Hello,

Just a little note to remind anyone out there who would like a guitar lesson – I’m free at these times below. Send me an e-mail if you’d like to book one up. <mike@mikeoutram.com> Lessons are in Ealing, London, and I charge: £40 for an hour, £55 for an hour and a half, or £75 for a two hour lesson.

When the time slots go I update this file, so you can check if the slot is still free.

May:

2nd: 4pm – 6pm
3rd: 7am – 9am
25th: 12midday – 1pm, 2pm – 6pm

June
6th: 7am – 6pm
7th: 7am – 9am
20th: 7am – 11am

July:
1st: 7am – 9am

August:
24th: 7am – 5pm

September:
14th: 7am – 5pm
19th: 7am – 6pm
20th: 7am – 5pm

Last updated: 2013-04-26 20.40.24

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Most up to date gig list is always here.

May 2013

02 Martin Speake Trio. The Spin, Oxford. 8pm
03 Martin Speake Trio. Royal Festival Hall Central Bar. 1pm
03 Gareth Lockrane. Con Cellar, Camden. 9-10pm
22 Tony Woods. Way Out West. Orange Tree, Richmond. 8pm
23 Examining at Leeds College of Music. Free for lessons evening from 6pm ish
24 Gareth Lockrane. Chicken Shed Theatre, London. 7pm

June 2013
05 Martin Speake Trio. The 606 Club, Chelsea, London. 10pm
06 Martin Speake Trio. Lauderdale House, Highgate. 8pm
20 Trio & Guitar Masterclasses at Trinity College of Music, London 2 – 6pm
30 Rebecca Hollweg. Pizza Express, Dean St, London. 7pm

July 2013
07 Roz Harding. St Lawrence’s Chapel, Ashburton. 7pm
13 Karen Street. Swanage Jazz Festival. 12 midday
19 Harvey Brough. Petworth, Sussex

September 2013
07 Roz Harding. Barnfield Thatre, Exeter. 8pm
13 Gareth Lockrane. Lincoln
14 Martin Speake Trio. Kings Place, London. 6pm
18 Roz Harding. The Vortex, London. 8pm
20 Martin Speake Trio. Leicester Jazz House. 8pm
23 Martin Speake Quartet. Ronnie Scott’s, London. 11pm
24 Martin Speake Trio. Baker Street, Wood St, Swindon. 8pm
26 Martin Speake Trio. The Castle, Wellingborough. 8pm
27 Martin Speake Trio. Red Lion, Warstone Lane, Birmingham.
28 Martin Speake Trio. Cafe Posk, London.
29 Martin Speake Trio. Bristol.
30 Martin Speake Trio. Beaver Inn, Appledor, Devon. 8pm

October 2013
01 Martin Speake Trio. St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton, Devon. 8pm
02 Workshop with Martin Speake Trio. Truro College. 11am
02 Martin Speake Trio. St Austell Brewery, St Austell. 8pm
03 Martin Speake Trio. Hackensack at Cafe Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm
06 Martin Speake Trio. Colchester.
09 Martin Speake Trio. Inverness
10 Martin Speake Trio. Aberdeen Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate. 8pm
11 Martin Speake Trio. Liverpool
16 Martin Speake Trio. Crawley
27 Karen Street. Wavendon
30 Michael Rosen. Pizza Express, Dean St.

Here are my free teaching times for 2013. The times change when people book for lessons, so the up to date version of this info is always here

February:
18th – 7am – 9am
25th – 7am – 9.30am
26th – 7am – 9am

March:
10th – 7am – 11am
11th – 7am – 5pm
12th – 7am – 5pm
13th – 7am – 5pm

Last updated: 2013-02-09 10.03.02

If you’d like to book a lesson, e-mail me: <mike@mikeoutram.com>

Click here for my free teaching times

Lessons are in Ealing, London, and I charge:

* £40 for an hour.
* £55 for an hour and a half.
* £75 for a two hour lesson.

* add £10 for a 15 minute ‘check-up’ lesson via Skype.
* £20 for 30 min lesson.

I also do 15 minute ‘check-up’ lessons via Skype for £10. These would be in-between the proper lessons. I think they might help with focus and progress if your lessons tend to be spaced around the once a month mark. Let me know if that’d be of interest.

Hello.

There’s a new album on the way soon. It’s a double album with Martin Speake called ‘Always A First Time’; Jeff Williams is on drums with Martin and myself. We did one session where we recorded about 20 tunes, all pretty much first takes, and there you go. Easy.

Our next gig is the album launch. We’re performing alongside a life-size replica of Apollo 11, and we’ll be wearing full space suits. There might be locust. Possibly brie.

It’s on the 19th of January at King’s Place, London.