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Wilson
     

Guitar Piano Keyboard Bass Mandolin Ukulele Drum Percussion Banjo Voice Singing Lessons in Candler NC and Asheville NC
Melody Music Studios was founded in 1989 (that's right...1989!), and hire professional music instructors that are trained, versatile in what they offer, and love to teach! References and full background checks are conducted.
We offer all instruments, levels, and styles, and traditional or by ear lessons, tailoring the lessons to the student's interests and goals, taught in a positive and fun way.
We offer a one business day grace period to cancel after the trial lesson. If you're not happy with the lesson, it's FREE!
*After the trial lesson, future lessons can be cancelled anytime with a 30 day notice

Wilson got his first exposure to virtuosic playing in high school, playing in the jazz band and forming his own rock and punk rock bands. He then graduated from the University of FL in Gainesville, FL in 2015 with a bachelor in Music History, concentration in Ethnomusicology. It also included four years of private instruction on guitar and theory courses, as well as performing in the acclaimed Brazilian music ensemble. It was then that Wilson started his own publishing company for his original works, and he began teaching, maintaining a studio of up to 25 students. After college, Wilson studied finger-style guitar under world-renowned classical guitarist. Along with guitar, Wilson also teaches and performs on bass guitar, mandolin, ukulele, drums, banjo, voice, and piano/keyboard. His training on bass guitar includes an extensive experience composing and gigging with bands, in a variety of styles such as rock, blues, jazz, funk, reggae, samba, and alternative, and he has applied his knowledge of classical and Brazilian guitar techniques to the bass. He offers both 4 and 6 string electric bass lessons, and is currently developing a curriculum for extended techniques, such as slap bass and two-hand tapping. For mandolin, Wilson has lots of gigging experience, street performance, and home study, and offers styles from the Appalachian music, blue grass, and other folk styles, as well as all contemporary styles, with techniques like strumming, flat-picking, and tremolo playing. For the ukulele, Wilson is primarily self-taught and studied on his own, and specializes in folk and blues ukulele, but can also offer jazz and pop. On the banjo (5 string), Wilson is again primarily self-taught and studied on his own with method books. Wilson offers an entry level on piano and keyboard. His training was at the University of Florida in their piano course required for all music majors. He offers traditional and by ear (chords and improv). Wilson often uses the piano as a tool for music theory, no matter what instrument the student is learning. Along with all the music courses at UF, he was trained in voice and offers sight-singing, breath control, pitch-matching, reading, and diction, and offers all contemporary styles on voice. With whatever instrument the student is learning, songwriting can also be included in the student's education if preferred. Wilson has been writing since the early 2000's, and his passion is helping people express their own experiences in song. Lessons in songwriting includes thought-organization exercises for music and lyric writing, as well as studies in music theory. Wilson has been teaching since 2010, and offers any style(s) the student is interested in.

Personality rating: outgoing and focused, yet easygoing and laid-back

Monthly Rates Below for Weekly Lessons, Regardless of 4 or 5 Weeks in a Month

Instructor's Studio
30 min/week $120/month
45 min/week $172.50/month
60 min/week $225/month
Student's home
30 min/week $150/month
45 min/week $202.50/month
60 min/week $255/month
Wilson has been teaching with Melody Music Studios since: 7/1/2015
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Age: not available.    Lessons offered in student's home.     Travels up to 20 miles from Candler, west of Asheville
Studio description: Separate room in home studio
Skype lessons offered
Group lessons offered
Equipment: classical guitar, acoustic guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, two electric guitars, 6-string bass, 4-string bass, mandolin, drum kit, djembe, keyboard, an extra Midi keyboard, and many hand percussion, as well as a full PA and microphones
This instructor teaches the following instrument(s) and categories:
Voice
Ukulele
Songwriting
Piano
Mandolin
Keyboard
Guitar
Drum set
Bass (electric)
Banjo

Schedule below

*Other times may be available. Please let us know if you need a time that is not listed, and we'll be happy to check with the instructor.

Mon 10AM-7PM
Tue 10AM-4:45PM 6:15PM-7PM
Wed 10AM-7PM
Thur 10AM-7PM
Fri 10AM-3:45PM 5PM-7PM
Sat 10AM-7PM
Sun 10AM-7PM