Between live tours with such artists as Ziggy Marley, the Marley Brothers and Raya Yarbrough, Guitarist Takeshi Akimoto maintains a very busy schedule. His sessions include soundtracks for such motion pictures as 50 First Dates and Christmas with the Kranks as well as regular work in the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” house band. At MI, Takeshi teaches Private Lessons and Open Counseling.
Musicians Institute’s faculty includes some of the finest educators, artists, and music professionals in the world. To find out more about MI teachers, locate individual teachers by name or see who’s on the faculty for each department.
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Lance Alonzo graduated from the Guitar Craft Academy program in March 2001 and soon joined the staff as a teaching assistant by then-Program Director John Carruthers.
Michael Amicone has been a respected music journalist and editor for over two decades.
Steve Anderson started playing in bands at age 13, and immediately started taking gear apart to lear how it worked. This eventually led to serious electronics training and a new career providing technical support to working musicians. An interest in the recording process resulted in a career sh
Michael Anderson is a songwriter, artist, producer and author who has written songs for John Fogerty, Juice Newton, Pam Tillis, Phil Seymour, Rebecca St. James and others in rock, pop, country and CCM.
As a voice coach, professional session singer, vocal producer and record producer/ arranger in Los Angeles and Seattle, Dana Anton has worked with many artists, including Alice in Chains, Candlebox, Blind Melon, Slipknot, Heart, Lo Ball and Snoop Dogg.