Guitar with James Quinn

James is a guitar teacher and session musician who holds a DipHe in Popular Music Performance, gained at the University of West London in 1997.

He began playing guitar in the mid 1980's and after two years of practice and with the aid of a teacher joined his first group, a heavy rock outfit based in Hertfordshire.
After several years of songwriting and performing, working in professional recording studios and with top producers in the industry, the band broke up and James decided to study more varied styles of music to improve his level of musicality.

After graduating from the University of West London in 1997, he began teaching guitar, doing session work and touring, notably with members of Fields of the Nephilim and Gilla Bruja and became involved in varied musical projects.
Since that time, James has acquired teaching qualifications: PTTLS and CELTA and has had several years experience in preparing and teaching group classes.

He now spends his time working on original projects, classic rock covers, function/wedding songs and as full-time guitar teacher at the London School of Arts and privately, teaching many styles and levels. To date he has a 100% pass rate on students entering grade exams.