Can anyone recommend a guitar tutor in Bristol?

BRISTOL86

As per title, thanks all. 

Looking to kick start my development and in search of a good teacher  

guitars4you

Stuart Ryan is excellent - contributes to Guitar Techniques as well - https://www.stuartryanmusic.com/

BRISTOL86

Thanks Mark will check it out!

guitars4you

BRISTOL86 said:

Thanks Mark will check it out!

he knows me - so if you track him down see hi for me - plus he is a good guy

RMJ

Used to demo for world guitars? Hell of a player

BRISTOL86

guitars4you said:

BRISTOL86 said:

Thanks Mark will check it out!

he knows me - so if you track him down see hi for me - plus he is a good guy

His website doesn't suggest he does one to one lessons, just Skype. And at £50 an hour I'm not sure he's in the same bracket as me to be honest! I'm guessing a lot of his students are much better players rather than 'begintermediates' as I class myself 

guitars4you

BRISTOL86 said:

guitars4you said:

BRISTOL86 said:

Thanks Mark will check it out!

he knows me - so if you track him down see hi for me - plus he is a good guy

His website doesn't suggest he does one to one lessons, just Skype. And at £50 an hour I'm not sure he's in the same bracket as me to be honest! I'm guessing a lot of his students are much better players rather than 'begintermediates' as I class myself 

I know he teaches/lectures at the Bristol Academy - not sure about 1 to 1's so sorry if a bad lead - Not sure if any one teaches via the Bristol Academy - maybe worth see if they have a notice board as such

BRISTOL86

guitars4you said:

BRISTOL86 said:

guitars4you said:

BRISTOL86 said:

Thanks Mark will check it out!

he knows me - so if you track him down see hi for me - plus he is a good guy

His website doesn't suggest he does one to one lessons, just Skype. And at £50 an hour I'm not sure he's in the same bracket as me to be honest! I'm guessing a lot of his students are much better players rather than 'begintermediates' as I class myself 

I know he teaches/lectures at the Bristol Academy - not sure about 1 to 1's so sorry if a bad lead - Not sure if any one teaches via the Bristol Academy - maybe worth see if they have a notice board as such

Don't be daft, I'm grateful for the recommendation  

BRISTOL86

Bump - I’m still looking to find a teacher in Bristol to help me get to the next level. 

Any recommendations welcome. 

ThorpyFX

Theres a really good guy called Richard Hillyer, look him up.

ThorpyFX

www.richardhillyermusic.co.uk

merlin

You may be able to find a good member of the faculty at BIMM. Worth a shot. I used to work at BIMM in Brighton but I don't know who's on faculty in their Bristol department. 

BRISTOL86

Thanks @ThorpyFX - do you know Richard yourself? I’ve certainly seen his name before....either way I’ve shot him a mail! 

ThorpyFX

BRISTOL86 said:

Thanks @ThorpyFX - do you know Richard yourself? I’ve certainly seen his name before....either way I’ve shot him a mail! 

I do buddy, he's a top guy and a talented guitarist too. crucially though he is professional in the way he teaches and i appreciated that above all else as I'd had some terrible flakey teachers.

BRISTOL86

ThorpyFX said:

BRISTOL86 said:

Thanks @ThorpyFX - do you know Richard yourself? I’ve certainly seen his name before....either way I’ve shot him a mail! 

I do buddy, he's a top guy and a talented guitarist too. crucially though he is professional in the way he teaches and i appreciated that above all else as I'd had some terrible flakey teachers.

Same here, well I’ve only had one, but felt he didn’t at all listen to what I was feeding back about where I felt I needed to focus on etc. 

Have contacted about ten since then and they all seem similarly disinterested in you or what you want to get out of the endeavour. I suspect the vast majority are just trying to make easy money pedalling template lessons whilst putting in the absolute minimum effort. 

Not what I’m looking for in a teacher....unfortunately Richard said he has no capacity for new students but is wanting to pass me on to a new tutor they’ve taken on....I’ve just name dropped you so maybe he’ll find a space for me!!

BRISTOL86

Great news @ThorpyFX - I mentioned to Richard that you’d recommended him and he’s kindly said he’ll shuffle things around to accommodate me, so should be starting lessons with him in the new year

hotpickups

guitars4you said:

Stuart Ryan is excellent - contributes to Guitar Techniques as well - https://www.stuartryanmusic.com/

Yes I've had a couple of lessons from Stuart in the past. He's more for acoustic imo. Lovely calm guy and does do one to one lessons. Expensive though which is why I only had a couple

hotpickups

BRISTOL86 said:

ThorpyFX said:

BRISTOL86 said:

Thanks @ThorpyFX - do you know Richard yourself? I’ve certainly seen his name before....either way I’ve shot him a mail! 

I do buddy, he's a top guy and a talented guitarist too. crucially though he is professional in the way he teaches and i appreciated that above all else as I'd had some terrible flakey teachers.

Same here, well I’ve only had one, but felt he didn’t at all listen to what I was feeding back about where I felt I needed to focus on etc. 

Have contacted about ten since then and they all seem similarly disinterested in you or what you want to get out of the endeavour. I suspect the vast majority are just trying to make easy money pedalling template lessons whilst putting in the absolute minimum effort. 

Not what I’m looking for in a teacher....unfortunately Richard said he has no capacity for new students but is wanting to pass me on to a new tutor they’ve taken on....I’ve just name dropped you so maybe he’ll find a space for me!!

Yep I agree with this. One tutor in bath years ago I used insisisted on writing out a solo I queried about in full for me. I could've got that online albeit it was around the beginnings of the internet. I just asked him how to play a solo like the one I suggested. He took it literally and I learnt nothing from the process. So yes getting a tutor who actually listens to your questions, desires or needs is crucial. Sorry I can't really suggest any tutors for you as I'm self taught really which would explain a lot