Lessons with Dave Holmes
"I'm Dave Holmes, an experienced Guitar tutor with over almost 40 years of knowledge from Classical to Pop and Rock styles through to Bossa Nova. I hold a BTec National Diploma in Popular Music and Sound Recording from Chichester College of Arts, Science and Technology and play other instruments including percussion. I also have City & Guilds and NVQs in Computing and 20 years experience in professional IT environments.
I am flexible with lesson times and follow up lessons with email support and use Music Technology and internet tools such as Soundcloud and YouTube to improve your learning experience.
Guitar Lessons
For those wishing to learn Brazilian Bossa Nova songs, I also hold certificates in Portuguese, PACE European Portuguese level II and Intermediate Level Brazilian Portuguese certified by the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
I can teach you to speak phonetically or help you delve deeper into the meaning of the lyrics and give you general assistance with the Portuguese. "
Check Dave Holmes's discography here.
"I'm Dave Holmes, an experienced Guitar tutor with over almost 40 years of knowledge from Classical to Pop and Rock styles through to Bossa Nova. I hold a BTec National Diploma in Popular Music and Sound Recording from Chichester College of Arts, Science and Technology and play other instruments including percussion. I also have City & Guilds and NVQs in Computing and 20 years experience in professional IT environments.
I am flexible with lesson times and follow up lessons with email support and use Music Technology and internet tools such as Soundcloud and YouTube to improve your learning experience.
Guitar Lessons
For those wishing to learn Brazilian Bossa Nova songs, I also hold certificates in Portuguese, PACE European Portuguese level II and Intermediate Level Brazilian Portuguese certified by the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
I can teach you to speak phonetically or help you delve deeper into the meaning of the lyrics and give you general assistance with the Portuguese. "
Check Dave Holmes's discography here.
Written references
"David has helped me considerably in my desire to learn more Bossa Nova music and he is completely adaptable to all kinds of guitar instruction. He is gentle, patient and has a clear understanding of my musical needs. I am more fulfilled and knowledgeable in my guitar playing since I started receiving his lessons and can wholeheartedly recommend him as a tutor in guitar technique and the theory and history of Bossa Nova.". David Kay, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
Music Technology Tuition
Music Technology Tuition
In 1993, at music college I spent a considerable amount of my time in the Music Technology rooms as I discovered the world of electronic music. Here I also moved on from my school's 4 track tape recorder to learn the basics of studio recording.
I decided to continue my studies to a professional level, and I am now an Alumni of the renowned Alchemea College of Audio Engineering where I gained many hours experience in Studio recording and production, while taking the Foundation and Advanced courses.
This was followed by industry experience in pre-production studios, with a credit with EMI on a Simple Minds remix, and, later on, extensive experience with Dance Music in Portugal. On returning to the UK I delved deeper into software, writing creating and recording my own electronic songs at home on my PC and also while on my commute using a windows laptop and pro level soundcards, which was quite a revolutionary set-up at the time, in an age long before smartphones existed - when being up to date with technology for most people meant having a polyphonic ring tone for a Nokia keypad phone!
So I developed this area of expertise and in 2012 I initiated, and began to direct, an online net label called Cosmic Core, which is a large group of around 50 international producers who use DJ/Producer Tom Cosm's Ableton Live Forum. We have released 4 albums since 2012. (www.Cosmic-Core.com)
I have also worked in the IT industry since 2001 and hold a City & Guilds Computer Technician Certificate. I have extensive knowledge in a variety of areas within computing and internet technologies, with a passion for all gadgets, Tech and Robotics.
I use all this technical and musical experience to provide tailored tuition in Production, Editing and DJing using products such as Ableton Live, Reaper, Adobe Audition and Propellorhead Reason, along with assistance for setting up the physical interfaces for inputting controller data.
I am flexible with lesson times and I provide excellent email support and summaries between lessons.