Guitar and Bass Lessons
Tony Zannini: Instructor
Musical Education:
Tony is an alumni of Berklee College of Music and was fortunate to study with the late William G. Leavitt (Berklee book 1, 2 & 3 Hal Leonard Publications, published world wide). He studied classical guitar with Robert Sullivan, head professor of New England Conservatory and jazz guitar with world renown instructor Mick Goodrick.
Personal Experience:
Tony has played shows with Howie Mandel, Joe Piscapo (SNL), Rebecca Parris, The Drifters, and performed many other tv, radio, theater, and recording sessions.
Teaching:
Tony has taught thousands of guitar lessons in all styles of music, all levels, all age groups, and prides himself in keeping the student engaged by making the guitar lesson fun. Lessons are a playing session as well as a learning session.
Brett Gordon: Instructor
Musical Education:
- Youth: Learning songs from (and scratching up) my record collection.
- High School: Band Chorus - voted most talented in high school.
- College: Berklee College of Music - Arranging Composition. Studied guitar with Lance Gunderson at Berklee
- Continued self-studies on lap & pedal steel guitars.
Personal Experience:
- BMI member radio ad jingles, perform on a regular basis.
- Performed in TV commercial for Holiday Inn.
- Guitar with house band on WNZN sports radio (The Zone)
- Music published with Decidedly Superior Music Publishing, NY, NY.
- Music on Lennon & McCartney's fried chicken restaurant skit on SNL
Teaching Aspects Covered:
- Elementary Guitar
- Intermediate Guitar
- Bass Guitar
- Tuning Theory
- Reading
- Scales
- Chords
- Chord patterns
- Flat picking
- Finger style picking - Travis
- Folk, Rock, Blues, Country & Jazz
- Song form composition
- Performance
Methods:
- Book materials plus my own methods derived from my college background and from working in the real world of professional music. Students develop and learn at their own pace. Students will be taught according to their own individual abilities.