{"id":209,"date":"2016-01-31T14:13:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T14:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2016-03-30T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T23:35:31","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a young boy<\/strong> at the time Gary Moore<\/span><\/a> and Eric Clapton<\/span><\/a> were always on television. I was very interested and idolised their playing.<\/p>\n

I picked up the Guitar at the age of 12, when two relatives provided me with life long tools that would encourage my lead technique and rhythm skills.\u00a0 As a left handed person I was still figuring out which way was most comfortable to hold the instrument.<\/p>\n

Originally The Shadows<\/span><\/a> music was given to me,\u00a0 shortly after Elvis Presley<\/span><\/a> hits and The Eagles were brought to my attention.<\/p>\n

By practising every day and eventually rehearsing for live shows at school and college, I became more familiar with how full songs are structured for other people to sing.<\/p>\n

At College I heard about a local professional band called The Blues Giants featuring Mike Hatton and Steve Ajao.\u00a0 They gave me the opportunity to perform with them in Birmingham where I played rhythm Guitar and lead for a solo.<\/p>\n

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Whilst learning the Guitar, steady Bass Blues lines were also appealing so I began learning the Bass and moved across from Blues, rock to funk.<\/p>\n

A couple of years later friends and relatives heard about my playing so I began giving one to one lessons.<\/p>\n

After college, in 2003 a job opportunity came to my attention:<\/p>\n

‘Guitar Tutor for Adult Education’<\/p>\n

Things were about to change…<\/p>\n

Now tutoring many different people of all ages with different backgrounds and abilities, I can recommend practice routines to suit your pace ready for each session.<\/p>\n

Also in recent years professional Guitarists<\/strong> have asked for my advice on techniques. I taught Jay rhythm and lead guitar skills to play at his gigs, \u00a0originally I sat with him on a one to basis before he learned in whole group class ready to demonstrate his newly acquired skills.<\/p>\n

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\"Jay_Snapseed\"<\/p>\n

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“Here’s a guitar solo Gav<\/span> taught me”<\/strong><\/em>
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\u00a0 James Drew<\/strong><\/em>
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To boost musical awareness for my students I involve professional players in my routines,\u00a0 such acts have crafted their own style through years of practice where the basics are second nature.<\/p>\n

My teaching style has always been fun, friendly and approachable. I can provide you with ideas to increase your ability and listen to what you want to do.<\/p>\n

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Shame you\u2019re not in the area, I\u2019m being taught by Guitargav and it\u2019s going really well#getthebug<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a young boy at the time Gary Moore and Eric Clapton were always on television. I was very interested and idolised their playing. I picked up the Guitar at the age of 12, when two relatives provided me with life long tools that would encourage my lead technique and rhythm skills.\u00a0 As a left […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-209","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}