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

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 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.

Christopher Tordini

Primary Instrument: 
Bass
Studio Neighborhood: 
Crown Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
3 train
A train
C train
S train
Influences: 

the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Gillian Welch, Liquid Tension Experiment, John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Bill Evans, Scott Lofaro, Charles Mingus, Bjork, Radiohead, Meshuggah, At The Drive-In, Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, the Jackson 5, Arcade Fire, the Police, J.S. Bach, Joanna Newsom, Jim Black, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Thomas Morgan, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Keith Jarrett, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, David Lynch, Andy Kaufman, chess, food

Clynt Yerkes

Primary Instrument: 
Trumpet
Studio Neighborhood: 
Ditmas Park
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
F train
Q train
Influences: 

Miles Davis, Radiohead, Tower of Power, Parliament, Willie Nelson, Maceo Parker, John Coltrane, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prince, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Squarepusher, MMW, Johnny Cash, Joanna Newsom, Freddie Hubbard, Jeff Beck, Bjork, Aphex Twin, Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Wille Colon, Count Basie, Brian Lynch, Harry James, Kenny Wheeler, Roy Hargrove, Duke Ellington, Woody Shaw, Kool & the Gang, Red Garland, Cannonball Adderley, George Coleman, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, Christian Scott, Chick Corea.

Derek VanScoten

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Bass, Tenor Banjo, Bouzouki, Ableton Live, DJ, Pro Tools
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
B train
F train
G train
M train
Q train
R train
Influences: 

Any great rock guitarist / group, acoustic bands like the David Grisman Quintet and Solas, beat producers like The Roots and Flying Lotus, the beauty of classical music, the depth of jazz guitar, breathtaking song writing like James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Sufjan Stevens, the groove and tone of any Motown or Staxx era artists, the attitude of punk rock, the sensation of group improvisation and the voice of my wife.