Ray has 20 years of teaching experience. He has taught privately, in colleges and in music stores. He also has extensive recording and performance experience. All ages, levels & styles. $25 per half hour, discounts for up front payment toward 4 week blocks. Solo CD release (guitars, most bass + keyboards, all recorded and mixed at Ray's studio) https://soundcloud.com/raykostiainen Videos https://www.youtube.com/raykostiainen Skype lessons also available! Paypal payments accepted. Gigging regularly with http://www.backroomvegas.com Things you might like to learn� acoustic, electric & bass guitar, your favourite songs/solos/riffs in any style you like, such as (country, easy listening, jazz, punk, grunge, rock, metal, pop, funk, Latin, r'n'b, blues, to progressive technical styles). For those that want to dig a little deeper and would like to study more specific topics such as � - soloing (shredding, tapping, arpeggio sweeping & alternate picking techniques), - improvisation (practical application of scales & theory), - bass finger & slap playing, - ear training (relative pitch) & playing songs by ear, - advanced rhythm concepts (syncopation, linear arranged grooves, analyzing complex rhythms, accenting, sub divisions, rhythm times tables & layered rhythms), - theory (modes, scales, pentatonic scales, arpeggios, intervals, triads & inverted chordal approaches), - music reading and writing skills, - technique (reliving isometric tension), - creativity (song writing, composing & arranging). Blue card owner. ABN: 64228231410