Guitarist Paul Geller has been active on the Bay Area Music Scene since 1985. He started out playing in bars and nightclubs in his High School Years and has remained involved in various musical projects ever since. Paul has opened for many artists such as Guitar Legend Carlos Santana and Grammy Winner Bobby Kimball of Toto. Playing gigs all around California with solo artists, songwriters and cover bands has kept him busy playing both live and in the studio.
Paul has been teaching guitar lessons for over 20 years. While studying music in college he continued his weekly lessons with some of the best guitar players and teachers in the Bay Area - Jazz Guitarist Neal Harris and Classical Guitarist Nick Shyrock. He currently teaches private guitar lessons 5 days a week, holding down a full schedule of students age 7 and up. Paul teaches complete beginners to advanced players all styles of music on both acoustic and electric guitars. Paul taught after school guitar classes for grades 3 through 8 for over 13 years in the Ross Valley School District Music Program. Here he taught beginning to intermediate lessons to groups of 6 to 12 students at a time. This was a little like Paul's own version of "School of Rock".
Paul is also a pilot editor of the FJH Music Publishing Company of Fort Lauderdale, Florida - assisting in reviewing and editing guitar lesson books. FJH publishes a large variety of music lesson books for guitar and piano. Paul has worked on the Young Beginner Series Volume 1 which contains the Lesson Book, Performance Book, Exploring Chords and Theory Activity Book. He has also worked on the new Everybody's Favorite Guitar Method Book 1. He likes to use these books as teaching supplements to help students develop their music reading skills and basic musicianship.
In addition, Paul writes and produces music for film, multimedia and television. He composes guitar parts for commercials, corporate videos and independent films. His music has been used in television commercials and PBS channels around the United States and has been featured in many film festivals. He keeps busy writing songs and playing on a variety of CDs for many artists ranging from singer-songwriters Susan Z and Sarah Eden Davis to San Francisco Punk Rockers The Nuns. He enjoys producing demos and CDs for local bands and upcoming artists. Paul feels that there is a lot of great talent in the Bay Area and he really enjoys working with the artist as they develop their sound.
Live performances include solo guitar at cafés, parties and weddings, to full bands playing rock, r n b, blues, funk and standards for corporate events, concerts and festivals. He also works as a sideman backing up artists both live and in the studio.
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