Welcome to Joe Hastings' GUITAR, BASS, UKULELE, MANDOLIN, and BANJO Lessons page!
Here you can get details of Lessons with Joe Hastings either ONLINE or IN-PERSON Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Mandolin, and Banjo Lessons.
Here you can also purchase GUITAR, UKULELE, BASS, MANDOLIN, and BANJO lessons easy and fast!
Here is a guide to the lessons:
LESSONS WITH JOE HASTINGS: (UPDATED AUGUST 6TH, 2023)
1. HAVE LOTS OF FUN!!! Play, practice, pluck, strum, noodle, pick, strike, thumb, vamp, riff, shred, slap, and practice a lot!
2. LESSON SCHEDULING: Please schedule directly with Joe at the CONTACT page, via text, email. or phone. (contact info
available upon request).
Lessons times are typically Monday-Saturday between 11am-8:00pm.
Lessons are usually either a half hour, or a full hour at a consistent time slot each week.
*If you'd like flexible scheduling, that is an option and is available for busy schedules!
3. LESSON PAYMENT:
OPTION 1: All lesson TIME SLOTS are PRE-PAID MONTHLY:
*Discounted $132.00/month paid on or before the first lesson of the month.
OPTION 2: Flexible scheduling and payment with “Pay as you go” rate of $32.00/half hour, $60.00/hour - flexible
schedule.
*Option one students get a discount rate.
4. PAYMENT METHODS: We accept Cash, Check, Venmo, Zelle, Credit Card or PayPal!
Cash or Check:
Please pay Joe Hastings directly at the beginning of the first lesson of the month directly in person, or you can mail a
check to the address. (available upon request)
For Visa, Mastercard, Credit or Debit Cards:
We accept Credit or Debit Cards safely and securely on this website.
For payment, please scroll down to the bottom of this page and choose which lesson package you would prefer.
*For Credit Card Purchases please note that there is a fee for use of Credit Card Service marked in checkout as
"shipping". Fee charges between 3%-4.5%.
For more payment options, such as Venmo, Paypal, Zelle, please CONTACT us.
5. MISSED LESSONS: If you need to miss a lesson, please let Joe know as soon as possible or at least one week in
advance via your lesson before, text, email, or call.. A "no call/text or no show" will be charged. Re-scheduled make-up
lessons are honored ONLY if there is a sickness or family emergency, or is communicated at least ONE WEEK prior to
the missed lesson time slot. Re-scheduled lessons must be scheduled within two weeks of the missed lesson. Because
of the time slot demand, there are no guarantees to reschedule a missed time slot (Joe will try his best to honor any
reschedule). *IN-PERSON STUDENTS - EXCEPTION FOR SICKNESS-please do not come if you are not feeling well-
we can push a lesson credit forward! When lessons are not able to happen during holidays, those scheduled lessons
will be available for a make-up lesson within two weeks of that missed lesson. If there's no call, text, or no show for
two lesson times, you may be taken off the schedule.
6. DISCONTINUING LESSONS: Please give at least one week notice to discontinue lessons.
7. MATERIALS NEEDED: Please bring to the lesson your instrument, your three ring binder, a tuner and a pick.
8. IN-PERSON LESSONS GUIDE: Lessons will be at one of Joe's lesson studios. (address available upon request)
As the student enters, please feel free to unpack your instrument and materials outside of the lesson studio in the
waiting area..
*For time efficiency, have your instrument tuned, out of the case (leave case outside studio) and ready for the lesson
with your instrument and materials in hand.
As you exit, please pack-up your instrument, materials, jacket, in the area outside of the lesson studio.
*Please be mindful of the next student's time. :)
9. ONLINE LESSONS GUIDE: Online lessons will use either FACETIME or ZOOM.
For camera settings - please set your camera to "LANDSCAPE" view. (Sideways rectangle view)
For camera positioning - please position yourself with "three points" in view- Left hand, Right hand, & Face for
efficient communication.
For Facetime- Please let Joe know the best phone number or email that connects to your Facetime device. At the time
of the scheduled FACETIME lesson, Joe will call you to start the lesson.
For Zoom- If you haven't setup a free Zoom account, please do so and let Joe know the email address that you used
to setup your Zoom account. Joe then will send you a contact request through Zoom to your email. Please accept that
request before the students first lesson.
If you have a Zoom account, please let Joe know the email address that you used to set up the account. Joe will
then send you a contact request through Zoom to your email. Please accept that request before the student's first
lesson. After the contact request has been accepted and added to Joe's contacts, instead of scheduling Zoom
meetings, Joe at the time of the lesson, will request a meeting with the student. (more efficient
than recurring meetings).
10. RECOMMENDED MATERIALS:
*IMPORTANT FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS - GUITAR, BASS, UKULELE, MANDOLIN, AND BANJO-
PLEASE GET A THREE RING BINDER WITH AT LEAST 40 PLASTIC PAGE INSERTS FOR LOOSE LEAF PAGES!
(I have extra three ring binders and plastic page inserts for sale)
GUITAR: (For a beginner) Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method Grade 1 (Blue cover) - Mel Bay
BASS: Modern Bass Method Vol. 1 (Yellowish Cover)- Roger Filiberto
For Ukulele, Banjo, or Mandolin we will have an initial lesson to see what materials would suit the students needs.
11. PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
Minimum practice recommendation - Practice for a minimum of 5 minutes, once or twice a day!
Maximum practice recommendation - Practice for 3-5 hours three times a day! :)
12. Have a ton of FUN!
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS!
Thank you!
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