Christian is a professional full-time musician, composer, and music tutor. He offers individually tailored music tuition, specialising in bass, guitar, and songwriting. He also offers tuition in voice, keyboard, composition, arranging, and music technology.

Tuition involves half a lesson in theory and technique and half a lesson spent playing the music of the student's choice. All students are given direction in their learning as Christian follows his own core 3 stage program. This program aims to provide students with well rounded musical understanding, leading to the joy and freedom of improvisation and composition.

Christian prides himself on being a dedicated and patient teacher offering the highest quality tuition that he can. He aims to be friendly and encouraging whilst also striving for excellence and bringing out the best in each student. He has learnt during his years of teaching the importance of listening to his students needs and to nurture them in their musical development, and not force them in a direction that isn't right for them.

Bass guitar ~ fretless bass ~ electric guitar 6/12 string ~ steel string acoustic guitar ~ nylon string classical/Spanish/Flamenco guitar ~ steel/lapsteel guitar ~ piano/keyboard ~ voice  

Improvisation ~ songwriting ~ lyric writing ~ composition ~ arranging ~ production ~ music theory ~ musicianship ~ reading/sight-reading ~ ear-training ~ music technology ~ singing/sight-singing/harmonising

Contemporary ~ rock ~ rockabilly ~ pop ~ metal ~ tapping ~ slap bass ~ funk ~ electric/acoustic/flatpicking/fingerstyle blues ~ electric/acoustic slide guitar ~ open tunings ~ folk ~ jazz/improvisation/chord substitution ~ walking bass/bass line construction ~ manouche ~ world music ~ reggae/ska ~ classical ~ flamenco ~ Spanish guitar ~ baroque ~ contemporary classical ~ classical bass (Bach for bass for eg.)

Scales and understanding keys ~ modes, their relationship to keys, chords, and improvisation ~ arpeggios ~ chords and chord construction ~ reading notation, tablature, charts, and sight-reading ~ ear-training for identifying intervals, chords, and transcription ~ flat picking, fingerstyle, and hybrid picking styles ~ natural and artificial harmonics ~ alternate tunings ~ various time signatures including time changes, assymetrical time signatures, and polyrhythms ~ muting ~ vibrato (for e.g. Bigsby) ~ eBowing ~ guitar, amp, and effect settings and application ~ computer recording, composition, arranging, and production, specialising in Apple Logic ~ assistance with setting up home studios, including on-site assistance

Students are encouraged to bring in songs/music that they wish to learn. Included in his hourly rate is Christian's preparation time in preparing and often transcribing music for his students. 

Christian is able to help with singing and lyric writing in different languages such as German, French, Spanish, Hungarian, and a little Portuguese for Brazillian repertoire such as bossa-nova.

AMEB classical and contemporary courses offered ~ help with school music studies, performance and examination preparation ~ tertiary entrance examination and audition preparation ~ preparation for professional auditions

All levels from beginner to professional and all ages from around 12 and up are catered for.