Simon Tittley | Musician | Producer | Teacher
Simon Tittley | Musician | Producer | Teacher
'...Any creative person has to struggle against all the forces in the world and within themselves especially, that are working against them.
You've got to be kind of a warrior to be an artist, and stand to be the best you can be in the face of critism and adversity...'
John Frusciante - Guitar Player, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Simon Tittley is a guitarist & bassist, singer/songwriter, record producer and guitar & bass teacher. He was obsessed with the guitar from the age of eleven and went on to develop a life long appreciation of rock, blues, jazz and fusion music.
While at drama school in the nineteen seventies Simon was encouraged by Wrecking Crew guitarist BARNEY KESSEL to learn to read on guitar and to study music theory. This lead to him having lessons with BBC session guitarist ALAN SHUTTLEWORTH at Birmingham Guitar School, where he later taught.
When his teacher and mentor retired and moved to rural France in the early nineteen eighties Simon took over the administration and day-to-day running of the school. He later went on to work as a musician in South East Asia, Europe, the USA and the UK. He has written, engineered and produced albums for major and indie labels and emerging independent artists.
Since returning to the UK after a three year period of being signed as an artist to an indie lable in the United States in 1994 Simon has taught thousands of guitar & bass students at his Planet Zog studio in Herefordshire.
Simon continues to mentor and encourage former pupils including Nu Jazz guitar virtuoso and 13th Hour Records artist LEE JONES and award-winning singer/songwriter JACK HARRIS.
After leaving the Hereford Courtyard Theatre, where he played guitar & bass in nearly four hunderd shows Simon was encouraged by jazz fusion guitarist LARRY CORYELL to return to playing live music. Simon currently performs, writes and produces music with his band PSYCHEDELIC HEARTS CLUB.
Simon also has a YouTube channel Anti-Galactic Backing Tracks that features backing tracks in a variety of contemporary styles for musicians to improvise to. The channel has nearly 500 subscribers with over 110K views to date...
Simon welcomes tuition enquiries from guitar and bass students of all levels, from COMPLETE BEGINNERS to aspiring professionals either in person in Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and surrounding areas or online via Zoom anywhere on Planet Earth !
For further information please CALL or TEXT Simon on :
07875 255 817