Portland
Music Company 'Martin Luther King'
Address: 531
SE Martin Luther King Blvd Portland OR 97214
Phone number: 503)
226-3719
- Spacious
lesson studios
- Conveniently
located
- Flexible
Hours
- Professional
Teachers
- Wide
selection of lessons
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| Guitar |
 Tom Sandahl
sandahlmusic@yahoo.com
Phone: 503-232-0260
Tom began piano lessons at age 6. Growing up with a music teacher mother, he was exposed to many different styles of music from a young age. Tom began guitar lessons at the age of 14. Tom earned a Bachelors Degree in Classical Guitar Performance at The University of Wyoming. While studying there he was exposed to musician/teachers including Manuel Barrueco, The Assad Brothers, Paul Odette, and Bela Fleck. Tom then moved to New Orleans to explore his interest in African American Music, and to study with the jazz guitar great, Steve Masakowski. Tom received a full graduate assistantship to the University of New Orleans, and completed his Masters of Jazz Studies in 2003. While studying there, Tom was exposed to many world-class jazz musicians/teachers including; Terrence Blanchard, Mulgrew Miller, Howard Alden, Larry Coryell, Lee Konitz, Stephan Harris, and Carl Allen. In 2002 Sandahl was accepted to The Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Aspen Summer Program. There he studied with Russell Malone, Wallace Roney, Christian McBride, and Lewis Nash. Tom has performed with many bands as a sideman, and leader. In New Orleans, Tom worked with Amy Trail, Vic Sheppard, The Elastic Karma Kings, James Stephens, Government Magic, and his own band, Red Shift. Since relocating to Portland in November 2005, Tom has been performing with several local bands, including, Stephen Walker and The Few Chosen, Indigo, The Devin Phillips Funk Ensemble, Margo Tuffo, and Tom's own jazz groups. Recent Oregon performances include The Portland Jazz Festival, The Newport Performing Arts Center, The Blue Monk, and The Candlelight. Tom has 9 years teaching experience, including 2 years teaching music at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, LA. Tom welcomes all ages, levels, and most musical styles. Lessons are based on goals which reflect upon each individual student's interests and skill level. |
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 Sean
Flinn-(Guitar)
Phone:
503-367-5086
snflinn@aol.com
Sean Flinn has been teaching and performing music professionally since 2000. He currently touring with Jolie Holland, Nick Jaina, Invisible Rockets and is finishing up a solo. He started studying music in 1992 at the age of 12. He has studied music at Lane Community College, University of Oregon, Portland State University, and independently with John Stole, Mike Denny And Dan Balmer. Tailoring his lessons to each student's personal goals, Sean provides a solid foundation in theory, technique, ear training, composition and song writing. His teaching methods have evolved out of his professional experiences on stage, on tour, in the studio and on the radio. |
| Bass |
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Rick
Crittenden (bass)
Phone 503-239-5008
Rickcritt@aol.com
Rick
started working as a professional musician at the age of 14.
I was signed to a songwriter contract affiliated with BMI at
16. He had a regional recording that charted in all western
states at 17. Since then Rick has recorded and played with major
artists and recorded projects for Windham Hill and Narada
Records as well as numerous others. Rick has released a
CD of original music featuring Paul McCandless and Art
Lande, and produced by Oregon Bassist, Glen Moore.
He currently has a quartet that features George Mitchell, David
Evans, and Gary Hobbs. Recent performances include, The Vancouver
Wine and Jazz Festival, Oregon Country Fair, and numerous
club dates. Rick also works as a sideman in various bands including
the Patrick Lamb Band.Contributed to the Merce Cunningham
Dance Theater production of music by John Cage in New York City,
1989. Colleagues included Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin.Musical
Director for Portland Civic Theater production of Jesus Christ
Superstar.Studio Musician for many national commercial and artistic
projects including work for national clients including Mercedes
Benz.Work with internationally recognized musicians and major
record companies including ;Windham Hill and Narada
Records.
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| Electronic Music |
|  SOLOVOX aka Carl Tietze
http://www.solovox.com
bizzycarl@comcast.net
Phone: 503-957-ROCK
Solovox (Carl) has been creating electronic music for almost twenty years. Starting with a simple four-track recorder, a drum machine, and a synth, his early compositions bear the hallmark of Vangelis, ELP, Pink Floyd and Jean Michel Jarre. Had he stayed that course, Solovox would probably not exist.
Instead, he attended the Music Composition program at the University Of Georgia starting in 1989. Self-taught at the piano from the age of 10, and composing from the start, he was urged to formalize his talents with a proper musical education. Along the way, however, technology and the advancement of computers in music-making stole his attention for good. This, along with the live music scene of Athens, Georgia brought him into live keyboard roles with Underwaterfall, The Nathan Sheppard Band, The Sugardaddys, Mile Zero and numerous others. By learning how to make music with players in a live setting, his solo work became richer and more human than the standard drum machine-synth sound.
Relocating to Portland, Oregon in 1998 Tietze immediately performed with King Black Acid, The Cosmopolitans, Diggabone, and John Henry. After a few eye-opening experiences at the Burning Man Festival, Tietze suddenly realized that his “rock n’ roll hiatus” away from electronic music had come full circle. In the meantime electronic music had grown up and the toys had finally been developed to a state that he had always wanted: immediate, musical control of the sound.
With newfound inspiration and new music technology suddenly available, Solovox was born in May of 2001. From the immediate start listeners were blown away by a live musician hand-playing funky, analog-driven melodic dance and epic downtempo compositions where once only a DJ was visible. Starting with a massive MIDI rig and vintage gear like the Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer Piano, and Moog Prodigy, he later became a believer in the Ableton Live program and has now mastered this amazing software for composition and performance. He has taught private students in both music software like Ableton, Logic and Reason, as well as general MIDI and electronic music production. His sound continues to be a beautiful meshing of the old analog sound and the most cutting edge techniques of The Chemical Brothers, Mirwais, and The Crystal Method.
Under his commercial moniker Soundriver Music LTD, he recently scored A&E’s Biography of Dorothy Stratten. His music has been heard on PBS, and he continues to be a popular draw in Portland with both weekly downtempo shows and numerous dance-floor-crushing performances at clubs and parties in the Northwest. His debut CD, Break Out Of Prism shows the range of his abilities, and features local talents like Jen Folker and Lea Krueger, as well as Ivan DePrume, original drummer for White Zombie. >From cosmic keyboard-driven funk to smooth and energetic house to even psy-trance, Solovox leaves his own original stamp on everything he does. A musician first, he has never been intimidated by the technology of modern music-making…and he is always eager to share his knowledge and enthusiasm for this wonderful time in music history.
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