"I tried to learn guitar three times before 2020: Once, about 15 years ago by myself, again in college in a classroom environment (50+ students), and a few years later--again, by myself. In January of this year, I resolved to giving it one final go, and reached out to Nick for private lessons.

The pandemic interrupted our in-person lessons in early March, but we have continued without interruption via Skype since then, and I'm so happy to report the following: I can now play guitar.

I couldn't have done it without Nick's patience and strategy. He balances theory while actively working to "get the music under your fingers." I've lost count of how many times he has asked me to work on something between lessons and then, after I've started to get the hang of it, said, "OK, that's an example of (insert theory here)." As an adult learning an instrument, I appreciate his emphasis on first having fun. During our first lesson, he literally threw out the book, taught me a riff to a favorite song, and we got right to playing". Rob V. Google Review