Christchurch
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Bio
Hi There!
We’re Spiderhands Productions, a company based in Christchurch, New Zealand. We specialize in Music Lessons to students of all ages, stages, and musical backgrounds.
Our main goal is to offer Professional, Enjoyable, and Affordable Tuition Services to those who want to become skilled instrumentalists, songwriters, producers, or performers.
We teach a variety of instruments and have done so since 2014 (the year that our company was founded) and have had students who’ve learned multiple instruments, win talent shows, played live gigs, produce and record their own singles and EPs, win scholarships at their respective high schools and attain Excellence marks in NCEA performance examinations.
We currently work with up to 60 one-on-one clients per week, and offer free first 30-minute trial lessons to all new students. If you enjoy the initial session, you’re more than welcome to continue with tuition for as long as you need.
We also offer tiered rewards at 10, 50 and 100 lessons, including merch and lesson fee discounts – but most importantly, we are here to help you with music.
We offer more than just instrumental tuition to our students. We can also assist with learning music theory, composition, performance skills, studio production, and everything else required to become a fully capable musician!
In essence – we aim to cover everything required so that our students can become Knowledgeable, Confident, Independent and Happy Musicians.
About The Tutor
Logan Ellis (our main tutor) is a professional multi-instrumentalist music tutor, songwriter, producer, recording artist, music reviewer and audio engineer.
He has been teaching music (privately, and then through Spiderhands Productions) for a total of 14 years and has spent at least 20 years studying music through Cashmere High School, The Christchurch School of Music, MAINZ (Te Tai Poutini Polytech), and the University of Canterbury, in addition to mastering the various instruments and styles that he teaches to his students.
As of 2025, we currently offer 1-on-1 private tuition services for
– Guitar,
– Drums,
– Bass Guitar,
– Piano & Keyboard,
– Ukulele,
– DJing,
– Music Production,
– and Audio Engineering.
Our Lesson Studio is based in Southampton Street, Sydenham, with on-street parking available in front of the property.
Lesson Times & Availability
We currently offer music tuition 6 days a week, within our Southampton Street studio – Monday-Saturday – and usually teach up to 60 students per week.
Our Available In-House Lesson Slots (updated daily) are as follows:
– Mondays 5 pm
– Wednesdays 4:30 pm
– Fridays 5 pm
– Saturdays 11 am
Our Music Lessons are typically 30 minutes, though we can do hour lessons if preferred (depending on availability).
While we understand that fortnightly lessons can be more convenient for some people, we do not typically offer fortnightly lessons. We have found that students typically make better progress if they come in every week for sessions.
On the plus side, we offer a free first 30-minute trial lesson for all new students! So if you want to try us out before committing, you’re more than welcome to.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact Logan (Music Tutor / Management) in any of the following ways:
– Call/Txt 022 626 5215
– Email logan@spiderhands.co.nz
– or enquire via our listing on this website.
Teaching Info
Our goal with our tuition is to get you to where you want to be so that you can achieve your musical goals, ambitions, and aspirations. The result of this is that our services have, in part, enabled 100s of students to become Knowledgeable, Confident, and Happy Musicians.
Our lessons are tailored to your needs, which we typically discuss during the free first-trial lesson that we offer to all new students. It’s important to us that you feel comfortable, secure, and engaged with the lesson material, and we want it to be a fun, enjoyable experience for everyone involved.
We are comfortable providing notation/sheet music for students, and we can also assist students with NCEA assessments and grading examinations.
Students can borrow instruments (if needed) during the lessons.
Again – if you have any questions about any of the details you’ve read on this page, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
We’re happy to help, and look forward to hearing from you soon!
"I'm happy that I've learned to play the drums - I know what everything is and that I've learned new beats each week!"
Ryan
"I think that the way the the material has been presented is really good and that it's good that Logan was patient and genuine."
Mike
"I've always found it hard to learn from others and always struggled with school and learning in general but Logan did an excellent job in teaching me. I don't know what Logan does differently to others, but whatever he does, he should just keep doing it. I really liked his casual and carefree attitude in teaching. Logan made it feel like nothing was a hassle or an issue."
Hamish
"I like that there's a relaxed atmosphere, open discussions about drumming, that Logan answered my many questions. Good to be able to break down the songs as well (during lessons)!"
Bruce
I loved it here at Spiderhands. The teacher here is patient and he supports you no matter what happens.
Amber
Logan has substantial music knowledge and is always patient, down to earth and encouraging. The lessons are always enjoyable and I particularly like the way he helps me reach my musical goals.
