Student Reviews
Mitchell Donahou
I took lessons from Landon for about a half of a year every week. He is very knowledgeable and is well versed in his music knowledge including music theory. No matter what songs I brought to Landon he always knew how to teach me and learn the song him self in a very proficient manner.
Danielle Wilcock
My son Hunter (age 9) took lessons with Landon over the last year. During our first lesson Landon assisted us with choosing a guitar that was the right body size for Hunter. I was able to sit in on the first few lessons with them so I understood what Hunter needed to practice. Landon's directions for practicing were very clear and easy to follow. Hunter showed improvement weekly when he practiced 15 minutes per day.
Melissa Kurpinski
I have been taking weekly lesson with Landon for 15 months and I can't begin to tell you how fun, challenging and creative the lessons are. I had never picked up a bass before this and now I'm on my third bass book and creating bass lines. Dream come true.
Lavonda Nakamoto
My son has been taking guitar lessons from Landon for the past six years. My son's skills have improved and he is able to play some impressive pieces thanks to Landon. Landon is teaching him both the acoustic guitar and electric guitar. He is very patient and supportive. My son enjoys the lessons because of the supportive experience and I think Landon has helped him build a love for the guitar that will stay with him for life.
Barry Edwards
Three months in, learning what I could not teach myself, from an accomplished, patient, encouraging and gifted teacher. Really enjoying this experience!
Reese Tsubota
Mr. Landon is a great guitar teacher. I have been taking lessons from him for quite a while now and I can tell you that I have learned a ton. Unlike most teachers, who will traditonaly force music on to you, he wants you to learn what you are interested in. All in all, very good teacher with lots of musical knowledge to back it up.
Melanie Maier
Taking as little as eight electric guitar lessons from Landon Mattox has taught me a lot. Landon is a great teacher that takes his time to teach you as much as he can at a pace that is comfortable for you. Landon also teaches fun songs to learn with and if you take the initiative to practice and learn, it will take you a long way. Also, Landon has great methods to improve your overall guitar playing experience. He makes lessons and learning the guitar very enjoyable and I would definitely recommend taking lessons from him.
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Services Offered
Honolulu Music Lessons Co-op is currently offering Lessons in Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, Drums, Bass Guitar, Voice, Composition and we also do Music Therapy Sessions. Our instructors are highly qualified and experienced with most having at least a Master’s degree in Music and at least 15 years of teaching and professional music performance experience and our Piano, Voice and Composition Instructor has a PhD in Music. Our instructors’ teaching methods are modern, adaptable to many different styles of music including Classical, Rock, Pop, Hawaiian, Latin, Jazz, Blues, you name it…
Teaching Philosophy
Our Instructors’ teaching methods are modern, adaptable to students’ specific needs and aren’t limited to specific styles of music. We teach music as an art in an encouraging and patient way and focus on the skills students need to pursue their own specific or diverse music interests by emphasizing music fundamentals and basic skills that are needed to be resourceful and to study music independently and proficiently and play with creativity and expressiveness. We make use of a vast libraries of digital music resources and online resources, multimedia, apps and other cutting edge technology to enhance the teaching and learning experience and to get students the sheet music, transcriptions and resources they need for success instantly.
Mission and Vision
The sad truth for most music lessons providers on Oahu is that Student’s pay between $50 to $80 per hour for lessons, but the instructor doing all the work gets only between $15 to $25 per hour of that fee before tax and other expenses. Honolulu Music Lessons Co-op is owned and operated by Landon Mattox who is also one of the teachers providing private lessons in Guitar, Ukulele and Bass. Landon believes that the practice of paying teachers only a third of the lesson fee is wrong and exploitative and our mission as a co-op is to provide excellent teaching facilities to highly qualified and experienced teachers in a way where the teacher keeps the lion’s share of lessons fees and we all work together to share the costs of rent, web design and marketing so that we can all provide excellent service in the long term. Lessons providers that only pay instructors a third of the lessons fees suffer from the following problems: their instructors may not be qualified or experienced or have a degree in music and they have high turnover which means your teacher may not be the same person month after month and year after year, the teachers may feel unhappy and burnt out during the lessons since they aren’t being paid a fair wage and may not work hard to provide students and families with their best attention and quality service.
