Guitar with Blake A.

Biography: You need to be taught with the right combination of head and heart. Technique is great, but without feel it's nothing. Virtuosity is great, but without groove it's nothing. Music theory is great, but without soul it's nothing… National Recording Artist & Guitarist for MadTV - BLAKE A., w 5 Billboard Top 10 hits & played w Santana, Gap Band, Phillip Bailey, Sheila E. can give you the tools to follow YOUR DREAM! Online from anywhere or in So Cal. Those who CAN do CAN also teach... Named "a genius on the guitar" by the Los Angeles Times, Blake has recorded and/ or performed with such artists as Philip Bailey (Earth Wind and Fire), Sheila E., Frank Stallone, Bobby Womack and Carlos Santana (Womack-Save the Children), The Gap Band, David Pack (Ambrosia), Jimmy Pankow (Chicago), Lakeside, Dynasty, The Drifters, The Coasters, Tommy Walker, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Joe Houston, Mary Wells, Billy Bass and Bernie Worell (The Funkadellics), Fish (Fishbone), producer Bill Laswell, producer Michael Lloyd, Keiko Matsui, Hiroshima, David Benoit, Najee, Eric Marienthal, Ricky Lawson, Nelson Rangell, Marion Meadows, Steve Reid's Bamboo Forest, Kuh LaDesma, and Gloria Trevi. Blake A., has also been the guitarist and/or composed for such television shows and films as “Real Music Live” (NBC), "MAD TV" (FOX) where Blake was the show's guitarist for 14 years and co-composed the show's latest theme, Steven Seagal's "Half Past Dead 2," "Super Dave Osborne" (Spike TV) and also co-composed the show's latest theme, Chocolate News" (Comedy Central), "The Next Best Thing" (ABC), "The Starlet" (w/Faye Dunaway) (UPN), "10-8" (ABC), "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" (WB), "Gary and Mike" (UPN), "The Ben Stiller Show" (FOX), "Sunday Night Comics" (FOX) **SO....why does any of the above mean anything at all? Because I can cut through the "fluff" and teach you in a very straightforward and easy to understand method what it really takes to get out there and follow your dream! You need to be taught with the right combination of head and heart. Technique is great, but without feel it's nothing. Virtuosity is great, but without groove it's nothing. Music theory is great, but without soul it's nothing. No successful artist has ever made it on technique, virtuosity, and theory alone. They ALL, without exception, also have the feel, groove, and soul. You can learn it, you just have to be exposed to it...a lot, and it's never too late. *** Studio Equipment *** Mac Pro using Logic Digi 03 w Native Instruments, Spectrasonics, Wave, Audio Bro, LA Scoring Strings, East West plugins. Kurzweil Keyboards 2 Fender Strats Les Paul Gold Top D' Angelico Archtop Fender Tele Taylor Acoustic Godin Nylon TC Electronics G System pedalboard w Radial Tonebone, Alpha Drive, Fulltone, Line 6 pedals *** Travel Equipment *** 2 Fender Strats Les Paul Gold Top D' Angelico Archtop Fender Tele Taylor Acoustic Godin Nylon TC Electronics G System pedalboard w Radial Tonebone, Alpha Drive, Fulltone, Line 6 pedals *** Specialties *** I teach rock, pop, jazz, blues, acoustic, theory, performance and music reading to intermediate and advanced students online or in person in S. Cal.