I also work with Primary and Special Educational Needs students and so have developed a kind, emphatic style taking an interest in the needs and wellbeing of the individual student.īeginners learn in very small steps and when they are ready, I encourage all students to engage with an exam syllabus. I find this provides structure, clear goals, and uses high quality learning materials. It also encourages students out of their comfort zones and inevitably makes for better skills. I can teach Guitar in all styles and have a Rockschool Grade 8 in Electric guitar performance, a Guildhall Grade 8 in Classical Guitar and I’m proud to have gained a 90% Grade 8 Distinction in Acoustic guitar performance this year with the London College of music. I am also proud that one of my school students has recently gained a grade 6 Distinction with the same exam board during Lockdown learning under difficult circumstances. Some of my students don’t wish to learn this way and that’s totally fine. I have built up a large file of songs to learn at every level and can help students learn exactly what they wish. I encourage creativity and teach song writing and improvision in rhythm, fingerstyle and single note melody. You can see me teach and play guitar on my You Tube Channel, follow this link or search for ‘Dan Bohane’ in You Tube.Biography Most rock & roll bands are a tightly wound unit that developed their music through years of playing in garages and clubs around their hometown. Steely Dan never subscribed to that aesthetic. As the vehicle for the songwriting of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan defied all rock & roll conventions. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio.īecker and Fagen never truly enjoyed rock - with their ironic humor and cryptic lyrics, their eclectic body of work shows some debt to Bob Dylan - preferring jazz, traditional pop, blues, and R&B. With producer Gary Katz, Becker and Fagen gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring professional musicians to record their compositions. Though the band didn't perform live between 19, Steely Dan's popularity continued to grow throughout the '70s, as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of AOR and pop radio stations. Even after the group disbanded in the early '80s, their records retained a cult following, as proven by the massive success of their unlikely return to the stage in the early '90s. Walter Becker (bass) and Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) were the core members of Steely Dan throughout its variety of incarnations. The two met at Bard College in New York in 1967 and began playing in bands together shortly afterward. The duo played in a number of groups - including the Bad Rock Group, which featured future comedic actor Chevy Chase on drums - which ranged from jazz to progressive rock. Eventually, Becker and Fagen began composing songs together, hoping to become professional songwriters in the tradition of the Brill Building.
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