Lessons

Jamie has taught professionally for over 25 years.  His personal philosophy has always been to treat each

and every student as a unique project.  Everyone learns at a different pace and different people need

different things to inspire.  Whether he or she be a beginner or advanced player, Jamie always

perseveres in bringing that person to a new place in the performance and enjoyment of music. 

He has assisted in preparing numerous students for music colleges and many of his students

have gone onto recording albums and performing worldwide.  As well and not any less, he

has inspired and taught thousands of amateurs to just have fun with music.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Professional guitar instruction from 1980 to the present.  Have taught approximately 27,000 lessons during this period of time.

1980-1983  Music Center

Berlin, CT

1982-1984  Betterrini's Music

Southington, CT

1984-1988  Sebastian's Burritt Music

Talcottville, CT

1988-1989  Performance lectures at Hartt Summer Youth Program

1995-1998  Ethel Walker School

Canton, CT

1988-present  Self Employed Music Instructor

CURRICULUM

Classical Guitar

Fred Noad series for sight reading;  Segovia & Carcassi, Guiliani Studies for technical problems;  various composers including Bach, Scarlatti, Villa-Lobos, Sor and Guiliani for performances.

Jazz Guitar

Berklee Methods for sight reading;  Melodic Rhythms for Guitar for chords & sight reading;  Charlie Parker Omnibook & The Real Book for Improvisation and Analysis;  theory and improvisation is explained and notated orally;  Scales - arpeggios and chord forms covered.

Folk Guitar

Hal Leonard & Mel Bay for sight reading;  Tommy Flint Finger style Guitar for finger picking;  transcriptions of various songs to analyze style.

Rock Guitar

Mel Bay & Berklee Methods for sight reading;  Scales & Arpeggios and advanced rock techniques (tapping, harmonics);  Transcriptions of various songs to analyze style.

Bass Guitar

Chuck Rainey Complete Bass Method;  Mel Bay Bass

Mandolin & Banjo

Mel Bay's Complete Methods

Transcription Service/Other

All lesson materials are accompanied by exercises, drills and note for note transcriptions pertaining to the style.

Have written hundreds of note for note transcriptions for students and clients over the years that have been approved by the artists themselves such as  Steve Howe, Leo Kottke, KISS, Mike Stern, Jim Campilogo, and Debby Davies.