BML Teachers by Instrument & Topics

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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

Brittany Anjou

Primary Instrument: 
Piano / Vibraphone / Gyil
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Martinu, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Ahmad Jamal, Jason Moran, Stefon Harris, Vijay Iyer, Lionel Hampton, Bernard Woma, George Garzone, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Allen Forte

Bryan Noll


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The Tools Are There by Levitation Trick

Primary Instrument: 
Ableton Live, Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
Greenpoint
Convenient Subway Lines: 
G train
L train
Influences: 

Steve Reich, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Boards of Canada, Animal Collective, Edgar Meyer, The Books, Four Tet, The Beatles, Battles, Audion, Kate Simko, Radiohead, Bibio, Frank Omura, A Setting Sun, Fever Ray, Matthew Dear, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Vladislav Delay, Brian Eno, Beck, Bach, Bjork, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jim Hall, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, John Scofield, MMW, Jim Black, The Grateful Dead, The Orb, Pink Floyd, Phish, Bob Marley, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Wilco

Testimonials: 

"I'm sure this goes without being said, but thanks for the influence you had on my life. If I'd have taken lessons from some other people I woulda probably gotten bored with it and quit. Music is my life now... don't know what I'd do without it." -Denver Martin

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.

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 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

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