BML Teachers by Instrument & Topics

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Brandon Terzic

Primary Instrument: 
Electric and Nylon String Guitar, Oud, Saz
Studio Neighborhood: 
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
Q train
S train
Influences: 

Paco De Lucia, Jimi Hendrix, Ali Farke Toure, Ry Cooder, Salif Kaita, Lionel Loueke, Kora Music, Oud Music, Gnawan

Harvey Valdes

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Feeder Big Beat by Harvey Valdes

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar, Oud, Cumbus
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
Influences: 
My musical tastes are always expanding and evolving ~ so much to listen to and learn from!

But some musicians that have been very important to me: Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, Joe Pass, Schoenberg,Ornette Coleman, Marc Ducret, Stravinsky,David Torn, Black Sabbath,Thelonious Monk, Tal Farlow, Miles Davis, Riad Al Sunbati, Jane's Addiction, Eric Dolphy, Jimmy Page, Slayer, Tim Berne.

Just the tip of the iceberg here, so many to mention...

Tom Chess

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La Fumbo by Tom Chess

Primary Instrument: 
Oud, Turkish / Arabic Ney, Flute, Guitar, Tenor Saxophone
Studio Neighborhood: 
SoHo, Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
1 train
2 train
4 train
6 train
A train
C train
E train
N train
R train
Influences: 
Life, Love, Space, Silence, 'The World', City Sounds, Nature Sounds / Rhythms, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Public Enemy, P-funk, Bad Brains, Chili Peppers, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Howling Wolf, Son House, Sly Stone, Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, Anthony Braxton, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Dewey Redman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Butch Morris, Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Diamanda Galas, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, The Allman Brothers, Riad el Sunbati, Munir Bashir, Oud music in general, Suleyman & Kudsi Erguner, Sufi Mevlevi whirling dervish music, Sufism, Gnawa music, Ali Farka Touré, Ali Akbar Khan, West African drumming, Kora music, Mbira musics, Pygmy song, Gamelan musics, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Peter Tosh, Sacred Geometry, Al-kemi, number theory, phi, Hafiz, Rumi, Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, Monty Python, Schwaller de Lubicz, Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Jean Michel Basquiat, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joan Miro, Van Gogh, Giorgio di Chirico, William Gibson, the kazoo guy and mice elf of course.