Kenny Kidd—Guitarist, Songwriter, Music Instructor


	KENNY KIDD Guitarist, Songwriter, Music Instructor POB 752, Brentwood, TN 37024-0752 Cell: 615 / 977-4941—kennethbkidd@yahoo.com
	Music Workshops. Look here for a list of private and group lessons and programs. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Kenny has trained one-on-one with some of the finest musicians in the world, including: Jamie Faunt, Faunt School of Creative Music, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-2002 Intensive training: mastery of core elements of music, such as rhythm, harmony, melodic facility, ear training as applied to improvization, composition and songwriting Summer Songs Workshop (Songwriting); Jason Blume, Albany, NY, 2001 Los Angeles Songwriter's Guild, Los Angeles, CA, 1998-2002 Harriet Shock and Phil Swan Musicians Institute, Hollywood, CA, 1992-1993 The guitar program is a four-year curriculum condensed into one year of intensive training. Sight Reading, Harmony and Theory; Ear-Training; Jazz Composition and Song-writing; Live Performance Workshops. Music Major, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, 1989-1991 Arranging and Composition, Jazz Band, Sight Singing, Piano Lab, and Music Business Cherry Creek High School, Denver, CO, 1984-1988 General studies and training for Voice, Music Theory, and Classical Guitar ADDITIONAL TRAINING Stanley Jordan Joe Dorio Scott Henderson Ron Eschette Alan Hinds Neil Haverstick CREDITS AS SONGWRITER & PERFORMER Live Performance—Tin Pan South, Songwriter's Festival; Nashville, TN Voiceover and Guitar—Home Shopping Network; Nashville, TN Live Performance—The Bluebird Cafe; Nashville, TN With Karen Taylor-Good, Jerry Vandiver, Julie Burton Live Performance—The Broken Spoke; Nashville, TN Featured Musician & Songwriter—Buffy the Vampire Slayer; UPN Television Featured Musician & Songwriter—Melrose Place; FOX Television Session Guitarist (Pop, Rock)—MCA Records; Los Angeles, CA Session Guitarist (R&B, Pop)—Capitol Records; Los Angeles, CA Session Guitarist (Kevin Mahoney)—Disney Records; Los Angeles, CA Demo Sessions—R&B, Pop Producers; Los Angeles, CA In-store Appearances—Borders Books; Los Angeles, CA Sideline Musician—UCLA Independent Films; Los Angeles, CA EXPERIENCE AS MUSIC INSTRUCTOR Kenny has been teaching private guitar and songwriting classes for 15 years in Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN—the music capitals of the United States. He specializes in beginning-advanced instruction with both children and adults. All styles of music. He has been a versatile and popular music Instructor in Guitar and Songwriting at: Oak Hill School, Franklin, TN University Night School at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN Andy's Guitars, Cool Springs, TN Chambers Guitars, Cool Springs, TN The Music & Arts Center, Cool Springs, TN Father and Son Music, Cool Springs, TN Santa Monica Music Center, Santa Monica, CA KAII & FRIENDS MUSIC STUDIO, Woodland Hills, CA KADIMA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Woodland Hills, CA LOS ANGELES MUSIC AND ART SCHOOL, Los Angeles, CA Larry Newman - Children's Music Workshop, Los Angeles, CA RAVE REVIEWS Here's some positive feedback from Kenny's students. Kenny's files are full of testimonial letters like this. CONTACT KENNY KIDD POB 752, Brentwood, TN 37024-0752 Cell: 615 / 977-4941—kennethbkidd@yahoo.com Kenny and drummer Eric Gugisch perform at NAMM 2000, the International Music Products Association trade show in Los Angeles. Copyright 2003 Kenny B. Kidd. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.