History
Bill Schrey has been playing since 1965. Teaching Experience Bill has been playing professional since 1973 and teaching guitar at Gelb Music since 1975. He has also taught at various rock and jazz summer camps. I have been very active in the Bay Area over the years playing several thousand live gigs along the way.Everything from club rock bands, jazz groups, dance clubs, wedding bands, private corporate parties and events, ( Mac World ) rock and jazz festivals , (Gilroy Garlic Festival ) All kinds of styles required. I was involved in the session musician scene in San Francisco for 22 years. This involved playing music for tv,radio,and films. Some of the many hundreds of sessions I played on were: Garfield the Cat (all of the tv shows) a couple of Charlie Brown specials, ads for the 49ers,Raiders,Giants and A's, Apple Computer, Safeway, Lucky, KRON, KTVU, Silver Legacy Hotel ,BART, Documentary films on the Grand Canyon,Barbie Dolls , Yellowstone Nat. Park. And many many more
Specialties
I am a local guitar teacher and have been teaching at Gelb Music for 41 years offering the highest quality in guitar instruction to students of all backgrounds, age levels, abilities and interests in The Redwood City /Mid Peninsula area. I teach Electric and,Acoustic guitar in all styles ( Rock, blues,jazz,finger style,funk etc) and also Ukelele. My students are of all ages. I currently am teaching students from 8 1/2 years old to 68 years old. Boys and girls, men and women. It is never too late to start up learning to play the guitar. Playing music is one of the truly great joys in life greatly adding to your life experience. With a little bit of regular practice you can have a wonderfully fun hobby that you can enjoy with other people, and a skill that you can always take forward. Give me a call and lets get started ! Lessons are private 1/2 hour sessions , once a week, same day, same time at Gelb Music Teaching Institute in Redwood City. Contact me directly at the phone number provided in this ad. Any new student able to come in between 10am and 1:30pm M-F (availability permitting) $5 off every lesson!