Hamrock Music Instruction

Specialties

guitar lessons

bass lessons

music lessons

beginner guitar lessons

electric guitar lessons

acoustic guitar lesson

blues guitar lessons

rock guitar lessons

classical guitar lessons

jazz guitar lessons

country guitar lessons

kids guitar lessons

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bass teacher

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History

Established in 1995.

Instructor Experience

— 15 years of Private Guitar and Bass Instruction Experience.

— 4 years as a Guitar Instructor at Yamaha Music School of Fountain Valley and Saddleback.

— 2 years as Princeton Review Instructor.

— Graduated Honors with a Bachelor of Music Performance Degree in Classical Guitar and Baroque Lute from the University of California, Irvine.

— Studied Rock Guitar with Rusty Anderson (current guitarist for Paul McCartney as well as studio guitarist for Elton John, Perry Farrell, Animal Logic, Ricky Martin, and more).

— Studied Classical Guitar with David Tanenbaum, Scott Tennant, Ricardo Cobo, and John Schneidermann. Performed in Master Classes for David Tanenbaum and Ricardo Cobo.

— Studied three years of Jazz Theory with Alan Rowe (Stan Kenton Orchestra, Keith Jarret).

— Studied nine years of classical piano.

Meet the Business Owner

Mark H.

Business Owner

A California native, Mark spent his youth in the city of Whittier where he began taking violin lessons at the age of four. Soon after, he studied classical piano for six years before pursuing the guitar full time. At the age of twelve he began instruction under the tutelage of guitar great Rusty Anderson (current guitarist for Paul McCartney as well as studio guitarist for Elton John, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Willie Nelson, Santana, Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, and more) and around the same time became very serious about music. After playing in various blues, rock, and experimental bands, Mark co-​formed the Rock-​Fusion band Solomon Grundy in 1991, which gained a large following of loyal fans throughout the US. Mark eventually studied jazz theory and composition for three years with Alan Rowe (Stan Kenton Orchestra, Keith Jarret) before attending the University of California, Irvine, to study classical guitar and baroque lute. Here he had the opportunity to study with and play f