John has deep experience in teaching music and has an encyclopedic knowledge of his craft, which covers about any style. He quickly picked up pn what I wanted to accomplish and has tailored lessons to fit my need(s). His library of books, prepared pages and especially the series of videos he made that can be viewed at home are a great enhancement to weekly lessons which increases overall value. I've been taking lessons from John for a little over 6 months now and plan to continue for the foreseeable future.
John Stockdale
- 19 hires
- Based in North Charleston, SC
- 33 years in business
- 1 employee
- Responds in about 4 hours
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About John Stockdale
My aim is to provide the student with the best experience possible. To do this, we must all do our part to ensure your son/daughter's success. Studying music can be an enjoyable and rewarding experience, but it takes commitment from the parents as well as the teacher and the student. Get better and play the guitar well in a shorter amount of time than expected. Exercises are used with other methods combined are used and logged to watch the progress. Music is its reward. Hire me to help you learn the songs you want to play, or how to compose songs or even understand how the construction of Music works. Whatever you want to learn about guitar or Music let me help you learn it the right way IN ORDER of learning at your own pace. There are no shortcuts. Face the challenge of a song, go through learning the proper way how to practice. Enjoy the balance of work and play on the instrument.
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I have played the guitar for many years without the knowledge of theory. I desired to improve my playing and understanding of music by hiring John, and he has done an excellent job! I have only been his student for a little over a year, but I am already light years ahead from where I started!
Have been playing guitar on and off for 5-6 years but was entirely self taught and lacking in many of the basics that I should have learned when I first started. While I can somewhat improvise, play full songs on both electric and acoustic, and know my basic scales, I just found myself starting to hit a wall where I wished for more direct instruction without having to jump from YouTube video to video to find one that sticks out. I tried lessons in the past, but my old teacher only gave me written tabs for songs and didn’t teach me about the actual theory behind anything. As I’ve gotten more serious about playing in the last 2 years or so, it was time to find a teacher who could pinpoint and fill in all of those theory gaps that were holding me back from improvising, writing my own music, and from confidently performing in a band. I’m only 3 weeks into lessons, but I could tell from day 1 that John is the guy that I needed! John is clearly extremely knowledgeable in all areas of the guitar and with musical theory in general, and he was immediately able to identify the top areas for me to work on. He gave me a custom packet to work through based on my current level, and we’ve been plugging away at the material each week. Not only does John believe in teaching from a foundational aspect of music, but he has also given me lots of great tips on if I were to perform live and record in the studio one day. He told me that his goal is for every student to be able to record their own music by the time that they are done working with him, and I have no doubt I will get there one day with his help! It’s almost overwhelming working with a musician as experienced as John because it will make you realize that even if you’ve been playing for years on your own time, you haven’t even scratched the surface! Whether you want to learn how to play simple songs, play live with a band, improvise in all genres, or record and write your own music, John is your guy!
Had a great intro phone call to figure out what I needed and I’m looking forward to working directly with him!
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