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SeptOber 2013: Funk Soul Teacher

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It has been a busy couple of months at my new teaching studio which I am very happy about. I have had an influx of new students which has seen me teaching everything from Bach to Hungarian minor scales, Jeff Beck to grade preparation, which is all very encouraging. Many of my students are now preparing for their Trinity Classical Guitar gradings which take place at the end of November and several of my students are taking the excellent Rock School gradings which are guitar grades aimed at the modern day electric guitar player.  Although it has been busy I still have a few slots available and may be opening up for Friday afternoon lessons so please feel free to get in contact if you are considering some lessons at keirguitar@hotmail.com.

I have also been out gigging and depping for the great Soul Factory who play all the best 70’s and 80’s disco and soul, think George Benson meets Lionel Ritchie so the chorus pedal and compressor have been turn up to max. That band features some great playing by the likes of Andy Hodge, Wol Webster, Richard Green and Malcolm so thanks guys, great fun. I have also been out with my function band Firefly who had the fortune of having a great drummer friend of mine Julian McClaren playing for us, which is awesome and I’m looking forward to gigging a Christmas residency with Julian’s band The Dukes Of Havoc at the start of December. September also saw me finish of a load of gigs with great function band 29 Fingers  so looking forward to seeing them again soon for more rocking gigs.

Talking of all things funk I had an audition with a great band Soul Grenades and they liked my chops enough to get me involved with them so I am really chuffed and looking forward to gigging with them very soon so keep checking for gig dates.

When I haven’t been working I’ve had the great pleasure of seeing my very dear and talented friend Kelli Leigh (whose album I played on at the start of the year) singing backing vocals for pop starlet Jesse J. A great night was had and partying with the air trumpet after was most amusing. I got to check out a new friend of mine, simply know as Jon The Drummer, band play by the name of Atlantic Soul Orchestra and they were AWESOME, I strongly suggest you check these guys out providing slick outfits with old skool tunes served up in the funkiest way.

Finally a shout out to one of my students Teresa Jefferies who has excelled with her hard working approach to guitar since she started having lessons with me many years ago and has recorded this great version of Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits. All the guitar and recording was done by her so well done Teresa, loving your work.

 

August 2013: Summer Fun

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August has flown by and now I’m preparing for the new school term to start (where does the time go?). The best part of this month was finding out that all my students passed their grades with flying colours so I would like to say very well done to them all. Now they have had the summer off we can crack on with the next lot!!!

In other news my band Firefly had a brilliant gig at the Cudham Craic festival which managed to raise a lot of money for Bromley Mind so well done to all the bands, comedians artists who took part.

 Firefly #2 Soul Factory #1

I also had a brilliant gig with SOUL FACTORY a fantastic funk soul band headed up by the super talented Mr Richard Green featuring some fantastic players so be sure to check them out at http://www.soulfactory.co.uk/

As well as gigs I have been recording and my teaching schedule continues to keep me busy. Speaking of which I still have a few spaces available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so feel free to get in contact if you are interested in lessons, I teach from absolute beginner to advanced and all styles so just drop me an email at me@keirmoore.com if your interested.

I am also looking into starting some short evening classes for adults. I taught for many years for Bromley Adult Education and I now have the perfect venue to host small group classes. I am thinking of running a total beginner class and an intermediate rock class, there may also be one off master classes covering topics such as country guitar, jazz playing and theory workshops so if you are interested please feel free to email me at keirguitar@hotmail.com.

Well done again to all my students and more news coming soon.

Thanks, Keir

Feb 2013: Composing

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I have been getting into composition recently after approaching several short film students about providing music for their films and as a result have composed a couple of new pieces. The first is for a romantic breakup thing and the second one is about a young girl living with a faulty heart. You can check them out below:

Feb 2013: It’s Been A While

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Feb 2013: It's Been A While

It’s funny…neither of us can hear what the other is saying!

So it’s been a busy start to the year so thought I had better start updating this site a bit more frequently as people have been checking it out but nothing new has gone up so I will try and get on top of that. It’s a place for me to upload things I have been working on, so what has been going on…?

Well firstly I had a lovely trip at the start of last month to Paris for a gig with the All Stars and I was taken in by how lovely Paris looked even though we were only there short amount of time I think I will have to get back there pretty soon.

I also had a fantastic time flying to Poland to record guitars for the ever so brilliant and talented Kelli Leigh. The album sounds amazing and we cant wait for it to come out. It was a great great time and Seba & Annett made me very welcome so thanks guys and Kelli’s vocals were sick so make sure you check  her out at www.kellileigh.com.