Herreid Music Teaching Staff
To say we are proud of our teachers is an understatement! With many years
of playing, studying and teaching, we have a great resource for learning.
Activities include our student concert, which happens in summer. All Herreid
Music students are encouraged to participate in this fun and educational
event. Lesson rates are $80 per month (four 30 minute lessons per month)
paid directly to the teachers, and scheduling is also done by the teachers.
Lessons are available Monday through Saturday. If you would like a teacher
to call you with more information, e-mail us at lessons@hmusic.com
or call us at 243-7283. (Please do not leave scheduling changes on e-mail.
The teachers may not receive them in time)
Dan Frost - Guitar Instructor
Born into a family of musicians, Dan Frost began playing the guitar
seriously around age 10, learning chords and entering talent contests.
After seeing the movie, "Crossroads" (which featured the renowned guitarist,
Steve Vai), Dan left the theater thoroughly inspired, and vowed to dedicate
his life to the guitar. At 16, he studied for two years as a protégé of
William Hollingsworth, another famous guitarist, clinician & teacher at many
Southern California music institutes. At 17, Dan became a publisher with
BMI, on Elephant Trunk Music, his family's publishing entity. At 18, Dan
studied under Howie Bently, an instructor at the Atlanta Institute of Music,
concentrating on progressive rock & blues. With a band his father founded,
appropriately named "Frost", he has toured the South East, the South, and
all over the West Coast; gotten airplay at over three hundred radio
stations, and sold several thousand CDs. Dan has even toured the
Netherlands with a popular Dutch band called "Crossband". With this current
project, DFC, Dan strives to convey both the intellectual and the soulful
aspects of music, drawing from as many styles as he can, and selectively
blending them to create his own signature sound as a soloist and
singer-songwriter. Dan also teaches guitar lessons in the Redding,
California area where he currently resides. His influences include: Steve
Vai; Joe Satriani; Lita Ford; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Eric Johnson; Nuno
Bettencourt; Angus Young; and many other players who Dan feels have put
forth their own true voice through their music.
Dan can be reached at
Herreid Music 530-243-7283 or by e-mail at
danfrost103@yahoo.com
Phil Pratt - Bass Instructor
Phil Pratt has been playing bass professionally for 10 years. He
believes playing music is fun and that learning to play should be as well. Phil
emphasizes proper technique, ear training and music theory. He quickly teaches
how to learn songs by ear, tablature and or musical notation. He also teaches
how teaches the theory behind the playing in songs, so students learn to create
their own bass lines and music. You can reach Phil at home 530-526-3786 or at
Herreid Music 530-243-7283.
Dennis Cadigan - Drum Instructor
Dennis
Cadigan has been playing drums for over 35 years. Nearly signed with Columbia
Records in 1970, Dennis was sponsored by Youngblood's leader Jesse Collin Young
in an original band in 1971. A music major at S.J.C. in the 70's, he was hired
by Eugene Smith, jazz pianist (Ember Records, Alan Freed) in 1976. Offered
prestigious position of a studio drummer for Motown records LA, Dennis has
played many professional shows with artists such as Johnny Roberts, Tanya
Tucker, David Frizzel, Bill Cooley (Reba McEntire) and Scott Joss (Merle
Haggard, Dwight Yokam).
Dennis teaches emphasizing reading, stick control, set control
and four way independence. He can be reached at Herreid Music 530-243-7283.
James Russell - Guitar Instructor
James
Russell has been playing and performing for over forty years. His formal music
education began when he was eleven years old. He was fortunate that his guitar
teacher at that time taught him sight reading and solo guitar arranging from
piano music. By the time he was twelve years old he was playing and performing
in local rock bands. In high school in southern California, James played guitar
in the high school jazz stage band as well as performed guitar in school
Broadway review plays.
He majored in music in college, studying classical guitar, playing flute in the
college orchestra, and singing in the college choir. During this time James was
also playing guitar and composing in progressive rock bands. In his early
twenties James studied with Carl Verheyen, guitarist for Supertramp, Disney
studio guitarist, and L.A. session guitar king.
James has been performing solo guitar, especially for business and private
dinner parties, weddings, and other special events, for over twenty-five years.
He plays many styles, including jazz standards, classical, rock, folk,
fingerstyle, and bossa nova. He has taught guitar to students ranging in ages
from six to eighty-two. He has a very personal style of teaching and can lead
his students in various directions and help them learn according to their
interests, level, and personal goals. He teaches sight reading for those who
wish to learn.
James is also a guitar maker of acoustic and electric guitars, basses, and
ukuleles. His acoustic guitars include classical, parlor to jumbo steel string
guitars, nylon string slack key guitars, and amplified hybrid nylon string
guitars. His electric guitars include Tele-style, Strat-style, and other hollow
body electrics. He also makes archtops, electric basses, and ukuleles.
James can be reached at 530-241-1921 or 530-243-7283
Sean Perry - Guitar Instructor
Sean has been in the local band scene over 20 years and has studied with jazz
greats John Stowell and Mimi Fox. He has developed a well rounded background in
most styles of music including classical, rock, blues, metal, jazz and
fingerstyle. Sean has performed throughout the California club circuit including
opening for the Red Elvise’s as well as having his own band throughout the
years. His teaching method conveys enthusiasm through positive reinforcement and
stresses the fundamentals of theory. Currently he has reinstated the band "The
Perry Brothers" and is playing local gigs in the area. Sean is known for his
unique style and diverse background in music. Sean can be contacted at Herreid
Music 530-243-7283 or 530-355-8211 or by e-mail at
seanosundog@yahoo.com
