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THE TEACHERS

1. Harry Gusman, head teacher & founder, teaches:

  • Acoustic & Electric Guitars for intermediate to advanced students (Sydney).

  • Acoustic & Electric Bass for beginner to advanced students (Sydney).

2. Justin Holt - teaches:

  • Acoustic and Electric Guitars for beginners to intermediate students (Sydney).

3. Doe Prijono - teaches:

  • Acoustic and Electric Guitars for beginners to intermediate students (Brisbane).

  • Electric Bass for beginners to advanced students (Brisbane).

4. Choe:T - teaches:

  • Finger picking style for intermediate to advanced students (Sydney).
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitar for beginners to intermediate (Sydney). For more info, click here.

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Harry started learning guitar at the age of 12 and joined his first band at 16. His formal education in music began with classical guitar lessons at age 17 followed by a five-year degree in music teaching and performance at the Indonesian Institute of Art. Harry has also taken guitar lessons with guitar gurus in Chicago, USA.
For three consecutive years he was awarded the Best Guitarist in Java in 1989, 1990 and 1991.

Harry has been working in the music industry since 1990, including playing lead guitar in various bands in concerts, pubs, night clubs, session work, arranging songs and jingles, teaching guitar and bass, playing in an orchestra, conducting guitar workshops and judging music competitions. He has been responsible for forming, shaping and managing bands in addition to playing music on a full-time basis.
Harry has played various styles of music including Blues, Rock n Roll, Country, Hard Rock, Reggae, Funk, Folk, and more. His influences are Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kirk Hammet, Paul Gilbert, Jeff Beck and Joe Satriani to name a few.
Highlights of his career include live TV performances in Indonesia, playing with Mats Olauson (the keyboardist from Yngwie Malmsteen's band) playing with the Indonesian Wind Orchestra, and travelling around South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand for gigs.
Harry has taught in well-respected music schools including the Yamaha Music School in Indonesian cities such as Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Solo and established his own private guitar school.
Many of his students have gone on to work as full-time musicians and music teachers. His former students; Donny from Solo, Hissa and Indra from Yogyakarta followed in Harry's footsteps and were recognised as the Best Rock Guitarists for Central Java and the special province of Yogyakarta. Hissa has won the award 3 times.

Since the end of 1998, Harry has been living in Sydney where he has worked as a guitar teacher and played with bands such as Yeah Baby Shagadalic, Glittermania, Caribbean Fever, Caribbean Soul, Seven Year Itch, Hot Banana and The Tuners. In addition to being a full time guitar and bass teacher, he is also an arranger and a freelance guitarist.

To see Harry playing live, you can come to one of his gigs, you can check out his gig guide on Harry's Personal Website.

This is Harry's teaching schedule:

Monday

Between 10am - 9pm

By appointment

Tuesday

Between 10am - 9pm

By appointment

Wednesday

Between 10am - 9pm

By appointment

Thursday

Between 10am - 9pm

By appointment

Friday

Between 10am - 6pm

By appointment

Saturday

Between 10am - 5pm

By appointment

Sunday

Off

Off

 

 

 

Justin has been a musician for 25 years and performed in a number of bands for the past 15 years. He also teaches guitar to beginner and intermediate level students.

Justin started out as a trombone player and did the  Australian Music Examinations Board exams before switching to guitar.

With a strong musical background -- and a mother who was a music teacher -- Justin committed himself to guitar and continued to improve his ability through practice and lessons.

Justin was a band leader of a marching band (140 musicians) that played a tour of England including the royal tournament in front of the royal family, and played on the steps of the opera house on Australia’s bicentenary in front of the PM and Charles and Lady Diana in 1988.

Justin started taking lessons with Harry which improved his ability as a teacher and a professional musician.

Through a combination of Harry’s teaching method and his own hard work and practice, Justin made incredible progress in technique and practice. After just two lessons, Justin felt he was a better player than when he started. His hunger for musical knowledge saw his technique, ability to improvise and understanding of chord scales and modes all improve at lightning speed.

His enthusiasm for learning extended to teaching and Justin is now trained in Harry's proven step-by-step teaching method. His focus is on beginner and intermediate level students to ensure they have the best foundations for continued learning. He teaches at Harry's Guitar Studio in Marrickville.

Justin has played various styles of music including Blues, Rock n Roll, Hard Rock, Reggae, Punk, Funk, Folk, and more. His influences are Ian Moss, Kurt Cobain, Keith Richards, Angus Young from AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, to name a few.

This is Justin's teaching schedule:

Monday

 Between 10am - 9pm

By appointment

Tuesday

 Between 10am - 9pm

By appointment

Wednesday

 Between 4pm - 9pm

By appointment

Off

 Not teaching

 

Off

 Not teaching

 

Off

 Not teaching

 

Sunday

 No Lessons

 

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Doe first entered the world of music at 16 when, inspired by his brother Harry, he decided to learn guitar. It wasn’t long before he discovered that bass was his real passion. He fell in love with the bass role and committed to developing the skills and feel to go professional.

In year 12 Doe formed a band with friends from school and performed at parties and local music festivals.

Doe’s dedication to bass saw him spend up to 10 hours a day practicing. Fortunately, he lived amongst a number of professional musicians who challenged and supported each other musically and with the help of his brother’s when he studied Music music in the university to be a qualified music teacher.

It wasn’t long before Doe was accomplished enough to start playing professionally. Doe played in the same band with Harry in pubs, night clubs, parties and concerts as well as accompanying a few well known artists. He then played in a Dream Theatre tribute band for about 6 years. The bands won some awards in Central Java and in some national competitions. Doe won the award “Best Bass Player in Indonesia” in the Rock Music category 5 times.

Doe made a living teaching bass, doing workshops, and playing music in Indonesia.  

Doe moved to Australia in 1998, where he continued to teach and play bass professionally. Doe is living in Brisbane and has worked with a lot of local artists in music scenes across Queensland. He is into progressive rock, metal and soul but he can play almost any style of music. He has a large repertoire of bass styles, from a laid back soulful style to really going for it … like Steve Harris, Billy Sheehan, or Stuart Hamm. Doe is currently working with a few bands as a session bass player and teaching privately  under Harry's Guitar Studio in his home studio at Sandgate - Brisbane, QLD.

This is Doe's teaching schedule:

Monday

 Between 5pm - 9pm

By appointment

Tuesday

 Between 5pm - 9pm

By appointment

Wednesday

 Between 5pm - 9pm

By appointment

Thursday

 Between 5pm - 9pm

By appointment

Friday

 Between 5pm - 9pm

By appointment

Saturday

 Between 9am - 4pm

By appointment

Sunday

 No Lessons

 


4. Choe:T
Choe:T offers finger picking style guitar lessons in Sydney to those of you who are interested to play  like Tommy Emmanuel or Chet Atkins. For more info, please click here.

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