Robert James Music - Guitar Lessons & Artist Development

Robb provides both a very academic (and disciplined) perspective on guitar techniques while also maintaining a very friendly and music loving personality in every lesson. I started taking lessons with him from when I first picked up my first guitar about 3 years ago and he has not only taught me how to play a lot of the songs I've wanted to learn, but has also given me the tools to learn more and more complicated pieces on my own.

I started lessons with Robb several months ago, and it's been an excellent experience. I have been learning and playing guitar for almost 8 years and starting with Robb he was able to quickly identify effective and well thought out ways to address the areas in which I wanted to improve. He brings a clearly thought out methodology and curriculum, but also was extremely receptive to what worked and didn't work for me and the direction I wanted to go. He clearly has a long history of teaching and thinking about music, was very organized and a lot of fun to hang out with. Beyond traditional playing instruction he offered a lot of perspective as a producer, providing advice I found very insightful in terms of how to structure songs and phrases, and how to record and develop interesting musical compositions.

10 years ago I found Rob and have been working with him on and off over the years ever since. Rob is without a doubt the best guitar teacher I have had, and there have been many. Rob's enthusiasm for what he does, his knowledge of musically theory, and his ability to teach all types of music/playing styles makes Rob a fantastic resource for improving your guitar playing.

I have always enjoyed working with Robb. He has helped me a lot and has always been patient. We have a built a solid guitar foundation off which we can continue to build!

I have been working with Robb for the past few months, and my playing/ understanding of theory has expanded by huge increments. Robb has a way of taking very complex structures and theories, and making them approachable, comprehensible, and masterable. If you are at all interested in becoming a more well-rounded player, Robb is the teacher for you.