Private guitar lessons through Music
and Arts Centers and Contemporary
Music Center.
Brent Buckley is
a Northern Virginia/DC based member of the American
String Teachers Association with over 35 years of experience as a
teacher, composer, guitarist, and keyboardist. Brent has worked with bands
in many musical genres including rock, progressive rock, top 40, metal, blues,
classical, jazz, country, show bands, and pit orchestras. Brent offers private
guitar lessons, solo performances, and a wide array of services including
recording, mastering, and custom compositions/arrangements. Brent also fronts
The Brent Buckley Band, a power trio in the classic style. Brent has written
custom music for commercial clients GEICO and Airline Tariff Publishing (ATPCO),
and recently released “Drivin’ In My Sleep" (TV Tray
Records 1220), a CD collection of original country/blues-tinged rock tunes
and acoustic guitar solo pieces.
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8/24/08 - Upcoming gigs:
Sat. Sept.6 - Carmello's solo acoustic Manassas VA 7:30 pm
Sat. Sept.13 - Burke Center Festival (on guitars with Alex Rhoads) Burke VA 11:30 AM
More soon, hope to see you!
7/6/08 - Have added a lovely Takamine 12-string acoustic-electric guitar to the rig (thanks honey) so we now have both electric and acoustic 12s available...I will be adding Wednesdays at Music and Arts Center's Burke VA location to my guitar teaching schedule, beginning July 16! Call the store at (703) 764-1400 now to secure your slot...I'm recording a new acoustic solo demo here at the newly upgraded TV Tray Studio; Alex Rhoads has some new songs which we will probably demo here as well...Once again thanks to Amy for her hard work configuring the new studio rig (and for taking some great shots at the JAXX gig!)
6/21/08 - I've posted some photos from the recent JAXX gig with Alex Rhoads on my MySpace page...have a look!
6/16/08 - Here's all the latest! Just played a fun show at JAXX in Springfield, on guitars with NOVA-based artist Alex Rhoads, will be working more with Alex in the future...Upcoming performances (please note the July 19 date at Carmellos has been cancelled):
Fri. Aug. 1 - Carmello's solo acoustic
Sat. Sept. 6 - Carmello's solo acoustic
Sat. Sept. 13 - Burke Center Festival with Alex Rhoads
Sat. Oct 4 - Carmello's solo acoustic
Sat. Oct. 25 - Bangkok Blues with Alex Rhoads
I will be teaching a Summer Group Guitar class at the Oakton Music and Arts Center - this intro class for beginners should be a lot of fun. Call (703) 281-0400 to reserve your seat....All for now - check back soon!
4/30/08 - The new studio rig is up and running, with a new Dell Precision (4 gigs RAM, dual-core 3.0 processor, 500 gig drive, M-Audio Delta 1010 interface) running Cubase 4 (recording @ 32 bit), Finale 2008 (music notation), Adobe Audition 3 (audio editing) and T-Racks (analog-modeled mastering), along with tons of virtual instruments. Thanks to Amy for all her efforts in getting this smokin' system configured...New music coming soon...Gigs at Carmellos in June and July and I'm currently teaching about 44 guitar students every week... Hope you'll drop by i-Tunes or CD Baby (links to your right) to download a track or two (or three!)..."Gimme Just A Little" has been picked up by a few internet radio stations recently...Thanks for stopping by! BB
4/2/08 - Had an enjoyable editing/mastering session with R&B/jazz artist Kenny Wesley yesterday...Fun gig at Carmellos the other night, was nice to see my old bandmates from Badda Bing (Jeff Ponder, Jan Jakubowski, Andy Blinick) as well as Andy's wife Jenny. I had to watch them eat a huge Italian meal as I slaved over my acoustic guitar...Back soon with news on the upcoming studio upgrade! BB
3/19/08: Back from FLA...We're in the midst of a a massive upgrade of the studio rig with a new computer, latest software versions, dual monitors, and a multichannel audio interface. The present system will also be running until we're ready to switch over so never fear, we should not have any periods of time where the whole rig is down...Come on out to Carmello's in Manassas for acoustic solo shows on:
March 29
June 7
July 19
2/28/08 update: Teaching at Contemporary Music Center and Music and Arts Centers is going really well, I have about 42 students currently...Next acoustic show at Carmello's in Manassas will be March 29...Amy gave me a very nice Ibanez locking-trem electric guitar for Valentine's Day, she's the best...
1/27/08 update - acoustic show at Carmello's in Manassas: Friday Feb. 15 @7:30 - come on out! ....I will be joining the teaching staff at Contemporary Music Center's Haymarket VA location; very pleased to work with Menzie and his great crew! This will be in addition to my teaching days at Music and Arts Centers...Just completed a small recording project for vocalist Jessica Miller which turned out quite nicely...
1/4/08 update - Live acoustic show at Carmello's in Manassas Saturday night 1/5/08 - come on out to support live music and enjoy the best Italian food in the area - 7:30 pm in the lounge www.carmellos.com...Have added an SKB pedalboard to the live electric rig, sweet...Happy New Year!
12/18 update - Just played a fun gig at Carmellos with my birthday at midnight, had a great crowd! Upcoming Carmellos dates:
January 5, 2008
February 15, 2008
March 29, 2008
www.carmellos.com for more info
Other news: Mike Dougherty's new album "Southern Comfort" is now available - this excellent acoustic fingerpicker had the album mastered and prepped for duplication right here at TV Tray Studio. Go to www.mikedoughertymusic.com for more info or to purchase...Merry Christmas and a happy holiday to everyone - thank you for your support!
11/11 update: Back to music full-time - it's very exciting ... I'm really enjoying teaching, my students are great; click on the services page for more info or to get signed up for lessons...I'll be playing at Carmello's in Manassas this Friday (Nov.16), doing the acoustic solo thing; more info www.carmellos.com Come on out, Carmellos has the best Italian food in the area...Just completed a tune called "Next Level" on commission from Airline Tariff Publishing Co. (www.atpco.com) to be used in a Macromedia Director presentation at their annual worldwide conference. The program will also include my piece "Tangerine 3.2" (click on the music page to listen)...Any drummers out there? Looking to put together a classic rock band to gig 2-3 times a month; I have a great bass player and he has PA/rehearsal space. Be nice if you can sing too...Amy's the best, she gave me the new Dune book which I really enjoyed...all for now
10/5 update: I will be returning to music as a full-time occupation as of Nov.1, taking on lots of new students and playing more gigs...Will be teaching at Music and Arts Center locations in Manassas, Oakton and Burke - see the Services page for links... New gear added - Dean 12-string electric guitar; Line 6 150-watt stereo half-stack amp for live gigs
9/22 update: Upcoming gigs:
Sat. OCT 13 - Westminster School (Annandale) with Muddy Vesture
Fri. NOV 16 - Carmellos (Manassas)
Sat. DEC 15 - Carmellos - (Manassas) www.carmellos.com
9/17...Welcome to the all-new brentbuckley.com!
I hope you'll take few minutes to check out all the new features. Thanks
to Amy for the site design, and please email bbmusic1@verizon.net
if you have any comments.
The new album is out! - "Drivin' In My Sleep" - The CD provides
the best audio quality and the fine artwork by Gabriella. The album and
individual tracks are also now available on i-Tunes and other download sites.
I just played a couple of very successful live acoustic gigs at Carmello's in Manassas, had tons of fun. Will be booking more dates there soon—stay tuned.
I recently did some audio work for young singer/model Virginia Molinaro; check out a video of her at the links page.
Fingerstyle guitarist Mike Dougherty's new album "Southern Comfort" is in the can. The album was mastered and prepped for duplication here at TV Tray Studio. Look for a fall 2007 release.
The relocation of TV Tray Studio is now complete—it's so much nicer. It took three weeks of hard labor but everything worked at the first power-up (after marking 150 cables with tags)! Now I have natural light, good carpeting, better air-conditioning and all my guitars just a reach away—I've died and gone to heaven. Amy likes it too - we hang out in the studio a lot now and she's learning to play drums.
We've added a Roland V-Drums electronic drum kit to the studio rig-sounds great. Now my drummer friends can come over and play too.
—Brent
