Francesco D
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Music Theory
Francesco is a London-based guitar player, composer and tutor born in Rome, Italy. He graduated in Rock Guitar from Saint Louis College of Music, Rome, and also owns a diploma in Mixing Music with Steinberg Cubase. Francesco has been studying guitar for over 10 years, exploring different genres, and is specialized in Modern Guitar which embraces rock, blues, metal, fusion, pop rock, funk and folk music. He also teaches fingerstyle guitar.
His training is also due to the participation of workshops with world-renowned musicians as Guthrie Govan, Pat Mastelotto, Nick Johnston, Mattias Eklundh, John Macaluso, Jeff Loomis, Umberto Fiorentino, Daniele Pomo, Giacomo Anselmi, Lorenzo Feliciati. He also had private lessons with Teemu Mantysaari, Jakub Zytecki and Charlie Cawood.
At his home, Francesco has microphones, guitars and recording equipment (Cubase software), so he can record his student's playing and give them a more in depth perception of their sound. He has been teaching guitar for 7 years now, from 6 years old to 60 years old. Francesco believes that it's never to late to fall in love with music and never too late to learn a musical instrument! During his lessons, his focus is on your own creativity, but learning songs to understand music and how it works in a general context. He will encourage you to follow your personal tastes, believe in them and achieve your unique and inner guitar player, improving your skills and horizons.