NYC Guitar Studio

MATERIAL / METHOD

Especially in a time and era where we're flooded by information, and the question often is which textbooks, methods
and such matters or is suitable for any given situation. The experienced music educator's overview and expertise is
a great help - often in fact even crucial in the process of monitoring and selecting the proper instructional material.

While a good amount of standard, TRADITIONAL tested and approved learning material, always is at hand
often STUDENTS CHOOSE or COMPOSE their own material. And teacher originals may be used as examples.

And some students like to learn the techniques and ways to TRANSCRIBE and play music back when hearing it.

* Note that in helping the student's reach their goals, helping him / her to play like their favourite musician or band is not necessarilly
productive in the long run. As this on the contrary quite often in fact makes the student more dependent on external sources
( in this case - the teacher ). Rather, giving the students the tools to work this out on their own, as they please is a far more powerful
endeavour as this by default aim towards creative activity ( like original transcriptions and compositions. )

EAR TRAINING .
There's really NO LIMIT to how developed our incredibly sophisticated organ, THE EAR can get.
It's common for students to spend many hours on mechanical finger exercises or impressive tricks,
while at the same time spending little or even no time on active ear training. If so, the good news is
then that in the light of this it is possible to develop considerably - just by listening actively.
Preferably with some guidance from someone who have practiced this systematically.

Another and perhaps also the most fundamamental aspect
in music is - to become friends with RHYTHM & TIME.
keeping a steady rhythm and subdividing it while doing it.
And making music this way.

PHYSIQUE.
Good, practical posture and hand / finger positioning (varies greatly from person to person ).
Learning how to use and distribute energy while playing. And also, importantly when and how to relax.
This is the key to how to develop a good solid TECHNIQUE both for shred, strum and fingerpicking.

HAVING FUN.
Connecting with the SPIRITUAL , expressive energies in music.
And using it to be a better musician and a better person.

Music is subordinate in our society. And for the most part in fact regarded as a product or item that you can buy
(a CD / record or a band T-shirt). While it in fact is something we all have naturally already, may actively use and
make use of, or actually even need in our daily lives. PLAYING & LEARNING an instrument is A WAY TO BE.
Music is A WAY OF LIFE. So the material we choose should on some level relate to and - be IN TUNE with us.

Sometimes OUR OWN IDEAS is the best source. The trick is to hower to make use of them.
And this can also be explored, practiced and learned. Working with an experienced musician
educator or such familiar with this process can help UNLOCK your CREATIVE POTENTIAL
and give an increased awareness of and access to it's great possibilities.

The old expression the only way to become a better player is to play with better players is true.
In as much as LEARNING FROM an educator that also is A PLAYER matters greatly. Since in music
it makes all the difference HOW you get introduced to and meet the music as this informs,
influences and goes into how you then play it. And what you feel and transmit when doing so.

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REPERTOIRE

This is a partial list compiled over the years, of some artists whose music students have chosen to work on.
Often they have transcribed at least parts of it themselves. Anything you want to learn could be added to this list.
Teacher and / or student transcribed - here are just a few of the artists and musicians work that students have requested ;

ANGUS Young (AC/DC), Steve Albini (Big Black), Avenged Sevenfold, Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, Tony Williams Lifetime, Bruford), Atari Teenage Riot, Ace of Base, Anthrax, CHET Atkins, ABBA, John Abercrombie, Julian CANNONBALL Adderley, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice in Chains, Air, Louis POPS Armstrong, Aerosmith, Black Flag, Clarence GATEMOUTH Brown, Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN, Bad Religion, Kenny Burrell, Booker T & The MGs, Roy Buchanan, Burning Spear, Lenny Breau, Blonde Redhead, Biohazard, George BENSON, James Burton (Elvis Presley), Buzzcocks, Blue Oyster Cult, Derek Bailey, The BEATLES, Captain BEEFHEART, Cliff Burton (Metallica), Budgie, CHUCK Berry, J.S. BACH, Booker Little, Adrian Belew (Talking Heads), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow), Blood Sweat & Tears, Jeff BECK, B-52s, Boards of Canada, Count BASIE, Glenn Buxton (Alice Cooper), Marc Bolan (T.Rex), Bela BARTOK, SYD Barrett (Pink Floyd), The Byrds, Bjork, Boney M, Paul BLEY, Beastie Boys,Charlie Christian, ORNETTE Coleman, Eric Clapton (Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and The Dominoes, Bluesbreakers), Cramps, Chicks on Speed, Leonard Cohen, Frederic CHOPIN, Kevin Coyne, Cockney Rebel, Elvis COSTELLO, Chemical Brothers, John COLTRANE, Ry Cooder, Johnny CASH, Kurt Cobain (NIRVANA), Julian Carillo, The Cure, Chemical Brothers, Don CHERRY, Deerhoof, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, DIMEBAG Darrell (PANTERA), Dinosaur Jr. Eric DOLPHY, Don Caballero, Dream Theater, Daft Punk, The Darkness, Dr. Feelgood, Danzig, Al DiMeola, MILES Davis, The Dandy Warhols, Dead Milkmen, Bob DYLAN, Death from Above 1982, The DOORS, Claude DEBUSSY, DIZZY Gillespie, DEXTER Gordon, Eagles of Death Metal, DUKE Ellington, DJANGO Reinhardt, Depeche Mode, Duane Eddy, Eagles, Earth Wind & Fire, John Fahey, Bill Evans, Entombed, The Edge ( U2 ), Brian ENO, Herb Ellis, The Fugees, Bill FRISELL, FLEA (Red Hot CHILI PEPPERS), Ace Frehley (KISS), Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Naked City), FELA Kuti, Finntroll, Robert FRIPP (King CRIMSON), Ella Fitzgerald, Jose Feliciano, Flaming Groovies, TAL Farlow, Foghat, Lita Ford (Runaways), John Frusciante (Red Hot CHILI PEPPERS), Grant Green, GREEN DAY, Egberto Gismonti, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), WOODY Guthrie, Rory Gallagher (Taste), David Gilmore (Pink Floyd), Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead), Godsmack, Marvin Gaye, Freddie Green, Ghost Factor, Al Green, Peter Green, (Fleetwood Mac, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers), Godspeed You Black Emperor, Jimmy GIUFFRE, Gorillaz, JIMI HENDRIX, Charlie Haden, Nina Hagen, Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens of The Stone Age), Jim Hall, Helmet, Alois Haba, Hawkwind, Steve Hackett (Genesis), Hanoi Rocks, Billie Holiday, Husker Du, Woody Herman, Steve Howe(Yes), Emmylou Harris, Hoola Bandoola Band, Kirk Hammett (METALLICA), Ike & Tina Turner, Tony Iommi(Black SABBATH), Iron MAIDEN, IGGY & The STOOGES, Interpol, Iron Butterfly, Joy Division, Robert Johnson, Michael Jackson, Keith JARRETT, Antonio Carlos JOBIM, ELMORE James, Mick Jones (The CLASH), Steve Jones (SEX PISTOLS), Rickie Lee Jones, Jethro Tull, Joan Jett (The Blackhearts, Runaways), The Jam, Jack Johnson, Kraftwerk, Kreator, Guillermo Klein, Carole King, Killing Joke, Kraan, Lee KONITZ, Kinks, KOOL & The Gang, KC & The Sunshine Band, Kula Shaker, Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna), The Killers, Paul Kossoff (Free), Kittie, B.B. King, Gyorgi Ligeti, Lunachicks, Alex Lifeson (Rush), Latin Kings, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Albert Lee, MOTORHEAD, Mercury Rev, Marilyn Manson, MUDDY Waters, Bob MARLEY Olivier Messaien, Monster Magnet, My Bloody Valentine, Memphis Minnie, Luis Milan, Mastodon, Joe Maneri, WES Montgomery, Thelonious MONK, John McLaughlin (MAHAVISHNU Orchestra), Misfits, Meshuggah, Metric, The Mars Volta, Manu Chao, Brian May (Queen), Mink, Megadeth, W.A. MOZART, Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, Audioslave), Motley Crue, Jack McDuff, YNGWIE Malmsteen, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music, 801), Nuclear Assault, Napalm Death, Willie Nelson, New York Dolls, Nile, Nine Inch Nails, Sinead O'Connor, Roy Orbison, Oasis, OK GO, Jeff Parker (Tortoise), The Presidents of the United States of America, Pearl Jam, Edith PIAF, Prince, JACO Pastorious (Weather Report), Charlie BIRD Parker, Les Paul, Joe Pass, The Pogues, Jimmy PAGE (LED ZEPPELIN), Hermeto Pascoal, BUD Powell, Psychedelic Furs, Astor PIAZZOLLA, Augustus Pablo, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Flora Purim, Psychedelic Furs, Niccolo PAGANINI, IVO Papasov, Primus, RAMONES, Mick Ronson (David Bowie), KEITH Richards (Rolling Stones), Raegan Youth, The Roots, RADIOHEAD, Return To Forever, Maurice RAVEL, Elis Regina, Randy RHOADS(Ozzy Osbourne), Demis Ruossos, SONNY Rollins, R.E.M., SLY & The Family Stone, Donna Summer, SUN RA, Skid Row, Andres SEGOVIA, Sigur Ros, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Jimmy Smith, Alexander SCRIABIN, Spacemen 3, Michael Schenker (UFO, Scorpions), Andy Summers (The Police), Smashing Pumpkins, Igor STRAVINSKY, Spice Girls, Cat Stevens, Nina Simone, John SCOfield, Sonny Sharrock, Wayne SHORTER, Eric SATIE, Supergrass, The Stone Roses, Carlos SANTANA, Stranglers, SLAYER, Neal Schon (Santana, Journey), Pat Smear (Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters), Sir Lord Baltimore, The Strokes, Karl-Heinz STOCKHAUSEN, SLASH (Guns n Roses), Ernest Ranglin (Bob Marley), Sonic Youth, Arnold SCHONBERG, Thin LIZZY, Fransisco TARREGA, Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), TV on The Radio, Pete Townshend (The WHO), Eddie VAN HALEN, Heitor Villa-Lobos, The Von Bondies, Big Joe Williams, STEVIE Wonder, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Leslie West (Mountain), White Stripes, Uriah Heep, James BLOOD Ulmer, The USAISAMONSTER, Union Carbide Productions, Weezer, Weather Report, Wilco, Johnny Winter, Van Morrison (The Them), George VAN EPS, Sarah Vaughan, Von Bondies, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Velvet Underground, Frank ZAPPA, John Zorn, Warren Zevon, Yardbirds, Yo La Tengo, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, Larry Young, NEIL YOUNG