Student Spotlight


These students are only a sample of the many people I have taught/mentored and am proud of. More great students will be added in the coming weeks.

  Mike Philippov
Student
Type:   
Online Guitar Lessons, Private Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle, a program about how to teach guitar
Location:  
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Style: Neo-Classical/Progressive Rock/Shred
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  Nick Layton
Student
Type:   
Online Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Vancouver, Washington, USA
Style: Melodic Rock/Heavy Metal
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  Jeff Treadwell
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Lake In The Hills, Illinois, USA
Style: Metal/Progressive/Shred
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  Lee Carlson
Student
Type:   
Online Lessons For Guitar, Music Careers Mentoring Program, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle, Improvisation Training Classes,
Practice Generator
Location:   Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Style: Melodic Rock
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  Kyle Hicks (Kole)
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons, Guitar Lessons Online, Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Los Angeles, California, USA  
Style: Rock/Blues/Classical/Jazz
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  German Schauss
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program, a program about
developing a music career
Location:  
Los Angeles, California, USA
Style: Metal/Shred
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  Zack Uidl
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle , Improvisation Training Classes
Location:   Chicago, Illinois, USA
Style: Progressive Rock/Metal/Shred
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  Jamie Greenwood
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location:   Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Style: Neo-classical/Classical
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  Norman Kim
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program 
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Style: Rock, Pop, Metal
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  Paul Tauterouff
Student
Type:   
Electric Guitar Lessons Online,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Binghamton, New York, USA  
Style: Hard Rock/Blues
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  Dan Keller
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   Büren an der Aare, Bern, Switzerland    
Style: Exotic metal
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  Brandon Dickert
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Chicago, Illinois, USA
Style: Metal/Rock/Jazz/Funk/Reggae
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  Ben Johnson
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Chicago, Illinois, USA  
Style: Rock/Metal/Classical
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  Bryan Briggs
Student
Type:   
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Style: Metal/Shred/Jazz/Country
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  Byron Marks
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Style: Blues/Jazz/Acoustic Rock
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  John Tutino
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   New York City, New York, USA
Style: Jazz/Fusion/Funk/Blues/Rock
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  Dave Cardwell
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle 
Location:   Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Style: Heavy Metal/Rock/Shred
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  Angel Zamora
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle 
Location:   Mexico City, Mexico
Style: Shred/Metal
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  Mike Breen
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   Tokyo, Japan
Style: Rock/Metal
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  Josip Pesut
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   Zagreb, Croatia
Style: Metal/Neo-Classical
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  Tevis Maloney
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle , Improvisation Training Classes,
Practice Generator
Location:   Mesa, Arizona, USA
Style: Blues/Rock
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  Randy Johnson
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle 
Location:   Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Style: Blues/Rock
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  Tim Gibson
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons, Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program, Improvisation Training Classes
Location:   Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Style: Shred/Progressive/Metal
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  Gabe Zentner
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location:   Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Style: Metal/Progressive
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  Jonathan Vipond
Student
Type:  
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle 
Location:   Leeds, UK
Style: Metal/Thrash/Experimental
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  Tarek Malki
Student
Type:
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   France/Syria
Style: Classical/Rock/Balkan/Celtic/Oriental
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  Oscar Ortega
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Boise, Idaho, USA
Style: Heavy Metal with Latin flavor
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  Orest Dziatyk
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Chicago, Illinois, USA
Style: Hard Rock/Metal
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  Chris Kalkbrenner
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons
Location:   Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA  
Style: Progressive Rock/Shred  
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  Alex Boccia
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program
Improvisation Training Classes
Location:   Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA
Style: Rock
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  Mark Carozza
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Cary, Illinois, USA
Style: Metal/Rock/Shred
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  Tyler Goyak
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Location:   Illinois, USA
Style: Acoustic/Classical
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  Vito Marchese
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   Chicago, Illinois, USA
Style: Metal
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  Draven Grey
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   Denver, Colorado, USA
Style: Rock/Progressive/Industrial
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  Paul Kleff
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle , Improvisation Training Classes,
Practice Generator
Location:   Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA  
Style: Rock/Metal  
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  Trevor Darmody
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle 
Location:   Waterford, Ireland
Style: Hard Rock/Acoustic
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  Dexter Payne
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Boulder, Colorado, USA
Style: Jazz
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  Nancy Hutagalung
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   Inland Empire, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Style: Indie Rock/Experimental (Guitar)
Classical/Various Contemporary (Keyboard)
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  Char Davis
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle Practice Generator
Location:   San Diego, California, USA
Style: Blues/Rock
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  Jessa Young
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Seattle, Washington, USA     
Style: Rock
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  Clay Boudreau
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons
Location:   Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA    
Style: Metal/Shred/
Neo-Classical
 
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  Harald Wohlt
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle Practice Generator
Location:   Stuttgart, Germany  
Style: Contemporary Classical Music/Metal  
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  Tony Bradbury
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle , Improvisation Training Classes
Location:   Vancouver, Canada
Style: Rock/Blues/Country
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  Guy Onraet
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Cape Town, South Africa
Style: Rock
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  June Moris
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   New York City, New York, USA
Style: Acoustic Rock/Folk
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  Lonnie Caldwell    
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location:   Boise, Idaho, USA
Style: Acoustic Rock
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  Riff Sorce
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location:   Illinois, USA
Style: Hard Rock
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  Ysrafel
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Style: Instrumental/shred fused with electronic dance stylings
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  Tommaso Zillio
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle 
Location:   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  
Style: Instrumental Rock
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  Colin and Brian Evans
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons
Location:   Illinois, USA
Style: Melodic Rock
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  Mario Amengual
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program
Improvisation Training Classes
Location:   
Miami, Florida, USA
Style: Rock/Metal/Shred
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  Marc Ferrara
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons,
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location:   
Alabama, USA
Style: Shred/Metal
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  Dan Weniger
Student
Type:   
Private Lessons
Location:   
California, USA
Style: Film Score Composer
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  Mark Court
Student
Type:   
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Practice Generator
Location:   
Ontario, Canada
Style: Rock/Alternative
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  Teemu Kleemola
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program, Practice Generator
Location:   
Ruotsinpyhtää, Finland  
Style: Melodic Rock/Shred  
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  Bill Brown
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Practice Generator
Location:   
Durham, England  
Style: Metal  
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  Khris Radke
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Improvisation Training Classes,
Practice Generator
Location:   Tracy, Minnesota, USA  
Style: Melodic Rock  
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  Greg X
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   
London, England
Style: Hard Rock/Metal/Shred
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  Denis Clément
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring ProgramImprovisation Training Classes, Practice Generator
Location:   
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  
Style: Melodic Rock  
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  Antonello Catanese
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:    Trieste-Italy  
Style: Rock/Blues/Funk
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  Ian Hand
Student
Type:   
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:    Bristol, UK  
Style: Rock/Orchestral
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  Antony Reynaert
Student
Type:
Correspondence Guitar Lessons, Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location:   
Ostend, Belgium
Style: Rock
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  Jonah Kay
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Online Guitar Lessons

Location:   
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Style: Metal
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  Daniel Faustmann
Student
Type: 
Online Guitar Lessons
Location:   
Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Style: Rock/Metal
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  Johnny Ryan
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Style: Blues/Funk/Soul/Progressive Rock/Alternative
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  Ben Madwitch
Student
Type: 
Online Guitar Lessons
Location:   
Greiz, Germany
Style: Rock/Progressive
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  Ralf Schanzel
Student
Type: 
Online Guitar Lessons
Location:   
Untergruppenbach, Germany
Style: Rock/Metal/Blues
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  Roy Prins
Student
Type: 
Online Guitar Lessons Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Utrecht, Holland
Style: Funk/Hard Rock/Metal
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  Daniel Rothmann
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Aarhus, Denmark
Style: Pop/Rock/Electronic
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  James Erickson
Student
Type: 
Online Guitar Lessons Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Lawndale, California, USA
Style: Instrumental Rock/Fusion
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  Nikke Blout
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Frankfurt, Germany and Los Angeles, California, USA
Style: Rock/Blues/Jazz/Techno/Pop
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  Alexander Brizuela
Student
Type: 
Online Guitar Lessons
Location:   
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Style: Rock/Metal
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  Ramon Chacon Freixa
Student
Type: 
Online Guitar Lessons
Location:   
Berga, Barcelona, Spain
Style: Rock/Metal/Progressive
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  John Kakalas
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Thessaloniki, Greece
Style: Classic/Rock/Celtic/Indian/Metal/Spanish/Greek/Mid Eastern
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  Dan Sugarman
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Los Angeles, California, USA
Style: Rock/Metal
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  Del Bannerman
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Style: Rock/Alternative Rock/Metal/Shred
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  Pete Hartley
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Birmingham, UK
Style: Jazz/Classical/Pop
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  Filip Zganjar
Student
Type: 
Electric Guitar Lessons Online
Location:   
Bjelovar, Croatia
Style: Classic Rock/Hard Rock/Symphonic Rock/Power Metal
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  Corinne Gooden
Student
Type: 
Guitar Lessons Online,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Style: Folk Rock/Blues/Pop
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  Jim Dix
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Rock Band Success Coaching
Location:   
Delray Beach, Florida, USA
Style: Groove Rock
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  AJ Simons
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Treviso, Italy
Style: Metal/Rock/Pop
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  Panos Kolias
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Wedel, Germany
Style: Orchestral/Classical/Rock/Pop
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  Sen Lun
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
London, UK
Style: Fusion/Jazz/Rock/Shred
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  Jeet Samant
Student
Type: 
Electric Guitar Lessons Online, Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location:   
Brisbane, Australia
Style: Melodic Rock
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  Lee Gattenby
Student
Type: 
Electric Guitar Lessons Online, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Alaska, USA
Style: Rock
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  Bojana Cibej
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Slovenia
Style: Folk/Ethno
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  Michael Edwards
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Tokyo, Japan
Style: Metal/Rock/Acoustic Rock
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  Adrienne Osborn
Student
Type: 
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Boulder, CO, USA
Style: Electro/Rock/Pop/Jazz
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  Chris Basener
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Coventry, West Midlands, UK
Style: Instrumental Groove Rock
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  Chayakorn Jindawech
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
Bangkok, Thailand
Style: Glam Metal/Blues/Rock
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  Ty Morgan
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Practice Generator
Location: 
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Style: Rock/Contemporary
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  Jon Chorba
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location: 
Scranton, PA, USA
Style: Hard Rock
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  Marcus Carlzon
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Örby, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden
Style: Metal/Hardcore/Alternate/Pop/Acoustic
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  Ryan Duke
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location: 
Dayton, OH, USA
Style: Progressive Metal/Avantgarde/Acoustic
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  Dan Stearn
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location: 
Shropshire, UK
Style: Rock/Instrumental
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  Rovan Deon
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Rahway, NJ, USA
Style: Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, Blues, Jazz, Metal
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  John Magee
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Style: Rock/Blues/Slide/Acoustic/Hard Rock
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  Jure Golobic
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
Ljubljana, Slovenia/Los Angeles, USA
Style: Rock/Blues/Pop
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  Aldo Chircop
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Malta
Style: Metal
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  Simon Candy
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle
Location: 
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Style: Jazz/Blues, Rock, Fingerstyle
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  Lou Lombardi
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Style: Blues/Rock/Singer-Songwriter/Americana/Funk
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  Jeff Williams
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
Boston, MA, USA
Style: Funk, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Reggae
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  Jimmy Alford
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
Southampton, UK
Style: Metal, Hardcore, Rock
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  George Engelbrecht
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
Vredenburg, South Africa
Style: Neo-Classical, Power Metal, Progressive
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  Dario Napoli
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Cortona (Arezzo), Italy
Style: Jazz/Gypsy Jazz
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  Lauren Bateman
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Boston, MA USA
Style: Pop/Rock/Singer-Songwriter
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  Malik Dirim
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Göttingen, Germany
Style: Rock/Metal/Progressive
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  Kwote
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Sacramento, CA USA
Style: Turntablism/Fusion
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  Charlie Long
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
Chicago, IL USA
Style: Rock/Blues
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  Josh Brown
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Louisville, Kentucky USA
Style: Rock/Metal/Neoclassical
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  James Scott
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
London, UK
Style: Rock/Metal/Goth/Industrial
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  Alex Kehoe
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
London, U.K.
Style: Rock/Punk/Ska
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  Derek Steep
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
Germany
Style: Acoustic Guitar/Experimental
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  Engrida Mebrahtu
Student
Type: 
Correspondence Guitar Lessons
Location: 
New York, NY, USA
Style: Instrumental Rock
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  B.C. Cliver
Student
Type: 
Music Careers Mentoring Program
Location: 
San Francisco, CA
Style: Hard Rock
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  Alexander Buzmakov
Student
Type: 
Electric Guitar Lessons Online,
Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle,
Rock Band Success Coaching
Location: 
Perm, Russia
Style: Rock and Metal
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