Guitar Lessons in Maryland, DC, & Northern Virginia

• Are you passionate about music, and want to be able to create your own?
• Are you brand new to the guitar and want to learn with the fastest, most effective way possible?
• Do you want to learn how to play Metal and/or Shred, and don't want to have to settle for "regular" guitar teachers who don't even listen to or appreciate the music you love?
• Do you feel frustrated with your playing, like nothing you try to do is really working to improve your playing? 
• Do you lack confidence in your guitar playing or feel intimidated to perform in front of other people?
• Do you wish you could start or join a band, but feel like you have a long way to go before you are good enough?
• Are you just now coming back from a long break away from the guitar, and want a fun & easy way to get back into it?
• Are you trying to teach yourself on the guitar, but feel   overwhelmed by the massive amounts of information   to learn and skills to practice?
• Do you wish you could learn how to play fast, but just can't get beyond a certain speed no matter what you do?
• Are you already a good rhythm guitarist, but feel intimidated to try playing lead guitar?
• Have you already taken lessons for a while, but feel like your playing isn't getting any better?
• Are you an intermediate or advanced guitarist who has hit a "wall" in your playing and are struggling to get to the next level?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, rest assured, I can help you.

Only a few years ago, I was feeling pretty frustrated with my own guitar playing. I always wanted to get as good at the guitar as I possibly could; I could even do a few things kinda fast.

However whenever I did, it was always one of the same couple of "tricks" from my limited musical vocabulary, played the same boring way every time, and honestly it was pretty sloppy. I had spent most of my "practice" time doing all the things I was already good at, and none of that time working on getting better at the things I wasn't yet good at.  Worst of all, it was starting to become an embarrassing issue in the band room.

After nearly a decade of struggling to teach myself using through trial-and-error, I finally discovered several extremely powerful and effective principles that allowed me to drastically improve my technique, increase my playing speed, play more cleanly, and overcome my frustrations, so that I could finally play the way I had always wanted. Finally, I could truly feel confident whenever I picked up the guitar. 

In your lessons with me, I will teach YOU these same principles & methods, and I will also create a personalized strategy to help you to actually apply them to improve your playing in the shortest amount of time possible.

Learn to Play Guitar the Way You Want to Play

Whether your goal is to become a career musician, to just have fun jamming with friends, or to play the guitar all by yourself at home, the path to achieving your goal is as unique as you are. To get there without wasting a great deal of time, you need an experienced mentor who is already doing the things you want to do to help guide your progress.

The personalized strategy that I will create for you specifically will be designed to help you reach your own unique playing goals so that you can play the guitar the way you want to play in the shortest amount of time possible, while having lots of FUN throughout the process!

Get Lessons That Produce Measurable Results That You Can See, Hear & Feel

• I am so confident that I can help you play the way you want, I will give you a NO-OBLIGATION FREE LESSON.
• In your free lesson, I will find out what you specifically want to accomplish with your guitar playing, and I will create a personalized strategy specifically for your personal success - literally a map for your progress. I will use this personalized strategy to guide your development along the shortest path so that you can develop your skills at the fastest rate possible and begin playing the guitar the way you want to play.
• Then, I will create a custom Student Account here on the ShredMentor website, where you can log in and access your lessons, backing tracks, and other exclusive student-specific learning tools.
• No single lesson format is "the" absolute best way to learn everything. That is why I offer several different lesson and training programs. In your free lesson, I will help you to choose the best lesson format to help you reach your specific goals.
• I will teach you how to practice effectively and how to maintain an evolving, ongoing practice routine so that you can systematically make the fastest possible progress in your playing.
• I will teach and train you using the most appropriate method for the specific area of focus - again, no single lesson format is the best way to learn everything.
• You will experience far more aspects of guitar playing in your first few months of playing than most guitarists cover in years of lessons.
• I will carefully monitor and guide your progress so that you're ALWAYS working on the right things, in the most efficient way, at the right stage in your playing - and not wasting your time with things that won't make a difference in your playing.
• You will regularly learn how to apply the skills you learn and develop. This means you will be learning the INSTRUMENT - NOT just a few "tricks" that can only be used in one specific situation.