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Adam Hooton

Perfectionism is a disease!

About Me

Adam’s passion for music sprouted at the age of 11. A year later he had developed a healthy obsession for the guitar which lead to 2 ½ years of studies with top session player and Guitarist Of The Year winner 1994/95, Dave Colquhoun. Two years on after those first notes and months of habitual practice, Adam himself became a runner up in the ’97 Young Guitarist Of The Year finals, at the tender age of 14.
By 1999 Adam had completed his music studies at the BRIT School of Performing Arts and proceeded to focus on building his student repertoire both privately and at a handful of schools. He quickly established himself as a popular local guitarist and tutor, specialising in pop/rock/heavy metal styles but with an understanding and ear to adapt to other tastes and genres.
Current involvements with music consist of dividing his time between teaching and various musical projects, most notably - progressive metal outfit, Neoentity. He is a keen performer, writer and possesses some expertise in the fields of music recording and production.
With an assured knowledge that covers all levels of technique and theory, Adam provides a lucid teaching approach to both the fundamental and somewhat overlooked playing topics.

GUITAR TUITION


- One to one tuition lasting 1 hour or 1/2 hour
- First lesson FREE
- All ages welcome
- All levels covered from beginner - advanced
- Specialising in contemporary styles:
Rock - Metal - Pop - Blues - Jazz - Funk
- All techniques and topics covered:
Rhythm - Lead - Music theory - Improvisation
- Rockschool grading syllabus (optional)
TIMES
Mon/Tues/Thurs: 5pm - 9pm
Saturday: 10:30am - 5:30pm
I am sometimes available in the daytime. Please enquire about times/days.

GUITAR SETUPS


- Fixed bridge guitars: £20
- Locking trem guitars: £25

CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR TO ARRANGE BOOKINGS

You can also find me here
MSN: [email protected]

Bands I am currently involved in:
www.myspace.com/neoentity - my progressive/power metal outfit
www.myspace.com/daysofperversion - brutal, epic, melodic, technical death metal assault!

DAYS OF PERVERSION - Perennial Distension Solo - Live @ The Purple Turtle (02/04/07)
DAYS OF PERVERSION - Crushed - Live @ The Purple Turtle (02/04/07)
Necrophagist - Culinary Hyperversity

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/17/2005
Band Members: Me
Influences: Metal and jazz/fusion mostly. I like a million bands but I’m only going to list the ones that I think really influenced my playing and writing style -
Necrophagist, Meshuggah, Symphony X, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend, Wintersun, Nevermore, Racer X, Death, Martyr, Carcass, Cacophony, Pantera, Extreme, Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Decapitated, Cannibal Corpse, Gorguts, Sepultura, Morbid Angel, RATM, Vital Information, Planet X, FRANK GAMBALE, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, Keith More, Allan Holdsworth, Jason Becker, Rusty Cooley, Victor Wooten, Tommy EmmanuelOther hobbies/interests/reasons to exist: indian food, real ale, pool/snooker, gigs, travelling/sight-seeing, reading, internet shopping, cool artwork.TV: is a waste of time but I like the discovery channels. If I’m gonna kill time watching it then it’s got to be about something that actually matters - no reality TV shite!Books: I’ll bore you shall I... Frank Gambale Technique Books 1 & 2, Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation (Jon Finn), Target Tones (Don Mock), Speed Picking (Frank Gambale), Speed Mechanics (Troy Stetina), Rock Discipline (John Petrucci), National Guitar Workshop Jazz Method books (Jody Fisher), Guitar Techniques, The Anarchists Cookbook, Viz, Roger Mellie’s Profanisaurus, curry house menus, road signs.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Inspiration!

Anybody heard it?It's going to be a long while before I get bored of this    ...
Posted by Adam Hooton on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:17:00 PST

Days Of Perversion - Perennial Distension CD available!

Days Of Perversion is one of 3 bands which I am currently involved in. Naturally, I handle leads/2nd rhythm guitar and play the role of the artificial drummer thanks to good ol' DFH Superior...
Posted by Adam Hooton on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST

My Gear

GUITARSIbanez JEM 77GMC (Green/Black Swirl)Pickups: Dimarzio - Evolution (B), PAF Pro (N)Tuning: Drop CStrung with: D'addario 11-49 (replace 49 with a 52)Used for: NeoentityIbanez JEM 7...
Posted by Adam Hooton on Sun, 07 May 2006 10:48:00 PST

Axeography. Photos...

I have been playing now for 11 of my 23 years and built up quite a collection as a result. Here's a glimpse of what I own to date -Right folks, this is where it all began - a Fender Mexican ...
Posted by Adam Hooton on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:54:00 PST

Useful websites

Some useful sites;www.stringbusters.com - the one and only place where I purchase all my strings and accessories.www.musicroom.com - a great place to purchase all your tutorial&nbs...
Posted by Adam Hooton on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:55:00 PST

Learning to play - tips

Here's what worked for me...1.) Find yourself a teacher who actually respects your musical taste and knows their shit.2.) Do not assume that it's fine to allocate your one weekly l...
Posted by Adam Hooton on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:47:00 PST

Instructional DVD's, Videos, Books (recommendations)

Lately, it's occured to me just how much I've really learnt from acquiring tutorial materials such as; DVD's, video's and books. I've always been into buying them since day one and...
Posted by Adam Hooton on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:27:00 PST