Bernhard has been taking lessons at Deft Digits for a few years now. After decades of dabbling, he’s now hard at work learning his fretboard inside out and performing with his son, Peter (drums, bass), every chance he gets. Bernhard’s …
Student of the Month: Wesley
I first met Wesley seven years ago, when I started swapping teaching tips with another Seattle guitar teacher, Rob Hampton. Wesley was and still is one of Rob’s longest-standing students, and he’s since given me the opportunity to do some supplementary …
Student of the Month: Elle
Seventeen-year-old Elle has only been playing guitar for eight months, but she’s already learned a remarkable variety of songs by Vance Joy, Spoon, Of Monsters and Men, Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind, and The Shins. She even played and sang …
Student of the Month: Leo
Leo has the most shredding musical tastes of any 9-year-old I’ve come across. Even during his first days on the instrument, he wasn’t satisfied with the main riff from “Smoke on the Water”; he wanted to learn the entire song. …
Student of the Month: Cooper
Cooper is one of my happiest students. Even if he has a decent reason to feel down in the dumps, he never seems to go there. Thanks, Cooper, for brightening my day every week! Cooper is always willing to try …
Student of the Month: Caroline
Caroline is currently preparing “Don’t Look Back in Anger” by Oasis for her third-ever performance. She’s done Frank Ocean’s “Lost” and the Eagles’ “Hotel California” in the last six months. This time, she was in the enviable position of having …
Student of the Month: Xavier
Xavier is a chord learning machine. In less than a year of lessons, I think he’s learned more chords than any of my other ukulele students. We had to move beyond my recommended common chords and into an ukulele chord …
Student of the Month: Ben
Ben started his guitar journey last year around Christmas time with a whole lot of “Jingle Bells” and “Smoke on the Water”. After the holidays, we set out to satisfy his craving to play and sing songs from Billy Bragg …
Student of the Month: Ella
Our May Student of the Month is ten-year-old Ella. In her eight months of guitar lessons, she’s learned snippets of many different songs, but she fine-tuned her first full song last month, strumming chords and singing along on “Kumbaya”. Ella’s …
Student of the Month: Max
Here’s Max, the April Student of the Month. He’s been playing for less than a year, but his passion for music and guitar already runs deep. He takes everything I give him in lessons and runs with it, especially the …