied music theory, composition, pedagogy, and taught myself improvisation. I had many opportunities to accompany for choirs, vocal soloists, and...

I have been making music for over 15 years. I have a diverse background. I started out sampling, and sequencing all types of music back in the 90's. I made dance music, hiphop, RnB, rock, etc. I was more of a producer than performer then. Then I decided to go to school and get a degree in music. I went to Cal State San Marcos and obtained my bachelors in music. I developed into a fingerstyle guitarist while I was there. I also learned how to play the piano while I was there. But I concentrated on the acoustic guitar.