THIS THURSDAY! Steph Goyer and Ben Cohen will be teaching a shred guitar clinic at Plugged In Teen Band Program! It's all ages and open to the public! Check out the event page for more details and to register!
Metal (shred & sweep) Guitar Clinic – 4/23
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Metal (shred & sweep) Guitar Clinic
Thursday April 23, 2015
7:00p – 9:00p (includes (1) 15 minute break)
Plugged In Band Program
40 Freeman Place
Needham, MA 02492
Fee: $75 per person
For intermediate guitarists of all ages!
Register Here
Topics covered in the workshop include:
Major, minor, diminished, and augmented triad sweep arpeggio shapes
Cool ways to add other notes to these shapes to give them more flavor
Two hand tapping technique and how to use it to play arpeggios, and spice up your pentatonic licks
Hexatonic licks
Scale fragment licks
Legato licks
Different types of harmonics and how to use them
Exotic scales
and more!
You’ll also leave with lots of materials to take home and use while practicing!
This workshop is being taught by two, long time, Plugged In teachers – Ben and Steph.
Ben – Ben received his first guitar at the age of 13, and has been addicted to it ever since. He has played both guitar and bass guitar in numerous bands around the Boston area. His current band is Lattermath, a progressive metal outfit in which he plays lead and rhythm guitar. At the age of 15, After having outgrown several previous teachers Ben began studying guitar with Berklee professor and one of the fastest guitarists in the world, Joe Stump. In 2004, Ben was awarded a Berklee Entering Student Talent Scholarship and began his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Now 27 years-old, Ben is a graduate of Berklee, with a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Music. In 2008, he attended Mattias “IA” Eklundh’s prestigious Freak Guitar Camp in Gothenburg, Sweden, studying with Mattias, who is widely considered to be one of the most innovative guitarists in the world today. In 2000, Ben began to teach guitar lessons, and has been teaching passionately ever since, specializing in rock/metal, while also being well-versed in a diverse array of other styles. He has been teaching at Plugged In since 2005, and enjoys passing on wisdom gained from years of playing in professional bands to younger players. Ben continues to strive to push the limits of his playing, and encourages his students to do the same on their instruments, while maintaining a relaxed, anxiety-free teaching style that is focused on the individual goals of each student, no matter what the student’s level of experience and stylistic preferences might be.
Steph – Steph, a Berklee College of Music graduate, has been playing guitar for 17 years and teaching professionally for 7. Steph is also an accomplished song-writer and has been teaching students song-writing skills for 7 years. Steph gigs regularly in the Boston area and has toured the east coast. Although her playing is mainly focused in rock and metal, she has studied classical, jazz and funk and enjoys working with students in any style of music. Steph likes to cater her guitar lessons to the students interests, learning style and personal goals. Beginner students working with Steph can expect to learn all of the fundamentals like reading music, pick holding, fretting, string bending, sliding, and playing with vibrato. For advanced students, she puts a great emphasis on fret board knowledge, scales, theory, exercises and soloing. Steph incorporates technology into her teaching and is happy to make custom exercises and backing tracks for students to practice with or help with transcriptions, recording or song writing. Above all, her main goal is to make the student love guitar as much as she does!
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