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Guitar Performance and Lesson Videos

Here you will find an archive of videos featuring Live guitar performances from Atlanta, GA, interviews, and sample guitar lesson videos.  This page is continually updated so check back often.

If you are a beginner, be sure to check out Jimmy’s advice on all kinds of guitar lesson issues such as selecting a guitar teacher, lessons on tuning your guitar, setting up your guitar, and selecting a guitar in any and all price ranges.  Whether you are buying your first guitar to start lessons or have been playing for years, there is a wealth of information.

If you are located in Atlanta and considering the purchase of a high end instrument, please note that quality control varies considerably among units of each brand.   Even the top automobile brands occasionally produce a “lemon;” guitars are no different and these are obviously the guitars you’ll want to avoid.  For the price of a single guitar lesson, Jimmy will personally meet you at the Atlanta guitar store of your choice and help you select the very best guitars in the Atlanta store’s inventory with respect to precision, playability, and overall quality.

Jimmy will soon be releasing a video discussing the topic below:

Wearing Multiple Guitar “Hats” in the Digital Age:

Players in today’s guitar market have discovered more and more that in the digital age, simply being a good guitar player is no longer enough.  With the rise of home based digital recording studios, digital guitar amplifiers, duplication and so on it is now possible to have digital replications of many classic guitar amplifier tones at your fingertips. You can also produce your own music, record it, release it, and distribute it on your own record label for pennies on the dollar compared to even just 10 years ago.  This can be good and bad news for students in guitar lessons who will soon become aspiring Atlanta artists in their own right.  For with the new ability of indie musicians to do all these things, comes the expectation from your potential audiences that in fact you will.

Without record label funding (to the degree it even still exists!) it is very often not cost effective to hire out these services.  However, if other Atlanta area bands have self produced and distributed great sounding recordings, people will wonder you have not?  Like the American job market as a whole, sub specialization (i.e. “I am a great guitar player and that’s my one thing”) is a thing of the past.  Diversification of skills is essential in today’s music industry – whether you are “in the game” going for the rock star Grammy, or performing and recording as a serious hobbyist.  This frequently becomes a topic of discussion in guitar lessons and at the Atlanta studio. I am often able to demonstrate to aspiring guitar players the many helpful tips that result in great sounding demos… all while saving students thousands of dollars in trial and error mistakes for the price of a few guitar lessons!  My lessons continually stress that using a few formidable pieces of gear with the right production techniques does not have to break the bank. In fact it is often said in the recording industry that “it’s the wizard, not the wand.”

I became a music producer of necessity, for at the time, I could not find anyone else who could nail the Rocktronica sound I heard in my head or if they were out there (i.e. Andy Wallace, Tom Lord-Alge), they were far out of my price range.  And when I finally did grab the bull by the horns, and literally dive into the mixes instead of relying on others, it saved me much money, frustration and headaches.  And I am very pleased with how it turned out.  You can hear some of my self-produced guitar tracks on the music page.  Enjoy!