The Music Lesson Blog

Hi. Welcome to my new blog - the music lesson blog. I will be using this space to post a variety of lessons on many different musical topics. This may include, but certainly will not be limited to - music theory, reading tips, improvisation, songwriting, composing, music business tips, style explorations, practicing tips, and technical exercises.

Just to let you know a little about myself - my name is Matt and I am a guitar player living, working, and teaching in and around Philadelphia. I have been teaching for a few years now and have been toying with the idea of starting this blog in order to reach a larger student base. There are only so many hours in the week, and while I have quite a few private students (26 as of right now), I think that think the power of the blog will allow me to teach a lot more people in less time (isn’t technology awesome!)

I started off playing rock music, like most young guitar players, and then got into playing the blues, which led to Jazz. Currently I am performing mostly Jazz, some rock, and writing a lot of classical and New Music. I also love to listen to many other kinds of music such as Electronica and Dance music, Bluegrass, Zydeco, Country, North Indian Hindustani music, japanese noh music, and New Age guitar music - although I am far from an expert in any of these styles. To me, all music shares the same ability to capture the spirit and bring rise to a palette of emotions. Therefore, I label myself Stylistically Indifferent. This concept will permeate through my blog, as I will be posting on many different styles, and also on music in a more general sense.

Check back to see the first lessons, which will be popping up as the week goes on. I’m looking forward to sharing my knowledge with you, and to learning from you as well. If you want to know more about me you can read the bio page on this site. Are there any other topics I didn’t mention that you’d be interested in hearing me talk about? Please leave your comments, and let me know what you’d like to know more about.