Matthew Gustafson
Guitar Lessons

Learn guitar
at your kitchen table.

In-home guitar lessons in and around New Paltz. I come to you. Complete beginners welcome, kids and adults alike.

Get in touch

Twenty years playing,
ten years teaching.

I've been playing guitar for twenty years and teaching for ten, all across the mid-Hudson Valley. Along the way I've played in dozens of bands, toured the Northeast, and recorded on more albums than I can count. When I'm not teaching, I run a busy recording studio here in the valley.

All of that finds its way into lessons, but the heart of it is simpler: meet you where you are, keep it fun, and build real skill at a pace that feels good. I welcome complete beginners, work with students of every age, and have a soft spot for kids picking up the guitar for the first time.

How lessons work

I come to you. Lessons run weekly and are booked in cycles of four, with payment for the cycle due at the first lesson. From there we keep a steady rhythm going. If life happens, a lesson cancelled with a day's notice is easy to reschedule.

WhereIn your home, anywhere in the New Paltz area.
How longThirty or sixty minutes, once a week.
BookingIn cycles of four lessons, paid at the first.

Rates

Four-Lesson Cycle
paid at the first lesson
30 minutes$260  ·  $65 each
60 minutes$320  ·  $80 each

Single lesson   30 minutes $70  ·  60 minutes $90

Let's find a time.

I teach in students' homes in and around New Paltz. The easiest way to reach me is a quick text or email, and we'll get a first lesson on the calendar.