Focusing on the students immediate musical needs, Gordon is able to encourage students to set goals in order to efficiently practice, concentrate and focus during the lesson time. For the moment Gordon is pursuing songwriting particularly in the field of cultural music. Gordon loves all genres of music and enjoys learning every style he can in order to improve his musical instruction. He got superior and excellent ratings at musical competitions for voice and saxophone in high school where he performed songs such as the Hungarian Dance #5 and Beautiful Dreamer. Gordon also has knowledge of several other cultural instruments with a background in piano lessons from high school and college. Gordon is also willing to teach harmonica and banjo to those interested in learning. Gordon can fluently play and teach Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Clarinet, and Saxophone. While he attended school in Missouri he relentlessly continued to play in multiple groups live and recorded a Ska/Reggae CD (guitar and saxophone tracks) with the band Bringers of the Dawn.
He also played Saxophone in the jazz band. He also attended Missouri State University where he learned about theory and composition. Gordon took private guitar lessons and attended a Guitar Master Class at this college. His main focus in the past years has been working with bands doing studio work, mini tours and CD production/marketing for those groups.Īfter Community College, Gordon went to Evangel University in Missouri where he continued to study Guitar and Saxophone while picking up more woodwind and string instruments. Gordon also took a banjo class, piano class and a music history class at Mesabi Range Community College. While there he played saxophone in the Community Band and guitar in bands he started himself. Gordon went on to Mesabi Range Community College where he received his Associates Degree. Gordon also was able to take guitar lessons at Macphail in Minneapolis under the apprenticeship of James Allen. Along with learning new musical concepts, Gordon also learned how the music business works which got him more interested in marketing the bands he performed in. He also took a Taiko drum class while he was at Perpich. While he was learned he took classes in ear training and music theory. When Gordon reached his senior year of high school he attended Perpich Center of the Performing arts in Golden Valley, Minnesota. This passion for music allowed Gordon to go to a summer rock band camp in San Diego where he learned everything you need to know about touring, playing in a band, making a music video etc. After he bought a guitar, Gordon would practice relentlessly, sometimes for as long as 12 hours a day. Soon after he would pick up guitar which would spark his interest in further pursuing his playing of music. Gordon's interest in music grew when he began to work sound systems for bluegrass bands and eventually he started to experiment more with music. began playing music at a very early age but didn't begin to learn the saxophone until he was in fifth grade.
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