Live the Fantasy — Learn to Play Guitar!
If you've played Rock Band® or Guitar Hero®, you know how much fun it is to play a plastic, toy guitar. Guess how much fun it is to play a real guitar, maybe an electric with the amp cranked up a bit? It's a LOT of fun!
Lesson Viewer screenshot(actual Viewer is much bigger!)
Features:
- Shot in high definition video for maximum clarity.
- Animated, synchronized-to-video musical notation helps you understand exactly what I'm demonstrating.
- Lesson Tracker remembers your completed lessons, so you just sign in and click the Learn button to resume.
- Practice Monitor sends email reminders to keep you on track. You can turn this feature off, or adjust the reminder interval to suit your schedule.
- Electronic Metronome teaches you to play in time.
- Printable exercise sheets so you can practice anywhere.
- Learn at your own pace. I recommend practicing 10-20 minutes, 3-5 times per week, but even if you can spare only 5 minutes a day, you can still learn to play!
- Intermediate players can jump right to those lessons they need the most.
Are you one of those people who have busted out your air guitar and demonstrated your best concert moves? Your friends may laugh, or look at you like you're missing a nut (not to mention an actual guitar), but they're the ones who are missing out.
Playing guitar is fun, even when you're pretending!
Go ahead and admit it: If you've listened to rock, you've fantasized about what it would be like to play guitar, or even be in a band.
To make this fantasy come true, all you have to do is learn to play...
...but, thoughts like these enter your head:
- "It's too expensive,"
- "I don't have time to take private lessons,"
- "I don't know where to begin."
Well, it's time to toss that thinking off the stage and...
...start living your dream!
Affordable, interactive, online learning
Guitar Smith Online is my web-based, interactive video, audio and animated program to teach you how to play guitar, even if you have no musical experience whatsoever!
You only need to spend 10-20 minutes, 3-5 days a week to make steady progress.
It's currently free during beta testing, and the planned starting membership fee will be only $9.95 a month, or about the price of a large cheese pizza. That's right, give up just one pizza a month for the chance to realize your rock 'n' roll dreams!
My online course walks you through each lesson, step-by-step, telling you what to practice each session, so you never got lost or wonder what you're supposed to do.
If you have a guitar, you can be learning in just a few minutes!
Don't have a guitar? Get an electric guitar starter kit for $115 delivered to your door in a few days from Rondo Music (I've personally bought from them — they sell good guitars at great prices).
Enroll now while it's still free!
Right now, Guitar Smith Online is in the "beta testing" phase, meaning I want to make sure any lesson or program inconsistencies are resolved before I officially open my school. In exchange for your valuable feedback, enrollment is free...
...but I'm only accepting a limited number of students for the beta test.
Enroll now before the free beta testing period is closed!
As an extra incentive, here are two more reasons to enroll now, while it's free:
- Once I begin charging a monthly membership fee, the rate will eventually increase to support the addition of new lessons. Enroll now, during the beta test, and you'll be guaranteed the introductory membership rate for as long as you remain a member. That means when I start charging the expected starting rate of $9.95 a month, your rate will never be higher than that for as long as you remain a member.
- For those students that provide the most valuable feedback during the beta testing period, I will extend a free, lifetime membership to Guitar Smith Online!
The Course
I have developed all of my lessons with this goal in mind: I want you to build a solid foundation in guitar so you can play ANY style you want: Rock, jazz, blues, country, classical, you name it!
Here are some of the things you can expect to learn at Guitar Smith Online:
For Beginners
- Learn the absolute basics, like how to hold the guitar and hold the pick.
- Learn basic open chords and how to strum simple rhythms.
- Two sections of picking exercises to build strength and dexterity in your hands.
- Learn to read music and play the notes on the fretboard.
For Intermediate and Advanced Players (coming soon)
- Develop advanced techniques like hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends and muting.
- Learn to play scales up and down the fretboard with ease.
- Learn bar chords, chord progressions and advanced rhythms.
- Learn music theory as it applies to guitar (prepares you for advanced playing and/or a degree in music)
- ...and much more!
I have already made enough lessons to keep the typical beginning student busy for the next year or two, but I am working on lessons for intermediate and advanced players, too. So, even if you've been playing guitar for a while, you can still enroll now while it's free, and lock in the low introductory rate when I officially open.
It's like having an in-home guitar tutor
It's about time I introduce myself. My name is Adam Baxley and I've been a full-time, professional guitar instructor for 14 years, and a guitar player for 21 years.
I've played professionally, and I've played with some top-notch musicians. Rock guitar was my first love, but I also play jazz (particularly Brazilian jazz). That's the great thing about building a solid foundation in guitar the way that Guitar Smith Online does: You can play any style you like!
I love to play, but I also love to teach. I think it's this passion for teaching guitar that has helped me to develop lessons that are simple, yet effective. When I envisioned Guitar Smith Online, I knew I wanted, as close as possible, to emulate the experience of having a private instructor.
For this reason, I dismissed creating a DVD or book course because those media are not interactive. A DVD or book course can't do all the things that Guitar Smith Online does, such as:
- Keep track of your progress through the course.
- Email you practice reminders.
- Provide you with interactive tools like a practice timer and metronome.
- Provide an integrated forum to get feedback from me and other students.
- Give you immediate access to new lessons I develop.
Creating an online school is the only way to provide the level of interactivity that Guitar Smith Online offers.
I also considered employing guest instructors to develop the lesson content more quickly. However, beginning players need the structure and consistency that only a single instructor can provide. Too many teaching styles can lead to confusion. Ultimately, I felt that quality was more important than quantity, when it came to teaching beginning guitar. As a result, I personally created and teach all the lessons.
Are you ready to live your rock 'n' roll dream?
If you've read this far, I know you're interested in learning to play guitar. You've dreamed about it, probably for years, but you never felt like the time was right to start learning. Thanks to the internet and the cutting edge technology that Guitar Smith Online offers, now is your time!
Here's a little reminder of why Guitar Smith Online is your best choice for learning guitar and why you should enroll today:
- Invest just 10-20 minutes, 3-5 days a week.
- It's FREE during beta testing, and the expected introductory monthly rate will be just $9.95.
- Lock in the lowest monthly rate possible for the lifetime of your enrollment.
- Free beta testing slots are limited, so enroll today while they are still available.
- It uses cutting edge technology to emulate the experience of having a private instructor.
- Each lesson is taught by the same, experienced, professional instructor (that's me, Adam Baxley).
- It's interactive
- It's fun!
Enroll Now for FREE
Sincerely,
