Playing with PASSION!

Big Country with Mike Peters

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Imagine yourself singing like you always wished you could, ​every vocal note and emotion pouring out of your soul, ​stunning your audience. Imagine the confidence you'll have on ​stage when you have learned every facet of your beautiful ​voice and have mastered them, now singing effortlessly, with ​nothing holding you back.

This ability comes from several things: a gift to sing, hard work ​learning your voice, learning to sing from your soul and passion, ​and practice that makes a difference.

If you are a vocalist in a band, someone still in school wanting to ​learn how to sing, or you want to knock those karaoke lyrics out ​of the park hanging with your friends, or maybe you just want to ​sing your best in your car on the way to work, I can train you to ​be your best and to have fun doing it.

I can teach you the following, from decades of experience:

— Singing in full voice, falsetto, head voice, growl and how to ​transition between all of these.

— How to strengthen your voice

— Increasing your octave range extension

— Note fluidity like pop soul singers

— Singing freestyle scales and melody lines

— How to find your own sound and style and master it

— How to emulate other singers

— Harmony and singing with others naturally

— How to make practice fun while mastering your vocal skills

— Singing from your soul

— Finding the Pitch of notes quickly

— Timing and moving timing

— Taking care of your voice and avoiding injury

I can guarantee that we will have an absolute blast singing! ​Unless you're a grouch, lol. Lessons can take place in south ​Brooksville in my family’s home, or at your home as long as the ​right conditions for learning are present.

Reply to me through Craigslist mail with your email address or ​phone and I will reach out to you to discuss your needs.

If you’re wanting to learn electric bass or guitar and are having a ​tough time of it, I fully understand that. I struggled for years to ​learn bass and guitar because everyone’s methods are horrible. ​Then I learned better, easier methods that I can teach to you, ​which is from world renown teachers and players codified in the ​book: The Music Lesson, which is actually a novel about how to ​find music in you. I have extracted the method from the book to ​teach you. You will play music the first day and it will be fairly ​easy. These methods are the fastest way to play and master ​playing songs, and finding notes and playing improv with any ​piece of music.

First, you will not be taught like anyone ever taught you. You will ​learn how to identify a song’s Tonality Key and play with that ​song on day 1. You will learn how map out a pattern on your ​instrument, and then feel where the song is going, so you can ​play with it. You will learn solo note playing first, just like cello or ​viola or horns and woodwinds. You will also learn how to master ​the patterns of the neck and how to translate any song’s chord ​charts into an easy note map to play. I will show you the ​fundamentals of how notes work together, called Harmony.

I will show you how to get develop great sounds with your amps, ​guitars and effects, sounds that demand attention. And ​importantly, help you get your instrument set up with the right ​strings and adjustments to make it as easy as possible on your ​fingers as you develop hand strength.

After these lessons, I teach using chords and which ones work ​together using fantastically easy illustrations on paper that will ​last a lifetime.

What I won't teach you while learning bass or guitar is staff ​music. If you need to learn staff music to play classical or older ​jazz, you should do that after you learn your instrument with this ​method to a moderate level. Simply because staff music is not ​used that much unless you work in orchestras or on film scores ​or you do classical recitals. Staff music can be useful in some ​situations, most people don't need to master much to make it ​useful.

Bass and Guitar lessons are priced below market rates at only ​$40 an hour, plus driving, in case lessons are in your home. I set ​the rate low, so just about anyone can afford to learn with me.

I produce songs so they sound like they come from the heart, ​so they connect at the fundamental humanity level. No matter ​the style, we can make sure your songs are crafted and ​recorded just right. If you need a music producer, I have worked ​on over 100 record projects and with more bands than I can ​count. I only do full radio release completed singles and album ​productions, and song crafting assistance, I no longer do ​demos. We track in a live studio space with a band, add vocals ​and overdubs. Then we mix until we find the best mix version ​possible, followed by mastering for radio and streaming.

Do you need Class A musicians, orchestrations or interested in ​working in a famous studio, we can make that happen too. Many ​of the world famous players are available for hire for day ​sessions for reasonable rates, you might be surprised who you ​can record with.

Inquire about your project as I budget records and recording ​projects by their requirements and do not have a flat rate. We ​record ALL MUSIC, from singer songwriter acoustic players, ​metal bands, rock, country, orchestral, opera, choirs, EDM, pop, ​soul, gospel. The only music we don't produce is Hip Hop/Rap, ​it's not in our skillset and music tastes.

These days anyone with a computer and space can call ​themselves a "Recording Studio", but you want your recording ​to be something that people will listen to, right? A true record ​producer - engineer knows things about recording, acoustics, ​instruments, amplifiers and sound creation that someone new ​or with low experience has never heard of. The secret sauce ​and knowledge of professional audio engineers takes decades ​to create and master, and is the main reason why most ​successful records are made by older producers with ​experience. Additionally, an experienced producer will likely be ​more innovative because of the skillset they have. We just know ​how to create new fresh sounds, because we've been doing it ​longer.

However the most important aspect of recording a great song ​right, and that’s the clincher, it must to be recorded right from ​the start. And that means more than technically right, we look ​for the magic. Great recordings are not made by the price tag of ​gear, or by fads like autotune, or by mimicking someone else. ​They are made by careful production techniques proven over ​and over again to make hit singles and masterpieces. Hits are ​only made constantly by experienced producers.

I've worked on projects in recording technical capacity and editing, tracking for many artists, here are ​a few you may know: Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Mafay (Germany), Grateful Dead, U2 @ ​Saturday Night Live, Rolling Stones, Bob Marley for Universal Records, George Duke, Korn, ​PRODUCERS: Phil Ramone, Frank Fillipetti, Eric Zobler, Toby Scott, Michael Bienhorn, Danny Wallin ​and Elmer Bernstein, Peter Maffay, Michael Wagoner, STUDIOS: MBC Television Korea, Sony Music ​Japan, Sony Music Canada, The Hit Factory, Eurosound Germany, Media Ventures, AIX, Todd AO ​Production Studios, Emerald Nashville, Skywalker Sound, Microsoft Studios, Studio X, Robert Lang ​Studios, Cornerstone Recording.

As far as understanding music quality and helping you write songs, I was co-lead judge for Billboard ​Magazines International Song Contest for two years with Jim Halsey, legendary music entrepreneur, ​when I ran the company for Billboard.

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About me: I am a male professional singer and musician who has been singing in ​front of audiences since I was a child. I have been professionally trained and ​mentored by many excellent teachers and artists. My three+ decades in the ​music industry as a music producer, engineer and my training from top industry ​professionals will be of help to anyone training for a professional career as a ​singer, or player. I had a go at a professional music career as a Progressive Rock ​singer in the 90's and played the same clubs in Seattle as all of Seattle’s famous ​bands.

I have worked at the very top of the music industry with many of the world’s top ​studios, producers and artists. I love teaching and helping people make their ​music dreams a potential reality.

I hold a Jessica Lundsford Flordia Certification Badge proving I’ve been ​background checked and safe around children and allowed to work in public ​schools. I produce for churches and have undergone many background checks ​to verify my security. I’m happy to show you my security badge.

I am happily married to my wife of 30 years, have two teen musician boys and ​have served my community yearly in many ways. I’m also a former executive ​business and product developer, released over 300 products worth over three ​billion. I sometimes do corporate mentoring and product or business ​development consulting.

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