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Carley Fischer
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Carley started playing classical guitar at the age of 6 and performing in traveling ensembles at the age of 10. She went on to learn rock guitar and join several bands that she actively performs and tours with. In 2018 she earned her Recording Arts and Audio Engineering diploma at Studio West & the Recording Arts Center, and then earned her Bachelor's degree in Media Production from UCSD. In addition to teaching guitar and bass, Carley also works with many of her students on songwriting and music production.
Jayson Mcgehee
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Jayson is an advanced guitar instructor who has extensive experience in a variety of styles and performances circumstances. He spent his formative years learning independently and later pursued an academic degree in guitar performance with an emphasis on jazz studies. His expertise lies in improvisation, composition, music theory, and a variety of techniques found in plethora of styles of music.
Jonathan Hall
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Jonathan Hall is an American Singer-Songwriter influenced by the rich music history of the Laurel Canyon counterculture and LA based session musicians of the late '60's. As a seasoned session/ touring guitarist and multi-instrumentalist turned songwriter. Jonathan Hall has found inspiration in the early '60's pop music from The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, Marty Robins and by more contemporary music from Nirvana, Father John Misty & Weyes Blood.
Austin Hidalgo
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Austin graduated CSUSM in 2023 with a Bachelors in music. He mostly teaches beginner to intermediate in piano, guitar, drums and bass guitar. He also has music production and DJ experience if the student is interested in learning about either of those fields. He specializes in rock/popular music, and can also teach the basics of Jazz piano and songwriting.
Aidan Cotton
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Aidan has been with Guitar Center since 2024 and has seven years of writing, recording, and performing experience. His specialty is in jazz, punk rock, and metal drumming.
Tristan Kent
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Tristan's musical experience is based in the classical tradition, with a particular focus on classical guitar and orchestral strings. He attended San Diego State University, receiving a BM in music education in 2024. Besides his academic training, Tristan also specializes in American folk music, bluegrass, and country. Currently, he is a Master's candidate at SDSU, with an emphasis in critical studies in music. His teaching style couples technical studies with student prompted musical selections, in order to build musicianship.
Zeke Bender
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Has been teaching piano, guitar, and bass since 2021. He started playing piano in 2014 and has been gigging professionally since 2021. Zeke specializes in Jazz music, as well as Blues, Classical, Pop, R&B, Rock, and Soul. He has education experience in Jazz studies since 2019 and still continues his pursuit of music education currently.
David Mingione
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David is a composer and performer in various instruments with his main focus being Guitar. He is classically trained in music theory and enjoys writing metal and jazz music. He has been playing guitar since 2020, and started teaching at Guitar Center in 2026. He hopes to give his students a new perspective about how to approach learning an instrument to make it accessible to anyone.
Mark Bender
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Mark is a professional multi-instrumental recording/performance artist, music director, and songwriter (drums/percussion, guitars, vocals, keys, ukulele, and harmonica). Although he cannot stand "labels", he is known primarily as a "rock" drummer, specializing in metal and punk rock with heavy influences from world music and funk. with over 30 years experience as a performer, Mark has spent the last 15 years educating others, influenced by both his music degree and art degree, and is currently heavily focused on his solo project, in which he plays and records all instruments.
Daniel Martin
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With more than 20 years of experience performing live music Daniel truly has a passion for music. He has continued his musical journey with an emphasis on vocals, guitar and bass over the past decade.