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		   A School for the Study of Blues
and All the Styles it Influenced.
Now Accepting Students for Private Lessons.
 		

Welcome to School of the Blues, a school dedicated to the study of blues and all the styles it influenced. How would you like to study harmonica with the most published author of blues harmonica lesson material in the world... or a bass instructor that's played with Snooky Prior, Otis Rush, Nick Gravenites, Chris Cain and Luther Tucker... or our drum instructor who’s played with Albert King, James Cotton, Robert Lockwood Jr., Pinetop Perkins, Boz Skaggs, Lowell Fulson and Charlie Musslewhite. This is the caliber of instructors at School of the Blues. Our instructors have on average 30 years teaching and performing experience, with most being published authors... all of them hand picked to teach at the school for their playing skills, knowledge of their instrument and ability to teach all levels of private and group instruction.

Instruction is available for: Harmonica, Guitar, Bass, and Drums. School of the Blues accommodates players of all skill levels; from beginning to professional. Weekly, bi-weekly and monthly private lessons are available via Skype. Please take a moment and look at the instructors' bios, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email them.

Our Instruction Approach

Since blues and related styles are more improvisational, the way in which we approach instruction is very different than standard "classical" lesson formats. What School of the Blues specializes in is the "whole" musical experience. Heavy emphasis is on placing what you learn into "context."

School of the Blues is built around concepts that maximize the learning process through the way in which we structure our personalized lesson plans all the way to how the rooms were built and set up.

Each and every student has a way in which they learn best. Some people learn better in a more structured written format, and some people learn better in a more auditory (listen and copy) format. Lesson plans are structured around your current needs, your long term goals, and the way in which you learn best. Your instructor will keep a lesson log of what you've covered, what you're currently working on, and where you're going. This helps keep lesson plans and a student's instruction on track.

All of the instructional staff believes that recording each and every lesson is a great way to maximize your retension of lesson material. This allows you to:

Listen back to any part of the lesson that might be in question.
Play along with instructor examples.
Get more out of each and every lesson because the instructor doesn't need to write down or repeat many times a specific example.

As you can see, much time has been spent in designing a thorough, time-proven instruction approach that's modified to meet the needs of each and every student.

A School for the Study of Bluesand All the Styles it Influenced.

Now Accepting Students for Private Lessons.

Our Instruction Approach

A School for the Study of Blues
and All the Styles it Influenced.