Guitar lessons in Southampton

If you decide to learn guitar with Aidan, not only will you get a great teacher and a tailored learning path, but you also gain access to a library of video resources that you can use in between lessons. As an added bonus, Aidan offers 2-for-1 discounts for parent/child lessons. Following your FREE first lesson, Aidan will create a custom learning path that covers the first 10 topics of your journey. These topics may take more than one lesson each to get through, but if you practice you will be surprised at how fast you improve! Learning the guitar is all about learning songs, they are the driving factor behind any real progress. The first thing Aidan will do is talk about your goals and what you hope to achieve by learning guitar. It could be as simple as learning your favourite song to play at a wedding or just for fun, all the way through to attaining your guitar grades, to being the biggest rock star in the world. The most important thing is that you enjoy the experience we provide, so playing guitar doesn’t feel intimidating. After 25 years of playing guitar and teaching in other sectors, Aidan decided to open my own guitar teaching school in Southampton. I’m your cliche tech-to-musician story. Having spent years working in entertainment logistics, audio visual services, and IT, Aidan ditched it all for music and built a professional studio here in Southampton.

3500+ gigs 1000's of students taught 30+ years teaching experience Featured in Guitarist, Guitar Techniques and Total Guitar Magazines Musicians Institute Graduate Fellow of London College of Music. Qualifications: FLCM, B.A. Hons

PROFILE • Original career in civil/structural engineering. Gained Hnd in structural engineering/design 1983. • Left industry to pursue career in music. • Received intensive instrumental training from a guitar institute tutor (U.S.A.). Established A.D.W.Musictech in 1990. (Private music school) • More than 25 years teaching experience in schools, colleges, and the independent sector. • Offering instrumental tuition for guitars: Acoustic, electric, classical, bass & ukulele to all key stages in both Classical and contemporary traditions. • Preparing pupils for performances, Graded exams, auditions, and festivals. • Rehearsing bands and ensembles in preparation for performances. • Delivering whole class, curriculum music lessons. • Southampton City Education Quality Services. Popular Music Coordinator: Developing delivery and assessment (GCSE and Btech First in popular music) • Project managing wider opportunities, music and performance delivery initiatives. • Working extensively as a professional freelance musician. Qualifications: Guildhall school of music & drama (Assessor) ct. GSMD(A), RSL Level 6 Music Diploma in Teaching (LRSL), RSL/lvl 3 grade 8 guitar

I’ve played the guitar since I was fourteen years old, inspired by my uncle and cousin who both played in popular bands. I have always been a lover of many genres of music and play anything from pop, rock, folk, blues and jazz. I toured and played for various bands over the years from my early London days in clubs e.g. The Marquee, Ronnie Scotts, Rock Garden, Dingwalls etc., abroad in Spain and now in local Hampshire venues with my four-piece band The China Wolf Band. I have also done session recording work and production for various artists. I taught children in Spain and enjoyed seeing the results fairly quickly from no knowledge at all to being able to play and gain musicality very quickly. Recently, I have taught guitar locally on a one-to-one basis to students of ages ranging from 19 to 55 and I can teach any age. For me, passing on my years of guitar knowledge and skills is very satisfying. In the first lesson, I make it as friendly and comfortable as possible, initially finding out what the pupil’s level is, i.e. whether a complete beginner or has some knowledge and experience. We begin with some basic chord shapes eventually deciding to work on a song they might like to learn. With me being a left-handed player, it sometimes makes it easier for some students as it creates a mirror image situation. In summary, I would say my overall teaching method is relaxed, friendly, patient and ultimately professional. One student recently remarked that he had learnt more in one hour from me than several years on the Internet. As mentioned, student ages recently so far have been 19-55. Any age is acceptable. In Spain, I taught children of seven years upwards. My approach is not very different for any age but for minors, it might be more appropriate to teach at their home than invite to my studio. Music Qualifications & Achievements: Toured a lot in the 80s with a pop/rock band and played professionally as a solo artist in Mallorca Spain for 20 years during the late 90s.

Qualifications: Rockschool Grade 8 Electric Guitar