Hi, my name is Matt Ornstein

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and I'm here on Lesson Pal teaching bass guitar

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that's right here, seventies P bass, uh, guitar.

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I've got my Stratocaster in the other room.

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Um, if you wanna work together on piano,

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if you wanna work on music production, if you wanna learn

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to sing, we can work on that too.

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Just a little bit about me.

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I've been teaching since 2010, so I've been teaching

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for about 13 years.

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I've taught private lessons, uh, I've taught groups.

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I've taught students who are, uh, in preschool.

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I've taught students who are in their seventies,

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and I've taught everybody in between.

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I love working with everybody.

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Um, been playing music since I was four, so

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I consider myself a music lifer.

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I studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music,

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and I got my degree in Bass performance.

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Uh, I studied with Peter Dominguez

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and I studied with Eddie Gomez, who played bass

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with Bill Evans, um, which was a, a real, a real experience.

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I'll, I'll tell you, um, when I got outta college,

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I worked in Chicago as a bass player, um,

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as a guitarist, as a composer.

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And I moved to Los Angeles about seven

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or eight years ago to pursue bass composition.

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I write for film, um, guitar and music production.

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So I do a lot of work as a session player in town.

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I still teach. I keep a pretty active schedule.

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I love working with students.

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I love connecting, I love bonding over music.

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Um, I love hearing what you're listening to

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and a lot

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of my teaching philosophy involves taking the music

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that you like and using it to teach,

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teach you the fundamentals of playing music,

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which translate across just about any genre.

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Um, I've played just about every genre,

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and I can say that for sure.

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Having good music fundamentals is never a bad thing,

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and learning them from the songs

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that you love is a lot of fun.

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So I would love to do that with you.

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Um, I'd love to help you learn

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whatever it is you wanna learn.

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I'd love to help you develop a deeper relationship

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with your instrument and a deeper connection

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with music in general.

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So if you wanna work together, if you like what you hear,

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um, please reach out on Lesson Pal,

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and let's, let's go from there.

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I really hope we can work together. Thank you.

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