Silveiras Guitar Academy

We started this place over in Koregaon Park because there weren't many spots to just sit and play. It is inside the Jay Gopal Industrial Estate, which sounds a bit fancy but it is really just a bunch of rooms where we keep the instruments. Usually, it is pretty loud because someone is always practicing a scale or trying to get a chord right. I have been around guitars most of my life and teaching felt like the next thing to do. We get all sorts of people here. Some kids who barely know how to hold the neck and some older folks who finally have time to learn. It is not a big fancy school with uniforms or anything like that. Just some chairs, a few amps, and plenty of patience. Sometimes the strings break right in the middle of a lesson and we have to stop to fix them. That is just how it goes. The industrial estate gets a bit busy during the day, so parking is sometimes a bit of a headache, but we manage. We aren't trying to produce rock stars every week, though that would be cool. Mostly, it is about getting through the basics without hurting your fingers too much. If you walk past the door, you will likely hear a mix of blues or maybe some classic rock riffs. It feels good to see someone finally nail a song they have been struggling with for weeks.