Joshua C. TakeLessons Instructor music, Guitar, and Voice Boston, MA

Biography

Starting out at the age of 16, Josh has been writing and performing professionally for the past seven years to incredible reviews - as a solo artist, a duo and with his contemporary rock band         .

 He is best known for his captivating, “awesome” vocals (the word many fans and audiences use), his high performance energy and passion as well as his powerful original songs and startlingly true covers. From driving rock to emotionally charged ballads, his music grips the senses.

After opening for singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw, Josh’s appearances and popularity have grown steadily at clubs, concerts and colleges throughout the Northeast and Mid Atlantic regions.

 Most recently, Josh was selected and performed as a 2007 Spotlight Showcase Solo Acoustic artist at a Northeastern regional college buying conference in Hartford, Connecticut. (His band was previously a Mainstage Showcase act at a Mid-Atlantic spring festival in Monmouth, New Jersey and has opened for internationally acclaimed Celtic rock band Enter the Haggis and Saturday Night Live comedian Jim Breuer). Josh has also appeared numerous times at World Cup and National winter championships in Lake Placid, New York.

 Josh‘s second CD with the band, featuring 12 of his latest originals will be released in early 2008 with several of the songs already generating radio play in New York.  Josh performs many of these songs acoustically as well. He is now based in Boston.

 Josh’s infectious style and music, coupled with his winsome ways and ability to turn an audience on, is second to none. As a guitar teacher, his attitude and presence is no different. His ability to relate to students and get a feeling for their goals and interests is unmatched. HIs knowledge of music, both contemporary and classic is immense and this gets put to amazing use during a lesson. Students are encouraged to use the lessons as a way to fulfill their own interests and learn what they want to learn, while still recieving a firm understanding of the basics.

After 3 months of solid lessons the student should have a good grasp of guitar basics including the notes of the neck, basic chords, basic scales, and hopefully a few of their favorite songs. After six month students should be expected to be learning advanced chords, the basics of lead playing including major scales and pentatonic, students will be encouraged to begin putting their own chords progressions together, and will be expected to start learning to read basic guitar notation.

My teaching style is relatively laid back and I am extremely concerned with the students goals and aspirations. I like to incorporate students musical interest (bands, songs, performers, etc) into the lesson. There is never any reason for a student to be bored during a lesson. Everything is kept relative and exciting.

I am most comfortable teaching Pop, Rock, and Blues.

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