About

Private music lessons tailored to your individual goals: bass, guitar, piano, acoustic bass and theory musicianship programs for all instruments including singers and songwriters. Beginners welcome. Lessons delivered in the Glendale, Calif. home studio and globally via Skype.

The instructor, Marty Buttwinick, is a veteran musician and band leader.Throughout his colorful career he has played a multitude of venues from clubs to major concert halls and has recorded for film, records and television. Buttwinick has a formal background in composition and conducting and is a music copyist for local singers as well as international acts. He currently lives in Glendale, CA, playing local gigs, releasing original music and teaching beginning through advanced students. Buttwinick is also the author of "The Musicians' How-To Series."

Marty has taught more than thirty thousand hours of one-on-one instruction guiding students to their musical goals. In addition to teaching beginning and intermediate students, some top acts that his professional students have performed or recorded with include Little Feat, Delaney and Bonnie, Robert Palmer, Tori Amos, Macy Gray, Dixie Chicks, Seal and Linkin Park.