Josh Gardner

I have had quite a few lessons with Josh and have found him to be an extremely positive, enthusiastic and patient music tutor. I have already learnt so much with him. I suffer from severe anxiety and social anxiety but Josh always puts me at ease and is very supportive. I am scared to do things I am unsure of, but eagerly look forward to my lessons because he has such an affable, positive personality. The sessions are fun, flexable and focused. He makes me want to practice and is always available to answer any questions I may have. More...

I've learnt so much and gained so much confidence in what I am doing on bass guitar in the past few months working with Josh. ..
As a relatively new bass guitar student, I have been having lessons with Josh for nearly four months now and am really enjoying them!
Our lessons are always varied and productive - typically a combination of me playing something we have been working on, followed by feedback from Josh (tips, corrections, improvements, ideas - often including great demonstrations from Josh) - usually linking things back to music theory - and perhaps looking at and talking about different songs and musical styles...
As a slightly older learner, I worry that I don't perhaps pick things up as easy as a younger learner would - but Josh is hugely patient and has a great style of encouragement and support to help me improve.
Josh makes the lessons feel very relaxed - which is great, as I seem to put plenty of pressure on myself!
My personal preference is to have a target to meet for the next lesson - whether that be learning a new song, or polishing an existing song, or some other aspect of development - and Josh is good at setting those targets.
Thank you Josh - I'm really appreciating working with you! More...

He’s very patient and he helps you with riffs👍 He shows how to do it on his bass then you do it then he helps you if you find it tricky. I really enjoy my lessons with Josh (Abi age 8) More...

As I am a member of a band who plays gigs from time to time, Josh has the experience and knowledge to help me understand the issues. He’s been a great help expanding my technical and musical knowledge and he’s great at listening to my ideas and working on good practices.

I’m usually very keen to practice the things he’s suggested, and he’s helped re write songs that are too difficult for me to play (in my band) this has helped me understand music better too. More...

We highly recommend Josh - he's very professional and makes the lessons fun for our 15 year old, who's progress is obvious.

Very good. It would be very easy for someone to just 'show' me how to play whereas Josh is 'teaching' me how to play. There's a difference. Josh has been very patient with me and I feel like I'm making good progress and above all, I'm enjoying it. Thank you Josh. More...

Josh really made me feel at ease on my first lesson. He was motivational and encouraging and helped me see what I could achieve.

Very helpful can communicate with adults and children Alister is really happy with his lessons.

I enjoyed having lessons and the lessons had good and nice baselines and songs. The techniques and the way I was taught how to play the bass guitar was good. Overall I like practising with Josh. More...