1 to 1 private personalised guitar tuition.
“Affordable lessons for everyone, without compromising on quality”.
Learn at your own pace, wether your a total beginner or not.
Fully supported lessons, with guidance from your tutor with 1 to 1 personal support on your playing & development.
Learn various guitar styles of music such as rock, blues, metal, funk, pop & classical guitar.
build your fretboard knowledge, enabling you to understand chords, scales and how they can be used in song writing and improvisation.
Maybe learn to read standard notation or just modern tablature, I am grade 8 so I can also support you with your GCSE or above music studies at school.
Lessons are catered around you and your current abilities, whether you want to pkay guitar as a hobby or wanting to make it a career with in the music industry itself.
I also offer RSL guitar exams, with many of my students successfully aquiring certification with RSL. <<More info>>
Exams can be a valuable asset to keep the student engaged, however, this is completely optional. At L. A. Guitar School we offer to teach the RSL Grades. RSL Grade 6 and above are fully accredited by UCAS as being equivalent to GCSE and A-Level.
Professionally trained guitar tutor who is also DBS checked.
Tutor – Lee Barfield
L.A. Guitar School “Lee Austin Guitar School”, originally started from express music Tamworth in 1995, the music shop is now where the toolbox stands near the town hall where the Sir Robert peel status resides.
My lessons have been established since 1995, and I have taught over 40,000 lessons, to students of all ages snd levels.
My Musical influences
Gary Moore, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibons Mark Knophler, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles & Fleetwood Mac, were my influences in music before playing, due to my father’s musical collection.
Later, came Guns N Roses, White snake, Iron Maiden, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Yngwie Malmsteen, Martin Taylor & Roben Ford.
My Education
My professional education was through the institute of contemporary music and performance (ICMP), formally the guitar institute of technology, where I relocated to Acton London at 21 years old. Here I successfully acquired a scholarship to study at the college, where I graduated with my diploma and my grade 5, then in 1999 I successfully acquired my grade 8 with Rock school. LA Guitar School was also supported by the “The Prince’s Trust”, with a grant I was able to buy equipment for my small business, a little kick start to help me.
- Diploma in music and performance ICMP London 1994
- Grade 5 Rockschool Trinity College London 1994
- Grade 8 Rockschool Trinity College London 1999
Live playing
I’ve played in many bands ranging from blues, rock, metal and jazz, where I was a regular player at Bob’s good times blues bar Shepard Bush London and the roadhouse coven gardens London. I then played bass for a short while in a local indie band & also played bass in a Greek restaurant in Tamworth before becoming the main guitarist for a few years for tumbling dice “rolling stones” covers band.
Years of experience
I’ve been playing now for 34 years and been teaching for 30 years, if you are interested in taking lessons with me then drop me a message with the contact button at the bottom of this page and I’ll gladly get you learning your instrument no matter what stage you are currently at.
I am a very experienced teacher with a vast wealth of knowledge, I’ve been professionally tutored by session guitarists who have been in their professional field for years from the cruise ships, studio musicians & guitar magazine columnists.