Benjamin M.
Private tutor in Athens, Greece
Education
Bmus Degree in Guitar Performance at The Academy of a Contemporary Music, Level 3 Diploma in Extended Music Practice, A GCSE Music from Parkside Community College, Cambridge. The Academy Of Contemporary Music - Bmus(Hons) Degree - Professional Music Performance 2:1. Music Grades: Grade 5 Music Theory Cambridge Regional College Extended Diploma - Music Practice - DDM (Distinction, Distinction, Merit) GCSE Music - A Photography - A English - C Maths - C Psychology - D Employability and Enterprise - Level 1 Languages English (Native Tongue) Greek (Learning) French (Small Amount)
Experience
Performance Lecturer and mentor Degree and A level for The Academy of Contemporary Music. Examples of areas focused on live performance workshops, instrument tuition, improvisation, ear training, aural exams, transcribing, stylistic awareness, arranging (drop voicing, voice leading etc.), musical analysis within western classical and popular music, scoring/lead sheets and chart writing, academic writing, music within the community, music publishing, copyright, royalties and tour promotion. 6 years as a professional musician with 4 years of experience in the industry as a performer and session guitarist. Employment on pop, rock, choir performances & musical theatre tours alongside London West End Cast Members. Previous employment from Flying Music (Thriller Live, Rat Pack Live From Vegas) Years of corporate agency, function band and wedding experience with Warble Entertainment & DK Music Management, Blue Lion Band --------- Professional Credits: So This Is Christmas 2015 UK Tour - Kavana (90's pop icon) & Gemma Merna (Hollyoaks TV star &actor) -- Simply The Best Divas - 2016 UK Tour - With Amelia Lily (American Idiot West End Musical / The XFactor & Rachel Evans The Voice) -- Sensation - The Music Of The Who 2016 UK Tour (Bass Guitar) With Leanne Jarvis The Voice 2013finalist & Mitch Miller The Voice 2015 -- Lipstick On Your Collar - The UK's Top 1050's/60's Rock N Roll Band & Theatre Tour -- That 80's Rockshow - The Ultimate Tribute Tour To The 80's (material: Queen, Van Halen, Guns N Roses, Aerosmith, Def , white snake -- Essex & Herefordshire Choir - Guitarist -- Pop/Rock/Metal Artists etc: -- Aurora Dawn (Alabama 5) Oscar Corney (UK) Doll Duncan (UK) Deejay Nic The Band (Greece) LOUD (Living On Universal Denial) (Greece) Given Free Rein (Greece) -------------------------------- Musical Theatre Credits: Tommy - Greenwich Theatre London (Guitar) -- Spring Awakening - LAMDA (London Academy of Drama And Acting) (Guitar) -- Dogfight Broadway adaptation - Cambridge United Kingdom -- Sister Act - Broadway Adaptation - Cambridge United Kingdom --- Recording Credits: Man Vs Machine Gameshow/pilot episode (FOX Channel American TV) Host The Week Gameshow - (Channel 4 Gameshow United Kingdom TV) --- Professionally working for arranging, transcribing. Having graduated from The Academy of Contemporary Music with a bachelor of music (2nd class hons) degree in guitar performance. I have studied under and lectured alongside world renowned musicians and tutors qualified from Berkeley college of music, musicians institute and more. Such as Giorgio Serci (Prince, Jools Holland), Michael Casswell (Brian May, Lick Library, iguitar), Carl Orr (Billy Cobham, George Duke), Jon Bishop (Shaking Stevens, The Bodyguard, Guitar Techniques columnist), Toby Drummond (The Lion King, Wicked, Billy Elliot), Frank Tontoh (George Michael, Amy Winehouse, Seal, Craig David), Paul Geary (Nick Kershaw) and Brian Henry (Soul II Soul, Omar, D'Angelo) Roger Taylor (Queen), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). My dissertation focused on the comparative analysis of 3 contemporary jazz guitarists, accompanied by a tuition book I wrote on modern jazz vocabulary. I have worked professionally over the past few years with London west end musical directors such as Mathew Freeman (the rat pack live from Vegas, symphonic queen royal philharmonic orchestra) and Kevin Oliver Jones (Thriller live, Dancing In The Streets, Blood Brothers). I have performed for and supported artists/finalists from both The UK Voice and X Factor on various tours. I have worked for corporate agency and high end function acts, for companies such as DK Music Management, Warble Entertainment and Blue Lion Band. Part time employment with the DK Music Academy (United Kingdom) during employment as a tutor at The Academy of Contemporary Music. Completing lesson plans and tutoring privately to students between the ages of 4 - 60, specialising in guitar, bass and ukulele lessons. I later resigned due to professional touring commitments in November and December of 2015.
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 1 hour away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
Photography and Videography. YouTube video content creation. Video games Reading Teaching and learning I run my own YouTube channel where I upload and engage with subscribers through educational content related to music and gear demonstrations through performance. The skills involved in this are as follows: Self marketing Being comfortable and articulate on camera Organisational skills Camera operation Video and audio editing/post production
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