Long & McQuade

Here is a letter I just wrote to the owner of Long and McQuade;
Dear Mr Long
I just wanted to write a quick letter of thanks and recommendation for your incredible guitar teacher at Markham L and M, Paul Buchinger. My son James has taken weekly lessons from Paul for 2 years, thanks to a recommendation from a friend. Usually I do my own research for all our instructors/​tutors/​camps/​teachers/​household anything at all, but in this case I trusted my friend as she only demands the best for her amazing brilliant prodigy son Alex. Sure enough I have been so happy for the last 2 years that I made that decision. James has grown in leaps and bounds thanks to Paul’s incredible attention, not just musically obviously but his self esteem is MUCH better and life now is so much improved. James had been experiencing quite alot of both mental and physical bullying at his last school, and it escalated enough that I needed to call the police when he was attacked after school right in front of me, and then eventually we left the school. It was affecting his moods and it was on his mind more than he wanted to admit, I hated to think his self esteem was being affected. Now thanks to his growth he has experienced thanks to Paul, he is known at both his sleepaway camp and his amazing new school as a brilliant guitar player, it has helped him create new and lasting friendships all over Ontario and we are so proud of him. We are so thankful to Paul, we have bragged about him to all our friends and sure enough word of mouth has brought 4 other families to Paul thanks to all my positive reviews. I hope you appreciate Paul as much as you should, goodness knows he could make so much more $ if he was teaching out of his own home as all his dedicated pupils would follow him anywhere but he is so loyal to your amazing company which says quite alot about what it is like to work at L&M. Good for you for providing such valuable life lessons, Im so glad we found you and — more specifically– Paul.
Here is a list of the songs James now knows, after 2 years with Paul. It is also a showcase for how open minded both James AND Paul are, that they appreciate so many different genres of music. There are also a few other classical pieces James has learned that I forgot…
Limelight by Rush
Layla by Derek and the Dominoes
Closer to the Heart by Rush
Whole Lotta Love by LedZep
Somebody that I used to Know by Goyte
Roundabout by Yes
La Villa Strangiato by Rush
Hotel California by Eagles
Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry (this one he chose to learn because he heard it in the movie Back to the Future, which is adorable– there aren’t too many 10 yr olds who are choosing to play 50 year old songs!)
Normal by Porcupine Tree
Yellow Submarine by the Beatles
Day Tripper, also Beatles
House of the Rising Sun by Animals
Hybrid Picking Puzzle by Ray Flacke
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier
Jingle Bells
Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto
Trains by Porcupine Tree
You Shook Me All Night Long by ACDC
Sweet Child of Mine by G&R
In the Mood by Rush
Stairway to Heaven by LedZep
Band Aid Do they Know its Christmas
JingleBell Rock
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by Beatles
Crazy Train by Ozzy
Rodrigo y Gabriel
Freeboard by LS
All Along the Watchtower by Dylan
Comfortably Numb by Floyd
Taro by Alt j
Red Barchetta by Rush
Breezeblocks by Alt j
In the Mood by Rush
Imagine by John Lennon (this one has an interesting story– when James was only 10 and had only been playing for less than a year he put a band together with other 10 yr old neighbours– a piano player, a drummer and 2 singers. They were called In Tune. They played Imagine at a school assembly and then even at an Open Mike Night at a nearby restaurant called Mains Mainson which caters to adult singers and performers and the audience was full of strangers — all adults. They got an AMAZING reception, the clapping went on FOREVER and it was incredible for their self confidence and self esteem, Ill include the video below.)
Imagine
James, Avery and Ernest play Imagine at Mains Mansion
Watch now…
Here are some additional videos of Pau and James playing, when James was only 10 or 11
Somebody I Used to Know
James and his teacher Paul play Somebody I Used to Know, on guitar
Watch now…
I plan to post all these positive details on the Unilocal and Google reviews for your incredible company so others will hopefully be as impressed as I am, sincerely Trish Hayward (PS Im a musician myself, I play clarinet and I dont know what my life would have been like without instrumental music in my life. I also studied Ethnomusicology at York University.)

Came to exchange my acoustic guitar for a classic. Had 3 guys wanting to help me and they were all so friendly. They gave me the best options available. Great customer service. Not busy at all. Will return for my guitar or musical needs. It’s located in a industrial looking plaza so it’s easy to miss