Pat Lajoie

If you have been looking for an experienced Melbourne based guitar teacher. Then consider Pat Lajoie's guitar lessons Melbourne service.

Pat is a RGT@LCM - Registered Guitar Tutor at London College of Music.

In his hometown of Melbourne, Australia Pat is an active musician / producer. He can be found playing various local gigs and running a private music school.

Pat started his studies in Jazz guitar back in 1981 with Guitarist Mark Cally, who now resides in Los Angeles and teaches at Musician Institute. After working with Mark for 3 years, Mark recommended Pat to study with Melbourne jazz guitar icon Bruce Clarke which he did for a year. Pat has travelled and performed in New York City on numerous occasions during the 90s. During these visits to the "Big Apple" Pat managed to study guitar with contemporary guitarist / educator Bruce Arnold an others.

In 1996, Pat attended a jazz guitar masterclass workshop with guitar great, John Scofield. A highlight for Pat was that he managed to sit in with John Scofield's trio during the final performances.

A week later Pat also attended two other masterclass workshops with Jim Hall and Pat Martino.

Nowadays, Pat is busy teaching, composing and producing his original music, as well as producing music for other clients.