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Holistic Approach

We provide a comprehensive understanding of music, not just isolated techniques.

Solid Foundations

Our course ensures your basic musical foundations are strong and reliable.

Expressive Freedom

We help you to express yourself freely through music.

Imagine being able to express your musical ideas with confidence and clarity.

Signing up for Practisin' 2 Play will equip you with the knowledge and skills to achieve this dream through a comprehensive curriculum developed by world-class guitarist and educator Mike Walker.

What People Are Saying

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Mike is the real deal, and Mike is the whole deal. I loves me some guitar … I've spent my life playing with guitar players, and the bar gets set pretty high around here. There's the soloists, the rhythm players, the sound smiths, the chops guys and the feel meisters, and Mike's got it all going on. He's such a joy to make music with. I've been the lucky recipient of his wisdom and encouragement both on and off the bandstand. Speaking of off the bandstand, we recently did some clinics together, and I was so impressed … his teaching is just like his playing: tons of experience and preparation, all in the service of making something new, in the moment, every time.

Steve Rodby

Bassist with Pat Metheny Group, The Impossible Gentlemen, etc. Grammy winning producer.

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Mike Walker is a passionate, impulsive player; his solos careen down uncharted byways at breakneck speed. You might think you'd do better to study with someone methodical and deliberate. But here's the paradox: Mike got to the remarkable place he's at by meticulous and careful study. He knows as much about playing music on a stringed instrument as anybody I know, and he can articulate what he's learned with wit and wisdom. He is insatiably curious. Like any great teacher, he'll be learning alongside you; you'll both be better musicians in the end. As he says now and then, go for it

Steve Swallow

Composer/Bassist for John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Stan Getz, etc.

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I love any occasion when I get to sing with Mike. He plays with a passion and warmth and is a great communicator. These qualities along with his empathy make him a wonderful teacher.' Read more about Norma Winstone

Norma Winstone MBE

Jazz Vocalist, ECM recording artist and Grammy Award nominee.

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What Students Are Saying

I always enjoy my lessons with Mike

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I have found Mike so easy to get along with from day one. He is always happy to openly discuss my goals and to help me develop into the musician I want to be. After attending a number of workshops and private lessons I have gathered a large amount of information, which can often seem overwhelming but Mike is always there to point me in the right direction in deciding which areas I should cover and when. I always enjoy my lessons and listening to Mike play.

Charles Macdonald

Mike is the best

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Having been taught by many jazz tutors, I can wholeheartedly say that Mike is far and away the very best of them, a sentiment I know many of his other students agree with. Instead of being presented with stacks of abstract theory, you come away from a lesson or workshop having learned how to apply knowledge and actually play something on your instrument. Mike works very hard to address his teaching to a student’s particular needs, all the while facilitating the building of solid musical foundations. His eccentric humour and easy going manner make for very relaxed lessons. Mike is that very rare example of being both a world class musician and a world class educator

Adrian Stevenson

Seriously recommended

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Each time I come away from one of Mike's courses I'm armed with very clear ideas on how to improve my playing; not just theoretically, or technically (although he covers all this), but musically. He gets right to the core of what needs to be done, and reveals step by step approaches to achieving what you want. Seriously recommended.

Tom Vernon

Guitarist and Guitar Teacher.

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