Andreia Passo

I’m a professional guitarist, producer and DJ, as well as a music teacher with over 18 years of experience teaching people of all ages and skill levels. As an artist I perform live guitar and DJ at clubs, venues and festivals all over the UK and abroad. I’m living my dreams and can help you achieve yours. Guitar: Whether you want to play for fun and just learn your favourite songs, or become a professional guitarist and learn advanced techniques, I can help you achieve your goals. I’ve been playing guitar for over 20 years, my area of expertise is advanced guitar techniques such as fast alternate picking, legato, sweeping, tapping and bending, however I tailor the lessons to my students’ needs and skill level. I teach a variety of contemporary styles on both electric and acoustic guitar. My focus is on teaching you your favourite songs, riffs and solos and through them you’ll learn chords and scales, strumming and picking, soloing techniques such as bending, sweeping, tapping, and cover topics such as improvisation, songwriting and ear training. I have experience teaching Rockschool and Trinity Rock & Pop grades on both guitar up to grade 8 and drums up to grade 6. I teach guitar beyond grade 8 having helped students achieve degrees in music. Music Production: I learned to produce at university having done a BMus in music performance with a focus on music production. I went on to record and produce my band’s music, working in several music studios using Pro Tools, Logic and Cubase. In 2019 I started producing electronic music with a focus on blending acoustic and electronic instruments. I delved deep into Ableton Live and learned sound design and this is now my main focus as a producer. I can help you produce electronic, instrumental or acoustic music on any DAW, you’ll learn how to record, mix and master music using plug-ins and/or analogue gear. I also DJ and perform the music I produce, I can help you learn the techniques necessary to take your music production to the stage. DJ: I first learned to DJ with vinyls and an analogue mixer but soon moved on to digital DJing using different software and MIDI controllers including Rekordbox and Pioneer DJ. Once I started performing live I moved on to club mixers and CDJs. I’ve mixed and taught a variety of styles such as house, trance, dub reggae, psy chill and psychedelic trance, the same techniques and skills apply. I can take you from bedroom DJ all the way to pro, I too started DJing just for fun at friends’ parties and ended up playing international festivals