A 90 minute workshop and workout! Learn some of my favourite left and right-hand exercises/warm ups for improving technique and coordination. For players of all levels. The drills are relatively simple and designed to be practised on a daily basis as warm ups. They will train your hands to work more efficiently on the instrument and enable you to play in a more relaxed manner. Over a period of time, they will greatly improve your general technique. The entire session will be video recorded for you to stream or download after the workshop. Everything will be taught live to camera and put on a video for you. No written materials. There will be plenty of opportunity for me to help individuals during the workshop activities. Come along and learn the ultimate warm-up exercises!

A 90 minute workshop and workout! Learn some of my favourite left and right-hand exercises/warm ups for improving technique and coordination. For players of all levels. The drills are relatively simple and designed to be practised on a daily basis as warm ups. They will train your hands to work more efficiently on the instrument and enable you to play in a more relaxed manner. Over a period of time, they will greatly improve your general technique. The entire session will be video recorded for you to stream or download after the workshop. Everything will be taught live to camera and put on a video for you. No written materials. There will be plenty of opportunity for me to help individuals during the workshop activities. Come along and learn the ultimate warm-up exercises!

One hour weekly-sessions of rehearsing and playing-along with me! Tips & tricks included. Great songs and an emphasis on improving your general playing and jamming skills. Caters for ALL levels of players. This 6 week round of sessions will have a theme - ''PLAY WITH EASE" . Most learners play with too much tension and do things the hard way. I want to change that and get you playing in a more relaxed way - with less physical effort - so you can enjoy the guitar or uke more! The course will be playing-focussed with learning points, tips and tricks applied to our jamming. Playing with others in a pub or at a jam session is great but this is an opportunity to build your skills in the comfort of your own home so you are ready to be an inspiration when you play with others face-to-face! Come along and have some great fun with this enthusiastic community of online jammers!

A 90 minute workshop exploring the great songs of John Denver. This will be part music-appreciation part education with tips & tricks and jamming. Expect all of his main hits here with some great party-pieces that suit both guitar and ukulele. For upper-beginner to upper-intermediate players. The main learning points will be covered on a video for you to take away. Come along and explore the warm, bucolic sounds of John Denver! REPEAT SESSION.

A 90 minute session celebrating the great songs of Johnny Cash! We will delve into his long career and bring out some of his classics which are teeming with tips & tricks for us to learn! This is part music-appreciation, part education and All fun! His music has that timeless quality which everyone appreciates and we all need a Cash song at the ready when playing to/with others. For upper-beginner to upper-intermediate players. A summary video will be made of this session's learning points for you to take away. Come along and get some Johnny Cash songs under your belt! REPEAT SESSION.

1pm EST / 6pm UK. A 90 minute workshop on the songs of Eric Clapton. The guitar star has been a mainstay in popular music since the mid-1960s. Although he is mostly known as a guitar virtuoso, he always had great songs to showcase his skill. It is some of these songs we will be looking at in this session, both Clapton originals and songs he covered. We will learn, rehearse and then jam a selection of his greatest hits from the 1960s -1990s. The goal is musical appreciation and improving our general musicianship skills. There will be tips & tricks included and a video will be made at the end of the session for you to review learning points. For lower-intermediate to upper-intermediate players. Come along and play some Clapton classics! REPEAT SESSION.

2pm EST / 7pm UK. A 90 minute workshop on Country Music! We will learn, rehearse and jam a selection of country classics sung by Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers and more! The goal is musical appreciation and improving our general musicianship skills. There will be tips & tricks too, especially with regards to playing style. A video will be made at the end of the session for you to review learning points. For upper-beginner to upper-intermediate players. Come along and discover the joys, heartaches and passions of country! REPEAT SESSION.

1pm EST / 6pm UK. A 90 minute workshop. Join me in this session devoted to traditional Irish music, delving deep into a handful of classics and learning how to capture their essence with our feel and technique. We will have lots of fun rehearsing and jamming these great songs, gleening tips & tricks from them as they come up. As the title of this series suggests, 'playing' is the priority but we learn a great deal too! For upper-beginner to upper-intermediate players. A summary video of the session's learning points will be made for you at the end of the workshop. Come along and discover the world of soulful-Irish song! REPEAT SESSION.

2pm EST / 7pm UK. A one hour workshop for guitar and ukulele players. We will explore a range of songs by The Beatles, mixing learning and jamming. Tips and tricks included. We all need a few Beatles tunes up our sleeve and this is a great opportunity to fine-tune some of their classics. For improver level players and up. Music will be sent in advance. Come along and add some great Lennon/McCartney and George Harrison songs to your repertoire! REPEAT SESSION.

A 90 minute workshop. The fourth part of my SCALES FOR IMPROVISING series where we learn a range of scales that take you beyond blues improvisation. In this session, we will learn the MIXOLYDIAN MODE and use it to improvise around a variety of chord changes. This 'mode' (a form of scale) is famous for its playful, teasing sound. Frank Zappa used the mixolydian a great deal! You hear it in a lot of rock, traditional Irish, jazz, disco and funk music to name a few. Full guidance will be given at every stage and the tuition is step-by-step. This is exciting stuff and what playing an instrument is all about! Suitable for lower-intermediate to upper-intermediate players but all levels welcome. The whole session will be recorded for you to download. Follow-up learning material will be recommended. Come along and learn how to create your own solos and melodies!

A 90 minute workshop on the solo work of Paul McCartney. We've done a great deal on The Beatles but now let's look at some of McCartney's post-Beatles hits. There are so many to choose from! We will rehearse and play a handful of his solo classics whilst gleening tips & tricks from them as we go. This is part education, part music-appreciation and all fun! A short summary video of the session's key learning points will be made for you at the end of the workshop. Suitable for lower-intermediate to upper-intermediate players. Come along and learn some classics from one of this country's all-time greatest songwriters!

A 90 minute workshop. The third part of my SCALES FOR IMPROVISING series where we learn a range of scales that take you beyond blues improvisation. In this session, we will learn the LYDIAN MODE and use it to improvise around a variety of chord changes. This 'mode' (a form of scale) is famous for its mysterious, etherial sound. You hear it in Debussy, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, cetlic folk and middle eastern classical to name a few. It's my absolute favourite! Full guidance will be given at every stage and the tuition is step-by-step. This is exciting stuff and what playing an instrument is all about! Suitable for lower-intermediate to upper-intermediate players but all levels welcome. The whole session will be recorded for you to download. Follow-up learning material will be recommended. Come along and learn how to create your own solos and melodies!

A 90 minute workshop on the great songs of Willie Nelson. By the late 1960s, the country music genre really needed someone cool, hip and original. It got four - Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings - who eventually came together collectively as 'The Highwaymen'. Each one of those artists deserves a workshop in their own right, but tonight it's Willie Nelson's turn. We will rehearse and play a handful of his classics whilst gleening tips & tricks from them as we go. This is part education, part music-appreciation and all fun! A short summary video of the session's key learning points will be made for you at the end of the workshop. Suitable for upper-beginner to upper-intermediate players. Come along and add some Willie Nelson classics to your repertoire!

A 90 minute workshop. The second part of my SCALES FOR IMPROVISING series where we learn a range of scales that take you beyond blues improvisation. In this session, we will learn the DORIAN MODE and use it to improvise around a variety of chord changes. This 'mode' (a form of scale) is famous for its smooth, silky sound and is common in many different styles of music. Full guidance will be given at every stage and the tuition is step-by-step. This is exciting stuff and what playing an instrument is all about! Suitable for lower-intermediate to upper-intermediate players but all levels welcome. The whole session will be recorded for you to download. Follow-up learning material will be recommended. Come along and learn how to create your own solos and melodies!

A 90 minute workshop on the great songs of Neil Young. We will rehearse and play a handful of his classics whilst gleening tips & tricks from them as we go. This is part education, part music-appreciation and all fun! A short summary video of the session's key learning points will be made for you at the end of the workshop. Suitable for upper-beginner to upper-intermediate players. Come along and add some Neil Young classics to your repertoire!

A 90 minute workshop. In my SCALES FOR IMPROVISING series, I'm going to teach you a range of scales that take you beyond blues improvisation into a wider range of genres - from folk, rock to jazz and beyond. In this session, we will learn the MAJOR & NATURAL MINOR SCALES and use them to improvise around a variety of chord changes. Full guidance will be given at every stage and the tuition is step-by-step. This is exciting stuff and what playing an instrument is all about! Suitable for lower-intermediate to upper-intermediate players but all levels welcome. The whole session will be recorded for you to download. Follow-up learning material will be recommended. Come along and learn how to create your own solos and melodies!

A 7 week course of 7x1 hour sessions. Many players would love to be able to read music! It opens up so many doors - from sight reading melodies and pieces to riffs and solos. Above all, it helps you to learn music theory and to understand the best music tuition books! Over the past few years, I have developed an exciting way of teaching people to read music through actual playing whilst using a 'jigsaw' approach - learning small bite-sized chunks each week to build up a whole. It's easy-going and fun! If you follow this programme and can do the small amount of homework, by the end of this 7 week course you will be able to read guitar music. Each session will be recorded in its entirety for you to download. We will be using an online resource together, along with my guidance and my own tasks. All levels of players welcome - we will be learning from scratch. This is a one-off opportunity that will enrich your love of music, come along and say goodbye to tabs!

A 90 minute structured jam session all by ear! We will play simple 2, 3 and 4 chord songs in different keys - practising our busking-on-the-spot skills with no music whatsoever. If you've never done this before, you'd be surprised how fun it can be. The idea is to make lots of 'happy accidents', pause a bit, find the next chord and carry on! We learn by making mistakes. It's great for your general ear-training and confidence. It's also a taste of how real jam sessions work in the muso-world. We will start very easy then progress from 2 chord songs to 3 then 4. I will do some brief prep-work with you at the beginning of the session to help you guess the chord changes. A list of the all the songs we do will be sent to you after the session so you can look them up if you wish. ALL LEVELS WELCOME. This is beginner-friendly. Come along and get a taste of 'real jamming'!

A 90 minute workshop. Practise your blues playing with this structured blues jam session! We will cover a variety of blues songs in different keys. If you know how to solo/riff on the pentatonic scale, there will be space given in songs to put it into practise, if not, then you can practise your general rhythm playing. If you like the blues, it will be great fun regardless of your level. Tips & tricks included as well as stylistic suggestions for each song. A short summary video will be made at the end of the session for you to review learning points. ALL LEVELS WELCOME. Come along and get down with the blues!

This session ran last month and the full zoom recording and workshop material is available to you on-demand until 15th August. The recording is of the full session, unedited, warts-and-all but it's very good! A 90 minute workshop. This is the first of a series of workshops for you to learn aspects of music theory through practical playing activities. Ever wondered what chords actually are? What is Major? What is Minor? What's a Minor 7th? Why 7th? What's Cadd9? What on earth is a Cb5#9add13? What do these numbers mean? Why do some chords sound good together and others don't? Why are songs in keys? What's a key? How can I tell the key? And many more! We will learn all the basic theory of chords through playing. This session has been carefully devised to be informative, easy-to-digest and fun. For all levels of players. Join this workshop and learn the basics of chords! Upon purchase, you will receive the link to the video and the link to download the workshop material - which will all be in the payment receipt. You can view this video as many times as you like until 15th August but it cannot be downloaded. ENJOY!