With 10 years of teaching experience, Brandon Cook is offering lessons at his home studio in Beaverton and in Oregon City at Blue Dot guitars. Brandon offers lessons that are completely customized to the needs of each individual students. In lessons, you can learn your favorite songs, music theory, performance skills, composition, sight-reading for guitarists and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Brandon draws his instruction from a considerable base of experience. He has studied and played with many great guitarists:

Toured with Chris Caffery from Savatage/Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Studied privately with:
Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth)
Al Pitrelli (ex-Megadeth) currently with Trans-Siberian Orchestra and O’2L
Jerry Hahn (Jazz guitarist)
Matthew Grasso (Classical guitarist)

If you want to focus on Heavy Metal or Jazz or gain diversity by studying a plethora of styles, Brandon can help you obtain the skills and musicality that you desire. Click here to contact Brandon now.

Here are some student testimonials:

Brandon was my guitar teacher from age 7 to 12. I started on a small acoustic guitar and played it for a year and then Brandon suggested I move up to an electric guitar. It was a cool move. I really like the amp because it makes all kinds of different sounds. Brandon showed me how to use the amp and the foot pedal. I really liked the way he taught me by first showing the chord or lick on the guitar and then charting it on paper so I could practice at home. He kept asking me what kind of music I wanted to learn and I chose Country. It wasn't his favorite, but he was a good teacher. I look forward to next year when I am 13 and playing guitar in my school Jazz band. Brandon has a cool style and was really interested in me learning to play well. Thanks Brandon!
----Michael Carpenter age 12

He gives you what you need to know for what you want to do. Whether you just
want to have fun with music or you want to be a professional musician he keeps
you going forward. I know because he was my teacher during both phases of my
life. He's very honest with you but also fun to hang out with and makes me want to practice more. He taught me how to read music which is something not enough guitar teachers do. Finally, he taught me that you cant just be a good musician, you also gotta be a good person.

----Kyle Williams age 20 currently enrolled in PSU Jazz guitar program

"I took lessons with Brandon for about a year, and in that time I improved my abilities on the guitar at a greater rate than I ever had in the past. Upon playing with him the first couple times, he immediately identified my areas that needed work and sent me in the right direction toward improvement. In time, I developed areas of my soloing and rhythm abilities that I hadn't ever been capable of prior to lessons with Brandon. In addition to technical instruction and music theory, he also gave me sound advice in the areas of live performance. Every minute spent learning and growing with Brandon is indescribably valuable."

--Justin Gibson age 19

"Brandon was a terrific teacher who really got me focused on improving my technique and expanding the breadth of styles I experimented with. After several years of self-study, it was great to have a dedicated teacher who could identify my strengths and weaknesses as a player and develop lesson plans that directly targeted these. After studying with Brandon, my ability to learn new songs and styles by ear, as well as understand music theory, was much improved. Most importantly, however, he made learning and practicing fun - critical for improving on any instrument!"

---Jess Markt age 28

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