Meet Nikki Medlin of Nikki's Guitar Lesson Studio

Nikki Medlin is a well-known guitar teacher in the Northridge/Porter Ranch area (San Fernando Valley). We first met Nikki a few months ago through one of our partner piano studios - Piano By Julie. Medlin, 38, is the owner of Nikki's Guitar Lesson Studio, which provides beginner to advanced level guitar lessons in Northridge CA and surrounding towns.

Medlin has been playing guitar since she was a girl. Her influences include many of the famous 60s rock bands. However, she doesn't just teach rock and pop guitar. A few years ago, she went back to school to study Classical Guitar to enhance and augment her studio's service offerings. Now, Medlin teaches classical and pop guitar to all ages of students.

Medlin is currently accepting new students. The studio may soon be raising its prices, so if you are looking for guitar teachers in Northridge or Porter Ranch, contact the studio today. For more info on Nikki's Guitar Lesson Studio, visit http://nikkisguitarlessonstudio.com or call (818) 866-0123.

Christian Artist, Michael Vantes, Releases New Single

We've been working with an up and coming Christian recording artist named Michael Vantes. Vantes, who's been a bandleader, worship leader and recording artist in the Dallas area for about 10 years, is working on his second professional album. The album will be titled Rest, and he has just released the title track of the album in the beginning of October.

You can listen to the new LP by below. To download the full track, you can visit http://michaelvantes.bandcamp.com.



"Rest", by Christian Artist Michael Vantes


"The song is all about rest, spiritual rest that God's promised Christians in Hebrews 4:1 - 11," Vantes said. "Once I understood that concept, my whole spiritual life changed forever. "

"Rest", the title track of the album, was inspired in part by The Rest of the Gospel, a book by Dan Stone and Greg Smith, published a few years ago. The central theme of the book is that the way the Christian gospel has been taught in most mainstream churches over the past several decades only focuses on a partial, human-centered understanding of the true power of the message of Jesus.

"Rest" is not Vantes' first foray into the world of Christian contemporary music. Vantes produced his first album back in 2005. This album was sold on SnoCap and CD Baby and did well for a first, independent label album. Vantes now owns his own production company and label, called Exousia Records.

Members of the media can contact Vantes for interviews by contacting his publicist, Gnosis Arts Multimedia Communications LLC, at info@gnosisarts.com, or by phone at 908.787.3475.

Playing the Entire Piece

During piano instruction, there should be no stopping to correct mistakes at the piano. The playing of the piece should proceed from the beginning of the song to the end. If a mistake is made at the piano, or the student loses his place in the song, the pupil must find the place and continue to the finish. This matter is very important, because the habit of stopping and stammering at the keyboard is easily acquired and very hard to break. The child who makes a mistake must be made to realize that he has a definite task before him of practicing the troublesome phrase or figure until he has mastered it. This practice means that the child is taking a disproportionate amount of time. It should be at his home. When the child feels that he can play correctly the passage on which he stumbled, the teacher should permit him to do so, and if satisfactorily done, the piano teacher should praise his efforts in overcoming the difficulty.

Home Practice. Students should be encouraged to practice the music of the course at home until they can perform it correctly, smoothly, and with musical expression. They should also play freely for their parents and other interested listeners.

Students should be encouraged to practice playing songs in different keys in as many transpositions as possible, such as in C, G and F positions using the same fingering. They may also frequently transpose their songs from major to parallel minor, and vice versa.

For more information about piano lessons NJ, contact Barbara Ehrlich Piano Studio.