A living-room piano at dusk, ready for an in-home lesson.

In-home music lessons · North County San Diego

The studio comes to your house.

Kevin Graves Mobile Music Studio brings private piano, guitar, voice, and ukulele lessons to the living room — so practice happens where life already is.

  • Lessons at the student’s home
  • Kids, teens, and adults
  • No studio commute

About Kevin

Patient teaching. Real progress. No traffic to a storefront.

Kevin Graves built a mobile studio so students can learn on their own instrument, in their own space, without losing an evening to a parking lot.

He works with first-timers who have never touched a fretboard and with adults who put music down years ago and want it back. Lessons stay practical: good posture, clean sound, songs the student actually wants to play, and a short practice plan that fits a real week.

Parents stay nearby. Beginners are welcome. If a student has an instrument at home, Kevin uses it. If they are still choosing one, he will help pick something that will last past the first month.

Music teacher with an acoustic guitar during an in-home lesson.

Lessons

What Kevin teaches at your house

Each instrument is taught one-on-one. No group classes, no waiting room.

Hands at a home piano during a private lesson.

Keys

Piano & keyboard

Reading, ear training, and songs from the first month. Acoustic piano or a weighted keyboard both work at home.

Acoustic guitar on a stand in a sunlit living room.

Strings

Guitar

Acoustic or electric. Chords, picking, rhythm, and the tracks a student already has on repeat — taught without rushing the fundamentals.

Adult student practicing voice in a bright living room.

Voice

Singing

Breath, pitch, and healthy tone for kids through adults. Repertoire can be worship, pop, musical theater, or whatever they will actually practice.

Ukulele resting on a sofa in a family living room.

Starter

Ukulele

A friendly first instrument for younger students and adults who want music without a steep setup. Songs come quickly; technique still matters.

Students

Built for the people who live in the house

Beginner keyboard set up in a family living room.

Ages 6–11

Kids

Short, structured lessons that keep attention and give parents a clear practice list. Instruments stay at home, so the next session starts where the last one ended.

Teen practicing guitar on the living-room couch.

Ages 12–17

Teens

Technique plus the music they already care about. Enough structure to improve, enough ownership that they keep showing up.

Adult student working through a piece at a home piano.

18+

Adults

No recital pressure. Lessons move at an adult pace — whether that is a first chord or getting rust off after twenty years away from the bench.

How it works

A mobile studio, not a storefront

Kevin travels to the student’s house with a teaching kit. You provide a quiet room and the instrument.

Tuner, metronome, notebook, and capo set out on a coffee table for an in-home lesson.
  1. 01

    Tell him who is learning

    Share the student’s age, instrument, and a preferred day. First-timers do not need to prepare anything.

  2. 02

    Lock a standing time

    Most families keep a weekly slot. Make-up lessons are arranged when a week gets messy — just give as much notice as you can.

  3. 03

    He arrives ready to teach

    A tuner, metronome, stands, and teaching materials come with him. You need a chair, a little floor space, and an instrument.

  4. 04

    Practice stays in the same room

    After each visit Kevin leaves a short plan. Because the lesson happened at home, the piano or guitar is already where practice will happen.

Rates

Simple in-home pricing

Travel inside the core service area is included. Homes outside that map are quoted before the first visit.

Trial

First lesson

$45 / 45 min

Meet Kevin, check the instrument, and leave with a starter plan. No package required to try a lesson.

Most families

Weekly lesson

$60 / 45 min

Standing weekly visit at the house. Notes after each session. Billed monthly for the weeks on the calendar.

Longer block

Hour lesson

$75 / 60 min

Better for teens, adults, and students working two pieces or voice plus theory in the same visit.

Service area

North County first. Nearby cities by request.

Kevin’s regular route covers Vista, Oceanside, Carlsbad, San Marcos, Escondido, and Encinitas. Homes in Fallbrook, Poway, and coastal North County are often possible with a small travel add-on.

If you are unsure whether your street is on the route, send the city and a preferred day. He will confirm before anything is booked.

Quiet palm-lined neighborhood street in North County San Diego.

Start this month

A quiet hour at home beats another drive across town.

Tell Kevin the instrument and a couple of days that work. He will reply with available windows on his current route.

Book the first lesson

Contact

Request a visit

Call or text for the fastest reply. Email is fine if you want to include the student’s age and instrument in one note.

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