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Terrence M.

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Hello! My name is TJ Martin and I'm a tutor, composer, and sound designer! While most of my students are in grades 7-12, I've also worked with kids as young as 6 and older students over 65. While I'm a professional video game composer and most of my expertise is in that, I've helped many students survive their math classes, excel at their SAT/ACTs, and polish well-written essays for their college applications.

A little about me: I'm originally from Connecticut and I did my undergrad in...

Hello! My name is TJ Martin and I'm a tutor, composer, and sound designer! While most of my students are in grades 7-12, I've also worked with kids as young as 6 and older students over 65. While I'm a professional video game composer and most of my expertise is in that, I've helped many students survive their math classes, excel at their SAT/ACTs, and polish well-written essays for their college applications.

A little about me: I'm originally from Connecticut and I did my undergrad in composition at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. During my time their, I met Ashley Guchhait and Kyrstin Cooksey, with whom we founded Boba Studios, the independent game studios I work at. After graduating, I moved across the country to San Francisco where I got my Master's at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Currently, I'm doing a one year post-graduate degree at SFCM, honing my music production skills.

While most of my education focused on music, I never let the more academic side slack. I've been keeping my math up by doing it with students for years. Meanwhile, my history knowledge has been kept up both by my own studying, but also by my musicological work, which led to me presenting a paper last year at the Music and the Moving Image conference in New York City. Out of these, however, I use my reading and writing skills the most. Not only have I worked at SFCM's writing center editing essays and helping ESL students improve their reading and writing skills in English, but I also currently work writing program notes for SFCM.

Thank you so much, and stay safe during these turbulent times!

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Education

Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Music Composition
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Masters

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ACT English

ACT English

I've been tutoring the ACT for over four years now. In English specifically, I've worked as a tutor at the writing center at SFCM and wrote a thesis paper that was presented at the Music and the Moving Image Conference.
ACT Reading

ACT Reading

I've been doing ACT prep for over 4 years. During my time at the SFCM writing center, I spent time with ESL students helping them improve their reading comprehension and English skills. I also use these skills everyday in my job as a media composer, since I have to read, analyze, and unpack different types of media and figure out how to best put music to it.
Algebra 1

Algebra 1

I've been teaching math to students ranging from 7th-12th grade for over 4 years.
Algebra 2

Algebra 2

I've been tutoring math for students in grades 7-12 for over 4 years.
American History

American History

I've been tutoring history for over 4 years. Additionally, I love reading and studying history, and it's something I continue to study on my own outside of school.
Composition (Music)

Composition (Music)

I've been writing music for over 10 years, and currently have both my Bachelor's (Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University with Kevin Puts) and Master's (San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Mason Bates) in music composition. I currently work as head of audio at the Baltimore-based independent video game studio, Boba Studios.
Computer Gaming

Computer Gaming

Since 2017, I've been working at the Baltimore-based indie studio, Boba Studios, where I create all of the audio for our various projects. Not only is my job to create the assets for games, I also use WWise to implement them into Unity.
Ear Training

Ear Training

I've had multiple ear training classes while I have been at the Peabody Conservatory in which I have been able to develop not only skills that have helped me improve but also skills that I think could help others, too. I've also tutored in Ear Training while I was in High School, so I have a little bit of experience tutoring in this subject.
English

English

I've been tutoring English, Grammar, and Writing for over 4 years. During my time at the SFCM writing center, I spent time with ESL students helping them improve their reading comprehension and English skills. I also use these skills everyday in my job as a media composer, since I have to read, analyze, and unpack different types of media and figure out how to best put music to it.
General Music

General Music

Although I have only been at the Peabody Conservatory for two years now, I have been living and breathing music since I was in grade school. Using the things I've learned since that time, I think I could help people that want help in general music topics.
Grammar

Grammar

've been tutoring English, Grammar, and Writing for over 4 years. During my time at the SFCM writing center, I spent time with ESL students helping them improve their reading comprehension and English skills. I also use these skills everyday in my job as a media composer, since I have to read, analyze, and unpack different types of media and figure out how to best put music to it.
Music History

Music History

I've been studying music history for over 5 years, during which time I've written a thesis paper that was presented at 2020's Music and the Moving Image Conference in New York City. While my area of expertise is on 20 and 21st century, I'm a huge music history nut.
Music Production

Music Production

I work as the audio lead at Boba Studios, writing and producing all of the music and the sound effects that go into our games. While I primarily use Logic X, I can help anybody starting in music learn how to use a DAW, improve their music compositionally, create realistic mock-ups, and mix/master tracks.
Music Theory

Music Theory

I've been writing music for over 10 years, and currently have both my Bachelor's (Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University with Kevin Puts) and Master's (San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Mason Bates) in music composition. During my Master's degree, I wrote a thesis paper on the music from the video game "Hyper Light Drifter" which was read at the Music and the Moving Image conference in 2020. I currently work as head of audio at the Baltimore-based independent video game studio, Boba Studios.
Prealgebra

Prealgebra

I've been a math tutor for over 4 years, helping students mostly between 7-12th grade survive and thrive in their math classes!
Proofreading

Proofreading

I've been tutoring English, Grammar, and Writing for over 4 years. During my time at the SFCM writing center, I spent time with ESL students helping them improve their reading comprehension and English skills. I also use these skills every day in my job as a media composer, since I have to read, analyze, and unpack different types of media and figure out how to best put music to it.
Reading

Reading

I've been tutoring English, Grammar, and Writing for over 4 years. During my time at the SFCM writing center, I spent time with ESL students helping them improve their reading comprehension and English skills. I also use these skills every day in my job as a media composer, since I have to read, analyze, and unpack different types of media and figure out how to best put music to it.
Trumpet

Trumpet

I have played trumpet for 11 years now, with most of my focus staying around my high school years. Although my focus has shifted in recent years towards composition, I still keep up with trumpet and I'd hope that what I've learned and my prior experience could help people in need of tutoring or lessons on the instrument.
Writing

Writing

I've been working as a writing tutor for over four years now. While I didn't go to college for writing, there was a large musicological focus in my undergrad, which led me to later present a thesis paper I wrote at the renowned Music and the Moving Image conference in New York City. Last year, I worked at the writing center at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and later worked at the school writing program notes for concerts.
Literature
World History

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Great tutor for my son!

Terrence was so patient throughout the session and I could tell my son was finally starting to understand! Thanks for all your help! This was our first time having a session through this site and I can't recommend it enough.

Brooke, 12 lessons with Terrence

HES THERE FOR YOU, patient and willing to listen.

By far the greatest choice I made, has been to sign up and take a session. I understand entirely and can not wait to have More questions to bring up to him. I am up and running and ready to continue my path into music. Thank you Terrence!

Dougie, 1 lesson with Terrence
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