As happens quite a lot, some friends in school decided to form a band, and we couldn’t wait to get it started. 

We shared similar musical interests, namely a band called The Smiths. We really got big into them, I had played the drums for a while when I was younger at primary school.  

So one played Guitar, another was happy to sing, so we got together once a week to practice and put together a set list.

It was great fun and I loved those days when you could just get the keys to the practice hall setup and play away, not annoying anyone.  Great memories.

So fast-forward to a few years later and I got a job working in Admin.

I ended up staying there for 15 years but all that time I played in various bands and then around 2001, I started to think I wanted a bit more out of life.

I had an idea to teach guitar, as in the various band setups I ended up playing drums, the bass and eventually moved onto Guitar which I think was meant to be.

I decided to take the plunge and took my first students in 2003 and found I loved teaching and passing on what I knew to other guitarists. 

My lessons grew and grew, and I started to teach in a local secondary school and cut my admin hours back and then took the plunge and went full time in 2006.

I haven’t looked back since and love teaching, eventually moving onto Ukulele and then started to teach Bass as well.

I decided to then get my Guitar Grades with RGT and Rock school to “fill in” any holes I had.

I was so curious about how “music worked” that I decided to complete my Grades and was awarded a Performance Diploma with RGT a few years later.

I’ve now taught in local schools, primary and secondary since 2006 and have loved the wide variety of music that I teach in lessons.

I love passing on my knowledge to new students, and it’s a real privilege passing that on to enthusiastic music lovers.