Lessons
My goal is to help students experience the joy and life enrichment of expressing themselves through music. I offer private one-on-one music lessons in a variety of subjects with an emphasis on creativity and personal growth to help students become better musicians, performers, and writers, whether as professionals or hobbyists. I teach all ages and levels and lesson plans are custom made to each student's unique interests.
I know that no two students are the same; therefore, I create unique lesson plans for each individual student based on their particular situation and interests. By using a "start where you are" approach, I am able to build on an individual's strengths and curiosity, while filling in the gaps to help each student grow into their own full potential. These are not cookie-cutter lessons, but live, one-on-one private lessons that are interactive and customized.
I currently offer lessons in:
Drum set
Hand and foot technique (including Stone, Moeller, Gladstone and Spivack techniques)
Guitar
Bass
Percussion
Piano/ Keyboards/ Synthesizers
Appalachian dulcimer
Tabla
Songwriting
Composition
Theory
Rhythmic development
Free improvisation
Tonal improvisation
Recording techniques
Electronic music composition & music concrète
Touring tips and recording studio advice
Creative process coaching & interdisciplinary studies
Mentorship
Any combination of subjects for a customized lesson plan to suit your specific goals
Education/ experience
Ryan Jewell is a musician, composer, improvisor, performer and educator with 25 years of performance and teaching experience. Like many of us, he started out as a self-taught musician learning from records, books, watching live performances, and personal experimentation. His enthusiasm and curiosity soon turned to frustration when he reached the limitations of learning slowly on his own. This motivated him to seek out teachers and more experienced musicians from which to learn, and thus began the journey of being a lifelong student of music of all kinds. Out of high school he studied at Capital University Conservatory of Music, then went on to study independently with many private instructors to deepen his craft and satisfy his curiosity while working as a full-time musician. To this day he continues to study, practice, and play to learn new perspectives and grow as a professional musician, artist, and human being. These experiences in both formal and informal educational situations have given him a wide variety of methods that contribute to his versatile teaching style.
Ryan has studied percussion, guitar, bass, piano/ keys, composition, theory, electronic music/ tape music/ synthesis, Appalachian music, and Hindustani music with:
Nate Anders, Lisa Bella Donna, Bob Breithaupt, Brett Burleson, Jim Chapin, Rocco DiPietro, Steve Dodge, Jim Feist, Dennis Hodges, Ari Hoenig, Greg Hutchinson, Susie Ibarra, Glenn Kotche, Dr. Lowell Lybarger, Sam McCoy, Cian Nugent, Eric Paton, Dr. Rocky Reuter, John Simon, Dr. Hans Utter, Tianshu Wang, Zoro and others.
As an educator he has taught thousands of lessons to hundreds of private students over the past 20 years. In addition to teaching privately on his own, he has also taught workshops, classes, lessons, clinics and camps and at The New School, Jazz Academy, Oberlin Conservatory, Northern Kentucky University, Stuart's Opera House, Columbus State, Rock Academy Woodstock, and Queensland University of Technology in Australia.
As a performer he has toured frequently and extensively in North America, Europe, United Kingdom, South America, Australia and New Zealand and has has learned a great deal from performing and recording with artists such as:
Tom Abbs, Christine Abdelnour, Marshall Allen (of the Sun Ra Arkestra) Hasan Abdur-Razzaq, Dwight Adams, Boshra Al Saadi, Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, Ishmael Ali, Ben Ahlteen, Kendra Amalie, An Evening Redness, Kim Anderson, Kevin Ashba, Leroy Bach, Ka Baird, Meg Baird, Tim Barnes, Jenna Barvitski, Eddie Bayard, Lisa Bella Donna, Ben Bennett, Michael Bisio, Brendan Berry, Iva Bittova, Wil Blades, Stuart Bogie, Shaun Booker, Andrew Bird, jaimie branch, Mike Brown, Paul Brown, Brett Burleson, Warren Byrom, Califone, Sean Carney, Otis M. Carson, Carrom, Davide Cedolin, Hans Chew, Circuit Des Yeux, Nels Cline, Jay Collins, Complete Strangers, Constant Smiles, Chris Cooper, Crown of Eternity, Jay DeMarcus (of Rascal Flatts), Derek DiCenzo, Jerry David DiCicca, John Dieterich (of Deerhoof), Nadia DiGregorio, Robert Dick, Aaron Dilloway, Rocco DiPietro, Steve Dodge, Daniel Donato, Bbob Drake, Erin Durant, Elkhorn, Tyler Evans, Douglas Ewart, Patrick Farmer, The Floating Mountain Band, Bobby Floyd, Eamon Fogarty, Chris Forsyth, Andrew Daly Frank, Bill Frisell, Mike Gamble, Chris Gantry, Drew Gardner, Jarrett Gilgore, Joey Gilmore, Jay Gonzalez (of Drive-By Truckers), Andrew Graham and Swarming Branch, Darin Gray, Ben Greenfield, Guma, Steve Gunn, Neil Hagerty (of Royal Trux), Tony Hagood Trio, Tom Hamilton Jr. (of JRAD), Dave Harrington, Otto Hauser, Health&Beauty, Scott Hedrick, Jesse Henry, Roger Hines, Dennis Hodges, Patrick Holmes, Enayet Hossain, Christian Howes, Insane Jazz Posse, James Ilgenfritz, Dan Iead, Shahzad Ismaily, Avi Jacob, Jandek, Jan Niklas Jansen, Ross Jenkins, Ryan Jewell Quintet, Norah Jones, Jordan O’Jordan, Kidd Jordan, Simon Joyner, Richard Kamerman, Jorma Kaukonen, Greg Kelley, Peter Kerlin, Mike Khoury, Kikagaku Moyo, Max Knouse, Glenn Kotche, Jonny Kosmo, Kurt Kotheimer, Ayane Kozasa, Michael Krazzner, Jesse Kudler, Willie Lane, Baba Andrew Lamb Trio, Laraaji, Robbie Lee, Jason Lehning, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Mark Lovell, Bill MacKay, Paul "Top Dollar" Major, J Mascis, Harvey Mandel, Larry Marotta, Bob Marsh, John McEntire & Douglas McCombs (of Tortoise), Steven Shane McDonald (of Melvins and Redd Cross), Thollem McDonas, Bradley Mellen Quartet, Anthony Molina, Tony Monaco, JayVe Montgomery, Bat-Ami Moses, Mosses, Tatsuya Nakatani, New Seven, Cian Nugent, Matthew O’Neil, Olden Yolk, One Eleven Heavy, Joe Panzner, Steve Perakis, Pink Mountaintops, Pink Reason, Brigid Mae Power, Psychedelic Horseshit, Quiet Pepsi, Aaron Quinn Nonet, Reuben Radding, Bhob Rainey, Vic Rawlings, David Reed, Pete Remm, Christopher Riggs, Aaron Roche, Rose City Band, Saintseneca, Dave Samuels, Alex Schrock Trio, Kevin Scott, Caity Shaffer, The Shatters, Dan Shaw, Noga Shefi, Mike Shiflet, Travis Shook, Wilson Shook, Stan Smith, Ron Stabinsky (of Meat Puppets and MOPDTK), Chad Stocker, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Sword Heaven, Mike Tamburo, Terribly Empty Pockets, Rafael Toral, Trace Mountains, Jeff Tweedy, Ultraam, Hans Utter, Matt Valentine, Ryley Walker, Wasteland Jazz Unit, Wharfer, John Wiese, Jan Williams, Billy Wolfe Composers’ Tetradectet, Tyler Wood, Woods, Nate Wooley, Jack Wright, C. Spencer Yeh, Yours Are The Only Ears, Jason Zeh and many others.