Lessons...

A visitor to New York once asked a person on the street how to get to Carnegie Hall.

The answer was "practice, practice practice!"

Of course a good teacher helps and we've got lots of them.

 

GUITAR

Mark Benanti
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Mark holds a Master's Degree in Guitar Performance. He is an excellent teacher for students interested in learning to read music. His focus is in Classical and Fingerstyle playing. Lessons with Mark will improve your music reading, technique, and overall musicianship.

Kevin Klemenok (707) 583-4909
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Kevin is a resident of Petaluma and has been teaching guitar in Sonoma county for the past 19 years. He earned his BA in Jazz Studies from Sonoma State in 1993, and his teaching credential in 1995. He teaches all styles including jazz, rock, metal, blues, country, and funk to students of all levels. Lessons can cover fret board knowledge, ear training, scale families, lead playing, music theory, chord study, and reading music charts.

Tim McKee (707) 953-4156
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Tim has provided support and leadership in bands of many styles both live and in the studio professionally for over 15 years. He has a BA in Music Education from SSU (1997) with an emphasis in Jazz. Tim has extensive teaching/tutoring experience (10+ years) with children of all ages and adults. Though specializing in modern rock, metal, jazz, and funk styles, his focus and philosophy is to teach the language of music (fretboard knowledge and music theory) through the student's own tastes.

 

Michael Barclay (707) 778-6754

Michael is a very nice man and even leads his own blues band, aptly named "The Michael
Barclay Blues Band". He studied with David Spinoza (N.Y.) and teaches all styles and levels,
concentrating on music that the student is particularly interested in.

 

Chris Pimentel (707) 762-8232

Chris is an award-winning Berklee College of Music graduate with a BA in music from
Sonoma State University. He specializes in Rock, Blues and Jazz. His lessons
cover theory, improvisation, ear training, finger picking, scales and modes.

 

Gary Vogensen (707) 763-8993

Gary is a 25 year veteran of the San Francisco Bay Area musical community.
He teaches Jazz, Blues, Rock, Country, Slide, Folk and Pop to students of all levels.

 

Mark Abdilla (707) 332-3565
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Mark has been teaching Guitar and Bass for over 20 years, primarily pop, rock, and blues.
He is also an accomplished fingerstyle (classical) player with 5 CD's to his credit. Mark holds a BA in music from San Francisco State University and performs all over Northern California and Europe. Mark emphasizes right/left hand techniques, rhythm strum patterns, scales, improvisation and soloing. Mark teaches all ages, all levels and most styles.

 

Tommy Auerbach (707) 795-8433

Having attended the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles and a current performer
in the group "The Road", Tommy has all the experience of a well trained musician.
He is versed in all genre's of guitar and can taylor a lesson plan as individual as
the student. He books lessons either by the half or whole hour.

 

Mark Benjamin (707) 291-0368

Mark has been teaching guitar since 1985 after graduating from the College for
Recording arts. He also has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in music from Sonoma
State University. His methods center around teaching the student technical method through
his/her favorite songs.

 

BASS

Gio Benedetti (707) 695-7363

Currently playing in the locally aclaimed duo "Toast Machine", Gio is in touch with
the newest and coolest techniques in bass. He specializes in slap but is also skilled
in standard "finger" style as well as "Stand-up" acoustic bass for jazz and classical.

 

DRUMS

Tom Hayashi (707) 539-0616

Tom began playing drums when he was eight, (and he is quite a bit older now), and worked in orchestral
settings, jazz clubs, and straight ahead rock and roll. He hopes to convey through his teaching the fun and
enjoymentof music and how the study of technique, reading and critical listening can enhance and deepen one's
musical experience.

 

Rick Cutler (707) 887-1147

Rick has been a professional drummer for 35 years. He has played thousands of live performaces, recording
sessions, and radio and TV appearances in all styles of music. Rick offers a straight forward approach that gets
the student playing as soon as possible.


Kendrick Freeman (707) 939-0872

Kendrick's emphasis is on Jazz and African based music. His teachers include San Francisco Bay Area drummers
George Marsh and Eddie Moore as well as numerous African and Caribbean musicians and dancers. Kendrick
as toured in Europe with a theater company, recorded two albums of original music and currently serves as musical
director for Group Petit La Kwa, San Francisco's premiere Haitian dance company.

 

VOICE

 

Melissa Phillippe (707) 575-5791

Melissa has been performing and teaching for over 20 years and specializes not
only in voice training but also Piano and songwriting. Shes familiar with all
types of music including R&B, rock, blues, country, and jazz.

Zone Music and Recording
7884 Old Redwood Hwy.
Cotati CA 94931
707-664-1213

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