Your children are just starting their guitar lessons. They’re super excited, and so are you but you’re not sure whether they should have an electric or an acoustic guitar to start with.

What do you think of when you hear the word practice? How about the word homework? These are terms that are often associated with hard work and drudgery. Mom or dad look at you with a furrowed brow and say go

As a brand-new guitar student, you might be wondering what your first guitar lesson will be like. It’s only natural to be a bit curious about what it will be like. Will your teacher be nice? Am I going to find it confusing and difficult?

As a musician and a parent I am constantly looking for opportunities for my kids to learn and grow. Not just as musicians but as people. I want my children to grow up to become kind, caring, smart, and sensitive people that make the world a better place. Music lessons are just one of the activities I use to help them grow.

In August of last year (2019) Oakville Academy of Music expanded to offer in-home music lessons on guitar, piano, and ukulele. The new music lesson program has been so popular we decided to expand our our service area to Burlington Ontario and add drum and violin lessons. The new Burlington in-home music lesson program will begin in January of 2021 and will start with lessons for guitar, piano, and ukulele much like the Oakville program began.

Guitar companies around the world are seeing a huge increase of guitar sales since the pandemic began in the second half of March this year. Since Ontario’s locked down people are finding themselves with more time on there hands and many of them are taking up guitar playing as a way to pass the time and provide solace in an uncertain time.

Trying to decide between hiring a private guitar or piano teacher or going to a music school? Here are a few insights on the subject and why we believe that choosing the Oakville Academy of Music is the better choice for most families.

Playing the guitar around the campfire on a warm summer evening, rocking out on the big stage, or playing some cool jazz guitar at the coffee house. We all have a reason why we want to learn how to play the guitar.

At first glance music lessons appear to be about simply learning how to play an instrument or sing but is that all that’s happening here? Learning music is about so much more than learning to read sheet