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Axel is very welcoming and have an easy and entrenaining way to teach kids. My son, 10 years old, is very happy with his classes and is very excited for the upcoming classes and feels he will be able

Renata Lima (Songwriting lessons with Axel O.)

Gary is extremely knowledgable and a great communicator of complex musical ideas and concepts. He has a way of breaking things down into "easy to understand" bite size pieces. This allows anyone to c

Steve S (Songwriting lessons with Gary R.)

EDwin has been a great help over the last couple of years. Don't know how I wrote and recorded songs without his help

Dan (Songwriting lessons with Edwin I.)

I love to write but then writing music seemed out of the ordinary. Well.... not any more! Thanks!

Georgia Abikwi (Songwriting lessons with James W.)

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