Learn from Great Slide Guitar Teachers

Brett Rechtfertig has been teaching professionally for 11+ years, is an international touring musician and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. Having played guitar for 25 years, Brett has professional experience onstage and in the studio in virtually all styles of popular music; a range of genres from jazz, blues, funk, folk, country all the way through rock and metal.

Bio: Jay Harootunian is a nationally touring artist with the Americana roots band Mojo Birds. His teaching background includes Adjunct Professor of Guitar at San Juan College, band coaching, artist development, and Songwriting Studio Online. He is also the founder of the Durango Sound Project and serves as the Vermont State Coordinator for Music Link.

Hello, my name is Jordan! I have over 25 years of guitar teaching experience and over 30 years experience playing in bands and touring acts.

Education and Training I started playing guitar when I was 12 years old, learning from a private teacher who really helped me fall in love with the instrument.Later on, I decided to study music more seriously and spent two years (2014 - 2016) taking music performance courses at the Tomsk Regional College of Culture and Arts (TGKSKTI).

Walker Teret is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Baltimore, MD. He has appeared on stage in 21 countries alongside an impressive list of artists including The Gene Clark No Other Band (with members of Beach House, Fleet Foxes, The Walkmen, and Wye Oak), Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, MATMOS, Lower Dens, Cass McCombs, Scarlett Johansson, Zane Campbell, and many more.

My name is Dave Cipriani, I have been playing guitar for over 30 years, and professionally for 20. I have a BA in Classical Guitar Performance from St. Mary's College of Maryland, an MFA in World Music Performance from California Institute of the Arts. I currently mainly play 20-string Indian Slide Guitar and 7-string classical guitar in improvised styles.

Hello! My name is Jonny Java Mantra and I was born in the Bronx, NYC. I have been playing guitar for 30 years (since the age of 6.) I am a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and La Guardia HS of Music, Art, and Performing Arts in NYC. I have traveled and toured the world performing for over 15 years and I currently play guitar for the US Army Band in Colorado Springs.

I’m a vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer who has toured the world sharing the stage with renowned artists, recording/collaborating with legends of modern music. My songs have been licensed for CBS, TNT, E!, MTV, VH1, Oxygen, TBS and commercials for CocaCola, Samsung, Citizen Bank, and more.

Owen Reilly is a versatile guitarist and vocalist with over 20 years’ experience in rock, metal, blues, and country, with added fluency in many other genres. He performs with the Los Angeles metal band Felon 13, regularly performs with the country-rock-blues-jazz group RMS Trio, and plays solo at weddings, parties, and events.

I've been a musician for 29 years and working full time teaching and performing for 17 years. My teaching approach is thoery based.