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Music Lessons with David Cloyd

From: $30.00

Learn music with an award-winning indie singer/songwriter & recording artist (ECR Music Group, NYC), founder of Hook & Ladder Records, actor, creator, writer, scoring composer, and producer with PizzaDog Studios (including the new web series Cloyd), and co-founder of Buffalo Music Club.

Songwriting is the center of my musical universe.

I’ve been playing music since I was four years old, and teaching music lessons on a variety of instruments, pursuits and styles for at least 25 years. And I’m still a big believer in the fundamentals—discipline, technique, practicing, music theory . . . no matter what kind of musician you want to be, it isn’t fun if you can’t play. But songwriting is the center of my musical universe. It holds it all together for me—constantly giving me the focus, meaning, and purpose I need to return to the well over and over again. There’s only one feeling in the world better than finishing a song, and that’s starting the next one.

My Favorite Things to Teach

  • Instruments: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Keyboard & Synth, MIDI, Vocals
  • Pursuits: Songwriting, Composition & Arranging, Music Theory, Performance, Recording & Audio Production, Scoring
  • Styles: Indie, Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Classical

Ages & Skill Levels

  • I work best with students ages 15 and up, but will work with younger students under the right circumstances
  • Beginner, intermediate, and advanced students are welcome

Availability & Rates

  • All lessons are currently conducted virtually
  • Tuesdays & Thursdays: 4:00pm–6:00pm
  • Saturdays: 10:00am–12:00pm
  • 30 minutes: $30
  • 60 minutes: $60

Use the calendar below to check upcoming availability and book your next lesson online. If there are no bookings available, or you need a different day or time, contact me at cloyd@buffalomusicclub.com to discuss.

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About the Artist

DAVID CLOYD is an indie singer/songwriter, recording artist, and composer. Pro music credentials include:

  • Co-Founder, Buffalo Music Club
  • Bachelor of Music Degree, Music Performance, University of Texas at Austin
  • Recording artist and Executive VP Creative Operations, ECR Music Group (NYC)
  • Founder/A&R, Hook & Ladder Records

Primary musical influences include The Beatles, Radiohead, Beck, Peter Gabriel, Glen Hansard, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Björk, Sigur Rós, Stevie Wonder, Punch Brothers, Jeff Buckley, The Police, The Flaming Lips, Elbow, The Beach Boys, Henryk Górecki, Steve Reich, Beethoven, Bartok, Haydn, Chopin, Stravinsky, John Adams, Danny Elfman, and Jon Brion.
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