Hi! I’m Nick.
I am a qualified teacher who has been playing guitar for forty years, thirty of those on stages solo and in groups. My knowledge of the instrument, along with music theory, is of a high level. I can teach guitar, acoustic and/or electric, from absolute beginner to advanced players. If you’ve never held a guitar before, I can show you how it’s supposed to be done then we’ll work scales and chords until you’re playing songs. If you’re less of a novice, I can show you all the tricks and workarounds that’ll really get your hands moving on the fretboard. From strumming to fingerstyle, from Wild Thing to Stairway, whatever your aim is, get in touch and we’ll work towards it together.
I’ve taught many people over many decades, and I’ve worked with so many guitarists, in so many styles, that I have realised that the concept of mastering an instrument is a myth. We can, however, if you choose to work with me, attempt to achieve it anyway. From beginner to advanced levels, songs or scales or everything all at once, my lessons will be personally tailored to meet your goals.
I have been teaching English as a foreign language for many years and am fully TEFL qualified. It's a little more difficult to speak dynamically about, but just as important. Click the links above to go to a page where you can contact me for either.
I've also been known to write books, details of which you can find here or in the menu at the top right of this page. My partner and I also do translation work of older, more obscure, fiction (along with my own equally obscure fiction.) Also in the menu (and here) you can check out my music, both solo and with our nascent band 'Tabla Rasa'.
If that isn't enough, and you'd like to read my rants and the odd short story and stupid jokes about LinkedIn and terrible films, you can find that at my Substack.
