Brunswick Guitar Lessons, Melbourne Guitar Lessons

I found Greg through a Google search. Although I had played piano for many years, I was completely new to the guitar and initially decided to try Greg's lessons due to convenience of time and location. However, after just a couple of months, I've learnt much more than I had anticipated. The lessons are tailored to suit experience, knowledge and ability, and are well-structured without being too formal. Greg encourages his students to become familiar with the guitar and explore playing music outside the lesson format and, in doing so, to use his knowledge and the lessons as a resource. Greg's passion and talent for guitar and for teaching are fantastic, and I leave each lesson inspired and looking forward to the next one.

Suzie Willis, Brunswick

I have always wanted to learn an instrument and mentioned it to my wife. She bought me a guitar for Christmas and organised lessons after finding Greg’s details on the internet. After speaking with Greg, my wife knew he would be great for what I wanted to get out of guitar playing. Since then I haven’t missed any lessons. I had no musical background at all, and starting later in life is a little daunting, but Greg has been able to teach me to play, mixing in the right amount of music theory whilst still making it fun and interesting. This has helped me learn not only to play the guitar but to understand the parts of the guitar, reading tabs and music. Lessons with Greg have been great, so if you’re thinking of learning the guitar, I highly recommend speaking to Greg first.

Frank Iozzo, Coburg

1. A FREE introductory lesson where we can assess your strengths, weaknesses and goals and form a plan on how to overcome these obstacles. Most teachers expect you to pay for lessons before they know any of this!

2. You will be getting lessons from a teacher who actually tracks your progress, and knows your strengths and weakness instead of a teacher who doesn't pay attention to your progress.

3. You will learn the right things at the right time and in the right way. Most teachers don't know how to do this, and will either give you items that are far too hard, or too simple.

4. You will learn to play the guitar faster than trying to learn on your own.

5. You will learn how to practice effectively and efficiently to gain great results in a short space of time. Practice skills is rarely taught by guitar teachers.

6. You will get instant feed back on your playing in lessons so that you know that you do something right or are doing something wrong that you wouldn’t be aware of yourself.

7. You will learn skills that are relevant to your musical goals.

8. You will gain motivation and inspiration to become the guitarist you have always wanted to become.

9. You will understand how music works and how it can influence people's emotions.

10. You will improve your musicality and your ear for music.

11. You will have a lot of fun and gain a big sense of satisfaction during the process of learning and making music

If you have never played guitar, or are self taught, check out these 10 negative consequences of trying to teach yourself guitar:

1. Very slow progress compared to those who take guitar lessons with an experienced and effective instructor

2. Lack of the right strategy for your own personal improvement

3. Lack of professional feedback

4. Learning things in the completely wrong order for effective learning

5. Making wrong assumptions during the learning process

6. Development of bad habits that are difficult to correct in the future

7. Bad guitar technique that leads to poor guitar skills

8. Risk of hand injuries and back problems

9. Lack of confidence and low self-esteem due to slow progression

10. Constant frustration and self doubt

After my first lesson with Greg, I knew there would be many more to follow. He is a great teacher -- passionate, unassuming and articulate. Having already had some experience with piano, Greg has adjusted the pace of my lessons to fit with my existing knowledge -- focusing on the areas that I need to develop, and quickly identifying the areas that are safe to skip ahead.

There is no question that Greg knows his stuff across the many areas of guitar including theory, technique and style, and I wouldn t hesitate to recommend him to anyone wanting to learn guitar from scratch or brush up on their existing knowledge.

James Thomas, Moonee Ponds