Hello everyone, my name is Van Talley. I have always been interested in music. When I was a young boy, I was always signing to records and doing air guitar…lol. Sound familiar? So when 5th grade came around, my parents let me start taking guitar lessons. In middle school, I started playing trumpet and did so through high school where he was awarded a music scholarship to Chipola College. I didn’t forget my guitar, but didn’t play it as much. After college, I pursued other professional work. During this time though I was always instructing, coaching and guiding adults and children from corporate training to little league baseball but never forgot about music or my guitar. One of my biggest request was to sing and play The Wedding Song. Now, I want to pass along the knowledge, errors and mistakes I made to make playing your guitar a life changing and fun experience. It doesn’t matter if you want to play acoustic or electric guitar or style of music because the beginning foundation is the same. I have taught friends and family to play guitar as well as helped a youth praise band at a local Private school. I am a great teacher with compassion and patience who will be creative to motivate and be honest with my students. I truly want to help you start your new journey………So what are you waiting for? Contact me through the information on the contact page.
How you will learn guitar:
Teaching is not just done with method books…..boring yet has a place in learning. I myself started only with method books back in the day and know how tedious and slow they can be. There will be several resources and ideas to help you learn the guitar so you can understand what you read on a sheet of music and tablatures, open chords and power cords for you rockers. I will help you with ways to practice to make it fun and engaging with applications and yes….even songs.
Lessons options:
I do feel it is better to learn in person but do understand that may not always be feasible in today’s world. Based on this I also offer in person and video lessons.
Cost and Lesson sessions:
A standard lesson time will be approximately 30 minutes in duration. The cost of the session will be $25.00 for the half hour. Some lesson curriculum can be supplied by myself at a minimal cost. Applications and software I use are ones I have found, liked and purchased.
Other Services:
String changes (includes changing strings, conditioning the fret board and polishing the frets), neck straighten, guitar set up and fret re-crowning. If any of these services are needed or wanted the cost will be discussed at that time.