Andre W. TakeLessons Instructor music, guitar, bass guitar Los Angeles, CA

Andre comes from the Island of Aruba where he grew up listening to all types of music. When he was 12 he started taking piano lessons which did not last too long. One year later Andre takes on a different instrument which is the Cuatro. A native four string guitar like instrument from Venezuela at the Venezuelan Institute. His instructor was Sergia Betancourt. When was 15 he took on the guitar and has been playing it ever since. He has picked up other instrument during the years which are bass and keyboards. He was instructed at the Cas Di Cultura under Ivan Jansen from 1995-1998. In 1998 Andre moved to Venezuela to attend The Jose Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory of Music in Barquisimeto. Also he attended the Cheita Quintana Music Institute for additional guitar lessons and vocal lessons both classically trained. In 2000 Andre attends Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Ca, where he graduated from the G.I.T program and the R.I.T. program in 2003. He has played in numerous bands in the States and Aruba. He is currently still playing in bands across Los Angeles. Currently recording a new project. Seek the Challenging Position of Musician A highly talented Musician with extensive experience in entertaining live audiences in cafes, nightclubs, and hotels featuring latin, blues and rock music; Deep background in playing for live audiences and exclusively for recording and production studios; in addition to teaching.More than twelve years of experience in music. Proficiency in guitar, bass, keyboard and audio engineering.  Enthusiastic, energetic & disciplined. Passion for music & working with people. Professional work experience. Exceptional communication & organizational skills. Fluent in the Spanish, English, Dutch and Papiamento Languages. Professional Experience Performing Musician & Songwriter 1992-Present. Instruments: Guitar, Cuatro, Voice, Keyboard, Bass.  ProTools & Reason operator. Music Teacher 2005-Present. Private Lessons in all genres.  Musicians Institute 2001-2004 .Related Skills SSL G_Series & Neve FX Consoles. ProTools HD/TDM/LE.  2” Analog Recording/Editing. Mac & Windows Multi-Application Fluency.

GUITAR: I am a teacher who combines the best of all worlds of styles. On the first lesson I always want to know my potential student(s). What kind of music they like, what are they expecting of me and where are they heading with their playing. It does not matter if you are a hobbyist or serious player I want to know your style. Once I establish a fundamental ground with you on how and where you are going we can take of to the next level. The most important thing for me is that I want you to have fun when learning. I will begin with one of my favorite methods for classical guitar(even though I teach electric guitar I believe it is necessary) I will work with you from wherever you are comfortable playing right now. I will correct you on your mistakes. It can be from holding the guitar, finger placement of chords or solo strings to strumming technique. If you are a beginner it will be a world of fun. There is nothing better than learning from zero. The main focus of my lessons are for you to feel comfortable and happy playing the guitar. Knowledge of what you are playing will come in time if you stay with it. Learning to play guitar takes time and dedication like with anything else you dedicate time to. The key to perfection is practice. Always practice. We will cover subjects like: ear training, reading, music theory, solo string improv, chords, scales and more. I will keep it as balanced as possible for you. I also encourage you to bring a song of your choice to the lesson so that I can review it with you and show you what you can kind of solos you can play and what kind of relation it has to what you have learned so far. Please do not bring the song on the first lesson, because that won't help you yet. I am a most of the time blues guitarist and if you want to know rock you have to know the blues. I'll teach you the fundamentals of blues in time along side the other subjects we will cover. You will solo like a blues legend in no time. Each week depending on what you have learned so far I will start a progression and you will have to tell me what scale you are playing and what kind of chords I am playing. This part of my memory retention skill that you will have to learn. If you to remember to practice we will move faster, but if you don't we will get stuck at the same subject. I know it takes time to learn and if you need more time, No problem, just remember it all depends on you my friend. For ear training. I will play a note first and then the chord on the guitar or keyboard and you have to give the correct chord. For music theory. We will cover notes to chord building. Relationship between chords and scales and more. For reading. I will bring this on to you slowly but surely. It will take time for you to be able to read music flawlessly. Once we are further in the lessons we will get more involved in Alternate Tunings. Technique is very important so we will spend a good amount of time on that. I'll show you how to build your own guitar player's chart with notation and all. I will make sure to give you the best lessons you ever had with a fun and nice teacher You will get a complete package.

I specialize in Rock, Blues and more contemporary styles

music, guitar, bass guitar

Bill Lafleur currently teaching at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood Ca