What to expect

Most other music lessons work like this: here's a book, play what's on the page, see you next week.I've watched that approach convince way too many people they're "just not musical." So I do the opposite. Here's what that actually means.

No books. Here's why

A lesson book puts a page between you and the instrument — and worse, it teaches you to depend on that page. My job is everything a book can't give you: training your ear, building your feel, and getting you confident enough to figure out any song you love, completely on your own.

You'll play by ear starting today

Not "once you've paid your dues." Today. We'll listen to something, find it, and play it — and you'll start creating your own stuff right away too. Listening, playing, and creating aren't three separate stages you slowly graduate through. They're one thing, and doing them together is what makes it all click faster.

There's no such thing as a wrong note

Calling a note "wrong" just because it's outside the scale is silly. And the fix is always closer than you think — a "good" note is just a fret away, a key away, a half step away. Bend it, slide off it, nudge it over, and it becomes something interesting instead of something wrong. Some of the best moments in music history are "wrong" notes played with total confidence. Once you believe that, the fear disappears, and you improve absurdly fast.

Your taste is the curriculum

Music means something different to everyone. Maybe you're deep into jazz, or you've got one artist you can't stop listening to, or you just want to write your own songs. You're in the driver's seat — I'm just here to help you get where you're going faster.

Instruments make each other better

I teach guitar, drums, bass, keys, and music production, and you're welcome to explore all of them — even in the same lesson. This isn't a gimmick: drums build the rhythm and ABMusic Renton — Site Copy Rewrite dynamics that make your guitar groove. Keys sharpen your ear and give you a visual map of harmony. Bass teaches you how songs are actually held together. Learning two instruments isn't twice the work — each one makes the others easier.

Production isn't an add-on, it's a full lane

It's 2026 — there's no reason you can't be writing, producing, and recording your own music while you're still learning your instrument. I teach real production: Ableton, sound design, composing, arranging, recording your own tracks. If you've got an idea in your head, we can start building it out for real, not just talking about it someday.

We make it sound alive

Anyone can press the right key or fret the right string. The real skill is making a single note mean something. Bends, trills, slides, vibrato, dynamics, space — we work on this from day one, so your playing has feeling in it, even when you only know a handful of notes.

Your first lesson, exactly

We talk for a few minutes about the music you love, and anything you've tried before. No judgment, no audition. You get hands-on with instruments — guitar, drums, keys, bass, whatever pulls at you. You play something real, by ear, before you leave. Yes — in the first lesson. You walk out with a direction that's actually yours: your instrument(s), your music, your pace.

Pricing

Your first lesson is free — no pressure, no commitment. After that:

30 minutes $40

45 minutes $50

60 minutes $60