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Private Instruction With Dan Palladino
Dan is accepting a limited number of students for guitar, music theory, songwriting and recording instruction. This is your chance to study with a professional player and songwriter with more than 30 years experience. Please take a moment to browse around the site and check out some of the articles and audio downloads.
Here are some brief highlights of Dan's career:
Berklee College of Music graduate (1985)
Adjunct Professor of Recording and Music Business at County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ.
Served as technical editor for the book, The Complete Idiot's Guide To Home Recording, by Clayton Walnum (Alpha)
Owner of The Torpedo Room, project recording studio since 1990
Original songs have been licensed for use on MTV Cribs and My Super Sweet 16, as well as The Joan Hamburg Show on WOR AM radio in NYC.
Appearances on many independent CD releases
Live appearances throughout the NY/NJ Metro area
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Guitar Instruction: Info and Rates
Studying music will give you the opportunity to learn a great deal about yourself. It is a journey with no definitive end and has the potential to keep you endlessly engaged. It has been shown that children who study music also improve their performance in academics. Music is a natural stress-reliever - perfect for energizing your body and mind.
I look forward to making many new discoveries with you. Thanks!
Guitar Instruction Rates:
30 minutes $30
45 minutes $40
60 minutes $50
Free initial consultation
All lessons take place in my professionally equipped studio in Central NJ - about ten minutes from Exit 9 on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Together, we will create a study program that addresses your strengths and weaknesses. I will also present material that I KNOW will make you a stronger, more creative musician. Examples include:
Transcribing songs that interest you
Transcribing songs that will challenge your listening skills
Learning scales in position and vertically
Learning arpeggios in postion and vertically
Learning triads and seventh chords and their inversions
Improving time
Sight reading
Building repertoire
Improvisation
Rhythm guitar playing - an often overlooked aspect of playing guitar
Using our knowledge of scales and chords to improve songwriting
Learning how to create an effective practice schedule and sticking with it
Learning how to teach yourself new concepts and ideas
Audition preparation
Contact me and let's talk about your goals!
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Music Theory and Songwriting Instruction: Info and Rates
In addition to guitar lessons, I offer lessons in Music Theory and Songwriting. These additional studies can be scheduled as separate sessions, or integrated into your guitar lessons for the same price. e.g., we can devote 30 minutes to your guitar lesson and 30 minutes to music theory or songwriting.
Rates are the same as for guitar lessons:
30 minutes $30
45 minutes $40
60 minutes $50
Free initial consultation
All lessons take place in my professionally equipped studio in Central NJ - about ten minutes from Exit 9 on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Some of the topics we will cover in music theory include:
Recognizing and hearing intervals
Scale construction, including modal scales
Scale harmonization
Using scales in improvisation
Chord formulas
Compound chords and their applications
Chord-melody relationships
Creating chord progressions
Voice leading
Re-harmonization of chord progressions
Some of the topics we will cover in songwriting include:
Lyric analysis
Chord and melody analysis
Song form analysis
Learning how to overcome writer's block
Exercises designed to create unusual lyric lines
Exercises designed to help the student embrace their first thoughts
Genre analysis and exercises designed to help the student write in new genres
Exercises designed to help the student expand their chord vocabulary
I am also available for songwriting coaching on an individual session basis.
Contact me and let's talk about your goals!
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Recording Instruction: Info and Rates
The various brands of digital audio workstations (DAWs) share many similarities. They all offer digital recording, editing, effects processing and mixing functions. I happen to prefer MOTU Digital Performer - I've been using this software for many years and I've become very efficient on it. I also have a portable Pro Tools rig, because it is the professional standard in audio engineering.
No matter which DAW you use, I'll help you get the most out of it. In addition, we'll cover traditional recording concepts that apply to any system - analog or digital. You'll have the opportunity to gain real "hands on" experience in applying the concepts we'll discuss.
Rates for music production lessons:
1 hour lesson: $50
Free initial consultation
All lessons take place in my professionally equipped studio in Central NJ - about ten minutes from Exit 9 on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Topics covered include:
Sound and hearing
Acoustics
Microphone techniques
Signal flow
The audio console
Patch bays
Digital recording and editing
Amplifiers and monitors
Signal processing
Mix concepts
Mastering concepts
Digital recording equipment is more affordable than ever, but it's not about the gear - it's about the music, and having the knowledge to capture that music using time-tested techniques. I guarantee that you'll produce higher quality recordings after studying music production with me.
Contact me and let's talk about your goals!
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