BML Teachers by Housecall Location

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Aaron Shragge

Primary Instrument: 
Trumpet
Studio Neighborhood: 
Bushwick
Convenient Subway Lines: 
L train
Influences: 

The music of the Shakuhachi (Japanese Bamboo Flute), North Indian Classical Music, Tom Waits, Seven years of Zen Meditation Practice.

Aya Nishina


Primary Instrument: 
Composition, Music Theory, Ear Training, Child Education
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 
Sounds of the earth, Breaths, Lullabies and chants from around the world, Bhagavad Gita, Gamalan Music from Indonesia and Bali, Gagaku (Japanese Imperial court music from Heian period), Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Carlo Gesualdo, Arcangelo Corelli, Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Jean-Philippe Rameau, J.S.Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, W.A.Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, Maurice Ravel, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Nadia Boulanger, Alfred Cortot, Andrés Segovia, Dmitri Schostakovich, Herbert von Karajan, Olivier Messian, Akira Kurosawa, John Cage, Michelangelo Antonioni, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Luciano Berio, George Crumb, Gyorgy Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Toru Takemitsu, Andrei Arsenyevich, Glenn Gould, Terry Riley, Martin Scorsese, Evan Parker, Bernard Woma, Cyro Baptista, Kaija Saariaho, John Zorn, Akira Nishimura, The Beatles, Ned Rothenberg, Brad Mehldau, Björk, Radiohead... (approximately in historical order).

Bob Lanzetti

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
Kensington
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
Influences: 
Bill Frisell, Wayne Krantz, David Fiuczynski, The Beatles, Aphex Twin

Brandon Terzic

Primary Instrument: 
Electric and Nylon String Guitar / Oud / Saz
Studio Neighborhood: 
East Village, Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
V train
L train
Influences: 

Paco De Lucia, Jimi Hendrix, Ali Farke Toure, Ry Cooder, Salif Kaita, Lionel Loueke, Kora Music, Oud Music, Gnawan

Caitlin Warbelow

Primary Instrument: 
Violin, Fiddle
Studio Neighborhood: 
Midtown Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
D train
F train
V train
N train
R train
W train
Influences: 

Traditional American and Irish music, classical ensemble and solo performers.

Caitlin Gray

Primary Instrument: 
Bass, Guitar, Piano
Studio Neighborhood: 
Bushwick
Convenient Subway Lines: 
L train
M train
Influences: 

Bach, Radiohead, Jim Hall, Bjork, Edgar Meyer, James Jamerson, The National, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic, Joao Gilberto, Battles, Aloha, Deerhoof, Jeff Buckley, Patsy Cline, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Fugazi, Paul Chambers, The Dodos, Dinosaur Jr, Bill Frisell, The Books, Broken Social Scene, Coltrane, Dirty Projectors, Wilco, Dr. Dog

Chris Kuklis

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Ribot, Sigur Ros, The Beatles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Led Zeppelin, Tool, Derek Bailey, The Flaming Lips, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Jethro Tull, Bon Iver, Muddy Waters, Nirvana, Blind Melon, Aphex Twin, The Dodos, The Allman Brothers, Bjork, Cream, Animal Collective, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, James Brown, Joanna Newsom, Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, The Books, Cake, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, Feist, Menomena, Minus The Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins

Chris Berry

Primary Instrument: 
Drums
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Drummers;
Steve Gadd, Brian Blade, Jim Black, Keith Carlock, Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams, Max Roach, Steve Jordan, Mike Clark, Levon Helm, Bernard Purdie, Jim Keltner, Roy Haynes, Tito Puente, Gordon Gottlieb, Clyde Stubblefield, ?uestlove, Tony Mason

Bands/Musicians/Composers;
Radiohead, Steve Reich, Edgar Meyer, Death Cab For Cutie, Stevie Wonder, Boards of Canada, Herbie Hancock, The National, Prince, Bill Frisell, The Beatles, Miles Davis, A Tribe Called Quest, Sufjan Stevens, Bill Evans, Steely Dan, Lucinda Williams, J Dilla, Keith Jarrett, Beck, Derek Trucks, Bela Fleck, John Mayer, Paul Simon, Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Jeff Buckley, D’Angelo, James Brown, Wayne Krantz, Alison Krauss

Chris Conly

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Albert King, Allman Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Arsenio Rodriquez, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Bela Fleck, Bill Frisell, Bo Didley, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, Joni Mitchell, Jurassic 5, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Meters, Booker T. & the MG's, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, Nina Simone, Willie Nelson, Parliament, Paul Simon, Phillip Glass, The Police, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Queen, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Robben Ford, Robert Johnson, The Roots, Son House, Steely Dan, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, A Tribe Called Quest, Wayne Krantz, Wes Montgomery

Christian Davis

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Music is My Love Snippet by Elan Vytal

Primary Instrument: 
Ableton Live, Turntables
Studio Neighborhood: 
Bed-Stuy
Convenient Subway Lines: 
A train
C train
G train
S train
Influences: 

Freestyling with my friends from 1989-99, Experienced free concerts of all genres, Learning how to mix genres of music, Hip-Hop, Salsa, RnB, Soul, DnB, Electro, Classical, Sampling, editing in Ableton (changed my life forever!)

Groups: Affidavit, Lb., Rising Sun, Dr. Dre, Tribe Called, J. Dilla, Madlib, Wu Tang Clan.

Clubs: Sutra, Deity, Flute, Starfoods, Apt. The Delancey, Moe's, The 5 Spot.