Economy Drives Music Students Out of the Studio

(SANEPR.com) June 8, 2009 -- Los Angeles, CA, United States (SANEPR) June 05, 2009. America’s music-loving public has begun tightening its belt on private lessons. Since its early rumblings last fall, the recession has made its impact on music students, who find it increasingly difficult to come up with the extra $200.00 per month necessary to take private lessons. The founders of the Los Angeles Guitar Academy, Emre Sabuncuoglu and Thomas Foster have taken matters into their own hands by providing its students an online option. According to Emre, online lessons can cost as little as $17.00 per month, a savings of $183.00 per month.

Sabuncuoglu and his partner, Thomas Foster, are concert artists who specialize in classical and Flamenco guitar. Since LAGA is one of the only professional classical or Flamenco studios which offers online lessons, the Los Angeles-based master teachers have already attracted students from all over North America with their online option.

Sabuncuoglu and Foster hope to use the online teaching platform to appeal to students from varied locations around the globe. Sabuncuoglu, who speaks four languages, looks forward to working with a diverse clientele as he shares his passion for Flamenco and classical guitar music throughout the world.

Los Angeles Guitar Academy Online (LAGA Online, http://onlineguitaracademy.net) offers two online lesson options. With over two thousand instructional videos, as well as a live option via webcam, LAGA offers a comprehensive teaching system that students can take advantage of 24/7 without leaving their home. The tutorials in each program are logically sequenced in small steps, helping students learn at their own pace, an advantage during an economic downturn in which students may have to work more than one job to make ends meet.

LAGA Online (http://onlineguitacademy.net) was founded in January 2009 to make world-class classical and Flamenco guitar lessons more accessible to more people than was possible in a traditional studio format. The site offers free trial lessons to beginners.