How can I help you? I can help you with your:
Musicality
Making your playing more expressive.
Imagination
Developing your imagination and the ability to play your ideas.
Control
Giving you a solid foundation for your technique, tone, rhythm, dynamics, articulation.
Listening Skills
How to improve your awareness of music.
Knowledge of Material
Giving you a solid theoretical knowledge of all material and various methods of how you organise this on the guitar, including: scales, modes, arpeggios, key centers, chords, chord-scales, etc.
Manipulation of Material
How to apply what you know, improvising, limitation exercises, drills, melodic construction, harmonic construction, comping, rhythmic manipulation.
Effective Practising
Designing a personalized practice routine.
If any of this sounds like I could help you, then feel free to get in touch via the e-mail address at the end. Here’s a brief account of my experience:
I’ve taught music professionally for twenty years, and in that time I’ve helped hundreds of musicians with their music. I’m a professor at Trinity College of Music and The Royal Academy of Music. I teach Harmony and Theory at Tech Music School, and I’m on the faculty for the Jamey Aebersold Summer School in the UK. I’ve also taught for the Live Music Now scheme, The Purcell School, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London College of Music, Middlesex University and many other UK conservatoires. I’ve directed group workshops on improvisation, performance and composition, and have given many guitar-specific workshops as well. I also wrote a monthly tuition column in Guitarist Magazine for three years. For a more detailed run-down of my experience in music education click here.
I studied with Mike Walker, Steve Berry, Peter Bocking and briefly studied classical guitar with Fiona Harrison. I have a Masters Degree from Thames Valley University and a Fellowship of the London College of Music Recital Diploma.
To contact me, e-mail – mike@mikeoutram.com
Lessons are in Ealing, London, and I charge £40 for an hour, or £55 for an hour and a half, or £75 for a two hour lesson.
Hi Mike, I follow your columns at the guitarist magazine from Istanbul. PLease let me know about your upcoming works via e-mail.
best regards
Hi Mike,
Good content here…That is quite some education resume. I’m currently involved in putting together an ‘Advanced Music Course’ , in your opinion if you were to do the same, what core ingredients would you integrate into it?
Best Regards David
Hi David,
Thanks! I guess it depends on a few things but I’d say ‘core ingredients’ would be: playing, ear training, 1-2-1 tuition, harmony & theory, history, music biz, self-organization. That kind of thing?