Gary Clancy Guitar Lessons

My teaching approach:

extensive touring and pro experience. shared the stage with sly & the family stone, ypoung rascals, santana, chuck berry, blood sweat & tears, freddy fender, tiny tim, chuck berry, paul butterfield,. Have a 24 track analog and a 24 track digital studio with upper end and vintage gear, play several styles proficiently and have enjoyed the fruits of my labor in my reputation as a player and a teacher

My influences are:

Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Henderson, larry carlton, robben ford, albert lee, brent mason, danny gatton, ray flachke, steve lucather, carlos Santana, mick taylor, mike bloomfield, pat martino, mike sterns, to name a few

My guitar lessons take place in:

The teacher's studio

Guitar Lessons with me take place in the following areas:

central coast of maine (Rockland) and augusta/China area

Guitar Techniques:

Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Fingerstyle, Slide Guitar, Performance, Improvisation, Jamming Skills, Reading Music, Music Theory, Scales and Exercises, Song Writing, Recording and Production, Guidance In Equipment Selection

Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following:

we'll record what the student has accomplished on their own for future posterity and take it from there. It might entail jamming with some Q&A. I also am very interested in their definition of practice and self motivation towards routines

A guitar lesson with me might entail the following:

based on your past experience, I'm most interested in your difficulties in learning physically and mentally. I come from a self taught background with an extensive education in special needs so I'll be diagnostic in my approach

The qualities I look for in an ideal guitar student might include the following:

I enjoy them all.