Background

Neil Palmer has been involved in music for the last 14 years, starting in early high school on bass guitar where he worked his way up to attaining Dux for Solo Performance in Year 12. After high school he studied a Certificate IV in music, a Bachelor of Music and First Class Honours all in jazz performance.

Neil has been involved in many different musical endeavours such as: popular music covers for functions and weddings; jazz groups like the Ben Martin Trio; local musical productions like Cats or Mary Poppins; funk band Local Revolution who have performed at local and interstate gigs; and progressive rock band Dyssidia which have also played locally and interstate. During that time Neil has been involved in teaching institutions and schools around Adelaide.

Dyssidia have shared the stage with a range of Australian and international acts such as:

Caligula’s Horse, Ne Obliviscaris, Psycroptic, Be’lakor, Plini, Voyager, and James Norbert Ivanyi. (Australia)

Opeth & Katatonia (Sweden), Tesseract & Sikth (UK), Trivium, Fallujah & Between The Buried And Me (USA), Beyond Creation & Intervals (Canada), The Ocean (Germany), Klone (France).

Now available for online lesson via Skype/Zoom.

Lessons

Bass Guitar/Electric Guitar:

  • Skill levels ranging from beginner to advanced

  • Focus on a number of different techniques and genres of music such as Jazz, Rock/Metal, Funk, Pop

Theory and Composition

  • Exploring theory concepts related to the interests of student

    • Cycle of keys

    • Chords and Scales

    • Rhythm

    • Improvisation

  • Application of theory for composition in a range of styles

  • Use of Guitar Pro 7 for composition and Garage Band or Logic Pro X for recording