Strong Foundations for the Guitarist

Students that may have played a bit on their own can still benefit greatly from this course. It is called "Strong Foundations" because this course will give you the knowledge and physical ability to develop in the most efficient way, developing the student's understanding of music theory, ear-training, and technique.

Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer, producer, educator, and author Jared Meeker has performed throughout the world. Jared graduated from California Institute of the Arts and has taught workshops at USC, UCLA, Seattle Pacific University, SUNY, Los Angeles Music Academy, Crown of the Continent, and the National Guitar Workshop. Jared music compositions have appeared in award-winning films including Fuel and Sunken City, which won best music at the Dubuque International Film Festival.  He has also composed original scores for films including Take Me To Tarzana, directed by Maceo Greenburg, and Interreflections, directed by Peter Joseph. His music has been featured on hit television shows Dexter and Smash, as well as on various programming on MTV, Showtime, NBC, VH1, CBS, and TNT. The diverse roster of artists Jared has worked with include Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Myka 9, N.A.S.A. / Squeak E. Clean, Karen O, Salvador Santana, and Hollie Cook. Jared has appeared in music production video courses for Producertech and in dozens of guitar, bass, and mandolin videos for Alfred Music. Jared also worked as a sound designer with Loopmasters UK to create a few award-winning sound sample libraries as well as releasing his own plugin called DejaVu by Meeker FX. He has been featured in Guitar Player and Guitar World, has written columns for Premier Guitar, and authored several books on guitar styles for Alfred Music. 

Students will be assigned specific things to practice between each lesson.

1 hour 50 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 2 - 4 hours per week outside of class.