Al Southgate

Learn Guitar, Songwriting & Production with Al Southgate

Al has almost 20 years experience teaching music, one to one, in person, online, all ages and skill levels catered for.

Songwriting Coaching

Whether you’re a complete beginner, or an experienced musician that wants to broaden your horizons, Al can help you with all aspects of song creation. From exploring ways of encouraging inspiration to technical aspects of music theory, even production arrangement and performance. Al can help you determine your goals and discover your own unique approach to the art of songwriting. Get in touch to book a session or to find out more

Learn Guitar

Al takes a unique approach in his guitar teaching; as well as learning conventional repertoire, drawn from rock, pop, blues and other genres, he encourages students to compose and arrange their own music. He has a tried and tested, somewhat unusual curriculum designed specifically for beginners that avoids the pitfalls of other approaches. His students get impressive results faster. All styles, abilities and ages catered for. Click the button to find out more.

Learn Production

Al keeps up with the latest developments in DAW (digital audio workstation) technology and can help you navigate through the often bewildering maze of functions and options when creating music on your computer. Whether you want to have a go at making beats or you’re already producing but just can’t get your head around compression and balancing a mix properly, get in touch and Al can help you out.

Testimonials

I really look forward to my guitar lessons Al Is a great teacher and helps me to understand clearly.

William, aged 10

Jack has been having lessons for a year now, being a complete beginner when he started. He loves playing and really looks forward to his lessons with Al. He is really patient and positive and teaches to Jacks strengths. I highly recommend Al to anyone thinking of getting lessons for their children!

Beccy, mother of Jack, aged 9

I got Al to help out first as a songwriting coach for my last EP, and was so impressed, I ended up coming back to him for all the production, arrangement, mixing and mastering for that record.
Not only did his songwriting support revolutionise my songs, but the production was tasteful, musically sensitive, and made the songs shine. He’s a superb producer, musically diverse and a gem to work with. He listened well, came up with recommendations but also let the songs breathe. I’d recommend him to anyone looking for a tasteful treatment. He’s got songwriting and music in his bones. And I hope he’ll do my album this year!

Naomi
Independent Artist

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