Luca Brown

GUITAR | PRODUCTION | VOCAL PRODUCTION | MUSIC THEORY

Luca Brown is a professional guitarist, producer, and Grammy Award-winning recording engineer whose work spans a global catalog of over 1.4 billion streams, platinum records, and Grammy and Latin Grammy-nominated projects. His credits include artists such as Karol G, Kali Uchis, Peso Pluma, Shaboozey, and Aminé.

With over 10 years of experience and a B.A. in Music from UC Berkeley, Luca brings both formal musical training and real-world industry experience to his teaching. Having worked with artists in professional studio and live settings, he understands the musicianship, creativity, and technical skills needed to succeed across a range of musical environments.

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Teaching

Luca teaches guitar, music & vocal production, and music theory to students of all ages and experience levels. covering styles from rock, pop and funk, to country, jazz, hip-hop, and R&B. He believes that everyone is born with a unique musical voice and his teaching aims to explore and guide each student in finding their unique playing/production style.

  • Develop your own playing style and musical voice while learning to create parts that translate in both live and studio settings. We'll work on technique, transcription, rhythm, pocket, and improvisation, exploring how to develop parts that serve the music while building the skills and fretboard knowledge to play in any setting with confidence.

  • Learn the vocal production techniques I've used on multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning records. We'll start by building a strong engineering foundation, covering microphone selection and placement, recording techniques, and signal flow before moving into vocal editing, tuning, comping, and processing. From there, we'll work directly on your own projects, applying and learning professional industry techniques while developing your music.

  • Develop your production skills through hands-on work with modern recording, arrangement, sound design, and mixing techniques. We'll establish a foundation in the tools and workflows used in professional studios, then apply those techniques directly to your own projects. The goal is to help you develop your sound, refine your creative process, and bring your productions to a professional level.

  • Learn to understand and apply music theory in a way that directly informs your playing, writing, and creative decisions. We'll explore harmony, chord progressions, scales, rhythm, and ear training, connecting the concepts to real music and the styles you enjoy. Whether you're looking to better understand the music you play, develop your improvisation, or expand your songwriting and production vocabulary, lessons are shaped around your goals.

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