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Lessons at Americana Music Academy

Phone: 913-638-1490
E-mail: booking@jacob-be.com

About Lessons

Jacob Bigus is a singer-songwriter and electric guitarist based in Lawrence, KS. His love of music began at an early age learning to sing prayers with his family at Synagogue. He played clarinet in the various school bands during his years in middle and high school in Paola, KS, moving into the guitar at age 11. Jacob holds a degree in Jazz Guitar from the Conservatory of Music at UMKC, studying under Bobby Watson and Rod Fleeman. Jacob teaches from a curriculum he designed under the instruction of classical virtuoso, Doug Neidt . A versatile musician himself, he teaches and plays classical, jazz, bluegrass, country, reggae, folk, pop, blues and rock styles of guitar. Jacob's lessons are available for beginning, intermediate and advanced levels of acoustic and electric guitar, focusing on chord rhythm, scales, improvisation, feelings of the heart, music theory, ear training, and songwriting. Jacob is famous in the Lawrence School District as the substitute teacher with that "Unicorn Song." More information on Jacob (and the Unicorn Song) can be found at www.jacob-be.com
Lessons will be tailored to each student with a blend of music theory, technique, performance practice, and composition/arranging. Students are expected to come to lessons prepared with all of their materials: guitar, music, picks, tuner, notebook, pencil. Students are to practice skills outside of lessons in order to demonstrate in lessons, ie: scales, chords, songs, techniques, compositions/arrangements. 

Payment

Lessons are $100 a month.  The full month’s lessons are to be paid on the first lesson of each month. Ask about in home guitar lessons!

Cancellation

When you select your weekly lesson time, that time is set aside for you.  In the event that timely notice is given, I may make up your lesson at my discretion.  If granted, we will seek a mutually agreeable time.  It is not always possible to find make-up times, so it is strongly  suggested that you arrive time to your assigned lesson time each week.  Should I have to cancel, I will offer a make-up lesson or credit the next month’s pay period.

Question and Answer

Feel free to ask me any questions about my music or my lessons. I will respond quickly by e-mail and post important and common responses on this page.

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. I have had quite a lot of beginning guitar players come to me. People who I have taught from scratch how to hold the instrument and play the notes. I have also had more advanced and intermediate students. The students who are more advanced still have just as much to learn. If you are an intermediate guitarist we can discuss deeper concepts that will keep you playing for the rest of your life. There is an endless well of knowledge to be tapped.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. When choosing a guitar teacher, make sure they have the proper credentials. You need a teacher who can teach you music theory and all the proper technique on his or her instrument. Having someone classically trained can be very valuable even if you do not wish to play classical. This is because the classically trained teacher has much experience in technique. These techniques will apply to whatever kind of music you wish to play. Especially if the teacher is familiar with the different genres.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. My work is very important to me, because many guitarists are self taught, and they do not know the proper way to hold a guitar. Even many professionals guitarists play with lousy technique. That is the way they learned, and to this day they have to compensate for their lack of technique. My lessons are designed to get rid of bad habits that will hold us back as players. A player can always learn to live with a bad habit, but why not get rid of that habit all together? We advance much faster for it.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. The most satisfying thing about my job is having people tell me that they never thought they would be able to accomplish the things they have accomplished. It is amazing to look back on the journeys that my students have taken. When a student tells me that they had only planned on taking a year of lessons, and that year is up but they wish to continue, that makes it all worth it. And teaching kids to do something incredible like playing music is awesome.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. Music is a journey that never ends. I constantly continue my study through practice, performance, and even still lessons from revered musicians. I hope to continue my education until the day I play my last note and breathe my last breath.



 

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