Zach P.

Greetings fellow toe tapper, my name is Zach, but I also have gone by my stage name, Pyg, on the flippity. Guitar and Bass are the two instruments I have fallen into grace with, playing for over 13 years, and teaching now for a little over a year. I would humbly say my level of teaching is centered around beginner to intermediate, but would like to work my up to teaching at an advanced level. What makes music my passion, is it being an infinite source of imagination and freedom. Though can be mathematical, music to me is about feeling and understanding what you like as a musician/listener. I taught myself to play through learning my favorite songs and improvisation. The freedom to feel out each note or chord, and apply it, keeps me in a healthy space of wanting to learn, and finding the metaphorical light, in the dark. The catharsis from playing or listening alone can be something magical, but the best part to me is playing with/listening to others. I have been playing in bands, recording in studios, and preforming live since 2011. I typically play in rock, funk, metal, hip hop, and pop styles, but really like to Frankenstein genres. Not in order, some of my influences would be: Matt Mingus, Flea, John Frusicante, Stevie Wonder, Kurt Cobain, and Victor Wooten. My approach to teaching is centered around ones interests regarding music. What style do you like? What musician do you want to sound like? What are your favorite songs to listen to? I believe using this incentive of actual interests, actually gives somebody a reason to get better. Especially after they see they do have the potential to get better. Homework usually consists of listening homework (to songs and your own playing), and muscle memory exercises. The two main instruments I use is a Modulus Funk Unlimited, or Ibanez RG Series 7-string, and both are plugged into a Scarlet Solo user interface, Tech 21 Sans Amp Driver D1, and sometimes a Fender rumble 500 amp.