My name is Ben, a 43-year-old guitarist, professional musician and teacher from Antwerp. At the age of 12, I was lucky enough to have a father who put an acoustic guitar in my hands to learn my first chords on. Later, at the age of 16, he also gave me an electric guitar set. With that I could finally start playing the riffs of my favorite bands, using the necessary effects. That really got the ball rolling.
Initially, chord progressions in particular were quite a challenge to master. Some moves seemed almost impossible in the short term and many musical passages that I wanted to replay just didn't work quickly enough.
Over the years, my taste in music has been constantly changing – sometimes even from one extreme to the other. I often experienced alternating periods of instrumental rest and new ones of non-stop dedication.
After obtaining a bachelor's degree in business administration, I decided to broaden my guitar playing even more. I practiced many hours a day, on both acoustic and electric guitar, and focused on heavy metal, classical baroque pieces and the fingerpicking genre with blues picking and ragtime as favorites.
My contribution to playing in a band setting has been fairly limited because over the years I have mainly focused on teaching. I have played in a number of bands, including the Irish folklore and bluegrass band Medra and the cover band Nediam Nori, and I have also done duo projects with a number of people. Up to that point, most of my progress on guitar was largely due to my own
efforts.
My ultimate goal is to offer people who are following the same path a very targeted and efficient approach that saves them a lot of unnecessary time and effort.
Ben Boeckx
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