Teaches online
Teaches Intermediate, Advanced
Age: 13-35
Teaching since 1978
About James B.
I first studied guitar from Chuck Anderson a previous student of renown teacher Dennis Sandole. After two years with Anderson I began music studies with Sandole which lasted five years. I had no traditional schooling from a university in music, but instead believe private study with the best teacher was the path for me. I continued to gig, play all genres of music while maintaining my music studies. I decided in the late 1989 that moving to New York, although a desire, would never happen. And, with the decline of jazz-fusion and lack of jazz venues in my geographic area I knew my dream of making a living from jazz music was all but over. But this did not diminish my passion for playing and composing avant garde jazz-fusion music.
In the mid-nineties I met jazz guitarist and composer Steve Giordano. Steve had a completely different approach to teaching and learning guitar then any of my previous teachers. This began three years of music study and friendship with Steve. After my time with Giordano I built a 1000 sq. ft. recording studio in the basement of my home and opened Genesis Recording Studio in 2001.
The early 2000’s put me on an entirely new learning curve; I study recording, mixing, and mastering. By 2010 with the advances in digital recording technology musicians / bands began making demo recordings from small computer based home studios. Many small pro-recording studios closed during this time including my own.
In summer of 2010 I was looking over Pat Metheny’s website and noticed he named the top four guitarists in NYC, in his opinion. Subsequent to reviewing each guitarist’s website and music I found Rez Abbasi’s playing and music too interesting and enticing to forget. I emailed Rez about studying jazz composition with him and now in 2018 I’m still going up to NYC few times a year to study composition and guitar.
Being exposed to musicians at the level of Rez Abbasi, Sandole, and Giordano continues to nourish my musical life. I now know what it takes to master the guitar and be successful. It is this knowledge and love of creating music which has become my life's journey.
Instructor details
Location:
Teacher's Studio
Mill Lane
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Tuesday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Wednesday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Thursday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Saturday
9 AM-10 AM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$42
45 minutes
$50
60 minutes
$67
90 minutes
$100
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Instructor details
Location:
Teacher's Studio
Mill Lane
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Tuesday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Wednesday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Thursday
1:30 PM-2 PM
3 PM-3:30 PM
4 PM-4:30 PM
Saturday
9 AM-10 AM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$42
45 minutes
$50
60 minutes
$67
90 minutes
$100
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