The world has seen many great music teachers come and go. They have been maestros who have performed all over the world, entertaining the audience, captivating them with their mesmerizing style of music and at the same time, doing the noble deed of imparting their knowledge to people who wish to be a part of the global music community.

The most well renowned music teachers of the globe have been well renowned musicians themselves. Great artistes like Mozart and Beethoven have taught scores of students themselves. In fact, pupils of Mozart have made it big at the world stage for years now.

More recently, there have been scores of teachers who have not only performed to enthrall audiences, but also as a means to advertise them. The modern music teacher gives a concert, and at the same time distributes pamphlets to everyone in the crowd, in the hope of garnering the interests of a majority of the public.

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There have been many great music teachers who have done this. Guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Bruce Dickinson have taught many pupils the fine art of rock n roll guitar playing. The modern drummers who also have an avocation of being a music teacher are Lars Ulrich, and Daron Malakian.

Modern great music teachers also record their own videos. They speak into the camera and record guitar lessons on tape, and sell the same to their students in the virtual world. Guitarists such as System of a Down fame D Malakian, metallica’s J Hetfield, and also drummers L Ulrich of Metallica and those of other rock bands impart their knowledge of music through streaming video, or pre recorded CDs.