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Rex A. Burk
B.A. Guitar Studies & Film Scoring - Berklee College of Music
Peachtree City, GA U.S.A.
Peachtree City, GA U.S.A.
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I absolutely love to teach music. It takes time, patience, effort and discipline. Not everyone can play an instrument, and there is a reason for that. Once you put in the time and effort needed to become proficient, the rewards will be with you for a lifetime. The ability to play with confidence and skill is very special. Once you've earned that, no one can take it away from you. It is the ability and expression of self in the form of music that I strive to give to all of my students.
Autobiography
Born in Beaver, PA 1982 to a pair of the two most eccentric and wonderful parents a guy could have, we made our way down south from Pennsylvania after the steel mills began to shut down. With the help of my brilliant grandmother, my father's parents made it through the crash and their steel business continued to thrive. It has been this mindset and work ethic also shared by my parents Dad - a self-employed electrical engineer plus genius & Mom - Cafeteria Manager for Fayette County Schools 23 years, that has pushed me to explore my own creative boundaries and projects.
In November of 1993 at age 11, my parents and I were driving home from Atlanta when my dad asked us, Hey! What do you guys want for Christmas? It was divine destiny. Because right at that very moment, I looked out the window of our sweeeeeet mini-van (yes the 90's rocked) and there was a huge billboard for a music store. It must have had a guitar on it or something because I said, "How about a guitar?" We pulled off the exit and wandered into what was then Rhythm City Music in Atlanta. It was like a huge candy store. I was (and still am) overwhelmed when I walk into a big box music store. It was absolute "cool" and I wanted a piece of it... I picked up a vintage white Fender Squire Stratocaster with a lacquered maple neck and a whammy bar. "Maybe you should put that one back on the wall and try a few others," my dad said. I was not so sure about that.. "If I put it back on the wall, can someone else pick it up and buy it?" I replied. As far as I was concerned, these things were too cool not to be flying off the shelves. He knew he had to buy it for me, because he's a great dad. I still have my original strat, and for sentimental reasons, use one of the springs from the back of it in my current Strat to this day.
My father was an audio engineer in the late 70's & 80's. He has recorded countless bands in the Pittsburgh area including Donnie Iris and the Creeepshow motion picture soundtrack. He had been around the musical block and knew that if I was going to take my skill and education to the limit, it would mean great instructors, and that is exactly what I got. I would not be the guitarist or musician I am today without great teachers.
A huge thank you to Tim Ussery, Ray Cicola, Carl Culpepper, Dave Frackenpohl, Jon Finn & Joe Stump. I owe everything I know about guitar to these gentlemen. These great educators paved the way for me to become the teacher I am today.
I hope that all of my students will become the benefactors of my decades of knowledge and instruction. Most importantly, have fun. You will always learn and grow the most when you are having fun.
In November of 1993 at age 11, my parents and I were driving home from Atlanta when my dad asked us, Hey! What do you guys want for Christmas? It was divine destiny. Because right at that very moment, I looked out the window of our sweeeeeet mini-van (yes the 90's rocked) and there was a huge billboard for a music store. It must have had a guitar on it or something because I said, "How about a guitar?" We pulled off the exit and wandered into what was then Rhythm City Music in Atlanta. It was like a huge candy store. I was (and still am) overwhelmed when I walk into a big box music store. It was absolute "cool" and I wanted a piece of it... I picked up a vintage white Fender Squire Stratocaster with a lacquered maple neck and a whammy bar. "Maybe you should put that one back on the wall and try a few others," my dad said. I was not so sure about that.. "If I put it back on the wall, can someone else pick it up and buy it?" I replied. As far as I was concerned, these things were too cool not to be flying off the shelves. He knew he had to buy it for me, because he's a great dad. I still have my original strat, and for sentimental reasons, use one of the springs from the back of it in my current Strat to this day.
My father was an audio engineer in the late 70's & 80's. He has recorded countless bands in the Pittsburgh area including Donnie Iris and the Creeepshow motion picture soundtrack. He had been around the musical block and knew that if I was going to take my skill and education to the limit, it would mean great instructors, and that is exactly what I got. I would not be the guitarist or musician I am today without great teachers.
A huge thank you to Tim Ussery, Ray Cicola, Carl Culpepper, Dave Frackenpohl, Jon Finn & Joe Stump. I owe everything I know about guitar to these gentlemen. These great educators paved the way for me to become the teacher I am today.
I hope that all of my students will become the benefactors of my decades of knowledge and instruction. Most importantly, have fun. You will always learn and grow the most when you are having fun.
Rex A. Burk