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Ray Suhy has been teaching guitar for over 25 years. He attended Berklee College of Music and The New School Jazz Program and currently tours with Six Feet Under (Metal Blade Records) as well as the Ray Suhy-Lewis Porter Quartet (Sunnyside Records). He is a student favorite on Lessonface and this month’s Teacher Spotlight! We caught up with him via email:

Sara Landeau is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, educator, writer, composer, and sound artist. She is currently the touring guitarist with Bikini Kill.  She has received an MFA in Sonic Arts from CUNY Brooklyn College, where she is an adjunct professor, and has worked across a broad spectrum of music mediums. She is a founding member, co-songwriter, and lead guitarist of The Julie Ruin (Hardly Art/SubPop), achieved top 10 chart hits, has performed on Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and has songs featured in films and commercials.

On this blue moon, August 30, 2023, Lessonface turns 11 years old! 

A blue moon is the second full moon of two full moons in the same month, an occasion which, according to NASA, happens only every two or three years. Hence the phrase "once in a blue moon" marking unusual events.

Susan Holloway fell in love with the violin in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. She was classically trained in the Suzuki Method and was also exposed to and influenced by the jazz, rock, blues, soul, and gospel of Memphis’ rich music scene, which has had a huge impact on her playing and teaching. She is a student favorite on Lessonface and this month’s Teacher Spotlight!