The
GCH Guitar Academy was founded in 1992 in North Wales. Over
the years numerous students have successfully achieved or
are achieving their goals as musicians and are now writing
music or playing in bands. Because the course doesn't focus
on any one style of music, the students who stuck to the course
are in the position where they can play what ever style of
music they choose to.
Some
former students have made their music available as MP3's to
demonstrate what can be achieved with practice.
If
you are a former student . . . . Hi . . .
To to be showcased e-mail
me and I will get you up on this page.
some
former GCH Guitar Academy students
Students
and their music
Sad
Fantasy
Not
so much a student, but still very much involved in guitar
academy and the creation of the course. Sad fantasy music
is very experimental, anything from hardcore dance and heavy
metal to classical and flamenco guitar. Sad Fantasy writes
tunes and exercises especially for this course.
Morris
Major need all of their experience as they negotiate an army
of industry fads and a plague of popular affectations. They
fend off fake accents, ludicrous barnets and pointy shoes
with their arsenal of thoughtful lyrics, catchy melodies and
hooks.
To
listen to some of their music online or find out where and
when to see them live click the following links.
Paul
is a very professionally minded musician who is keen to get
on in the music industry. His influences are varied, this
means his music style is not easy to categorize. I think indie
rock is probably a close match, but I think his music will
continue to evolve over the next few years.
Rich
plays Bass in the band Vamps N Gypsies. When I taught him
his influences were Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nirvana and Former
Presidents to name just a couple. From the beginning he was
involved with bands, and has now come along way.
To
listen to their MP3's and to find out when and where they
are gigging you can visit there MySpace site.
If
you need to contact the band you can do so via there Myspace
site.
For
anyone who is wondering . . Yes we teach bass here but haven't
produced the CD-rom version yet.
Paul
O'Brien / Composer
Paul
has become a very acomplished composer who writes music for
films and television. You can hear his music and find out
more about him on his Web site.
He
very kindly had this to say about his lessons here,
"Gareth's
teaching was down to earth, not biased to one style of music,
aimed at my goals in playing guitar and taught me how to write
music and understand what makes a song good without realising
it. Conversations with Gareth about the music industry and
recording have also been invaluable. Gareth can also shred
with the best of them!"
Chris
Ryan - Electric Sunroof
Electric
sunroof like to stay mysterious, but I can tell you they are
semiprofessional and looking to go further. Any managers or
music publishers looking for a good sounding Brit band . .
. here ya go.
They
have some good sounding MP3's and a rather strange video on
there MySpace page, plus if you want to contact them or find
out more, this is the place to look
John
writes and records music more for personal pleasure and personal
development than to make a living in music. His style of music
is very guitar based, something like the shadows brought into
the 21st century. He has recently been experimenting with
ways to diversify his music and the results so far sound good.
Dennis
loves Country and Western music. He tends to play and sing
cover versions, but he has writing some of his own songs as
well.
He
is currently recovering after successful treatment for prostate
cancer and is actively raising money for a prostate cancer
charity. He
has just released a second album to raise money for a local
Cancer charity.
Feel
free to download and listen to these MP3's and even give them
to your friends to listen to,
but these are still peoples work and the copyright is owned
by them.
