Marin Music Center

Start the year off right with Stuart and this easy tutorial for new guitarists!

Happy Holidays! Here are our holiday hours for anyone looking for some last-minute Christmas gifts, or interested in some post-holiday shopping next week!

Stuart comes bearing gifts-- gold, frankincense, and MUSIC! Except actually no gold or frankincense, just music. In this video Stuart walks you through how to play one of the most serious, slow, minor songs of the holiday season!

Come on, It's lovely weather for some 7th chords together with Stu!

Get ready to learn a whopping ONE new chord with Stuart in this on-the-move guitar lesson with Stuart!

Chords. The final frontier. These tips will aid, encourage, and possibly confuse you as you journey deep into the realm of playing chords on the guitar.

Happy Friday! Here’s another brand-new guitar lesson!

New guitar lesson video for the spookiest Thursday of the year!

Anther new Guitar Lesson with Stuart! And miraculously this one is under 20 minutes long!

Two guitar lesson videos for the price of one this week! That means each video is somehow LESS THAN FREE!

Happy October! There's a new guitar lesson with Stuart-- I wish I could tell you it is Halloween themed but it is decidedly not spooky in any way shape or form.

Two down, ten to go! We’re always happy to restring your guitars at Marin Music!

Marin Music Center is 2cool4school! #stayinschoolthough

Listening to Adam Neely's latest video while restringing a couple ukuleles this morning! If you aren't familiar with Adam, he makes some of the most in-depth, original, and utterly fascinating music related content I've seen!

Not technically true, but you know what we mean. It’s an expression.

Marin Music Center is having a mini-sale on mini-amps and mini-instruments! Laney Mini-ST battery powered guitar amps are 20% off! But if these mini amps are still too big, Vox amPlug2 bass and guitar headphone amplifiers are discounted 15%! Or if you want to bypass amplifiers altogether, our tiny little soprano Savannah Ukulele Packs are 25% off! This pre-holiday mini-sale starts TODAY November 4, and lasts through November 21! I wanted to fit in a Blink-182 All the Small Things reference with the whole mini theme, but I could’t make it work. So now I’m just awkwardly forcing it in at the end.

Today, we use this extra hour to introduce you to another one of our wonderful piano teachers, George Tingley. The music of George Tingley has been heard everywhere in film, on major network TV (CBS, ABC, and Fox) as well as on a variety of cable outlets such as Netflix, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and the Oprah Winfrey Network. He has also enjoyed the opportunity to record with the Skywalker Symphony (Lucas Film) as well as to have his music performed live at Carnegie Hall.... George has studied under some remarkable teachers including conductor Dr. Alexander Manke (a student of Richard Strauss), and the legendary French pedagogue Nadia Boulanger who is often cited as the most influential teacher of American composers in the 20th century. Mr. Tingley first reached a world-wide audience in the 1990s when he composed for Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi. In 1989 Mr. Tingley started writing music for the educational market and now has over 75 published piano pieces in including his most popular solo piece Reverie. Whether you would like to explore the world of music composition or learn to navigate the 88 keys of a piano, sign up for a lesson with George Tingley today! [email protected] (415) 897-4131

The nights grow colder, the moon grows fuller, Halloween is near, and we want to introduce you to another one of our fantastic guitar teachers, Lee Dynes! Lee is a multi-faceted performer, composer, and educator. He has been teaching for many years and has been performing as a professional guitarist for many more. He has experience in teaching beginning through advanced guitar, oud, mandolin, bass, and ukulele and teaches all ages, in private, semi-private, and master-class and workshop settings. Lee not only teaches instrument specific lessons, but serves as a consultant in advanced music theory, jazz guitar, Middle East and North African Music, and Bluegrass and Old-Time music. No tricks, TREAT yourself to a lesson with Lee today! [email protected] (415) 897-4131

Woohoo, it’s Friday! And this Friday we would like to introduce you to one of our amazing piano and voice teachers, Sandy Geller! Sandy is a graduate of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music as well as the University of Wisconsin. She has taught piano and voice for over 25 years and is a former instructor at the Bluebear School of Music in San Francisco. Sandy currently performs locally with her own jazz trio and accompanies the Unitarian Universalist Church choir. Beginning or advanced - classical, Broadway, or blues, sign up for a lesson with Sandy and get working on your singing and/or piano skills today! [email protected] (415) 897-4131

Marin Music Center is excited to offer two new online group classes this fall! Adult Ukulele: Mondays from 11-12pm. Adult Song Writing: Monday evenings from 7-8pm.... Learn more and sign up today! http://marinmusic.com/online-music-classes/ Classes start November 2!