Mike Stern (Guest Lecturer)

Mike Stern is a 6 time Grammy nominee American jazz guitarist. After playing for a few years with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he landed a gig with drummer Billy Cobham and then broke through with trumpeter Miles Davis’ comeback band from 1981 to 1983, and again in 1985. Following that he launched a solo career, releasing more than a dozen albums. He was hailed as the Best Jazz Guitarist of 1993 by Guitar Player magazine. At the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in June 2007, Stern was honored with the Miles Davis Award, which was created to recognize internationally acclaimed jazz artists whose body of work has contributed significantly to the renewal of the genre. In 2009 Stern was listed on Down Beat ‘s list of 75 best jazz guitar players of all time. Stern was presented with Guitar Player magazine’s Certified Legend Award on January 21, 2012. This was given to him at the Muriel Anderson’s All-Star Guitar night where he performed with Lee Ritenour.

Mike Stern has been a guest lecturer for The American Guitar Academy’s guitar seminars since 2015.

TAGA Publishing Presents: Mike Stern: Burn with Stern!

In this video course, Mike Stern will connect the Rock to the Jazz world to you and will bring you back to the basics, but in the right way. Mike will make you get comfortable with the uncomfortable in Burn With Stern!

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I feel very lucky…

I took lessons at the American Guitar Academy while working in Japan. I feel very lucky to have found out about the academy and highly recommend it to anyone interested in guitar while in Japan. My instructor was an experienced guitar teacher, and attentive to both my progress and my learning methods. Many times when …

Ryan

ライアン

40歳を過ぎてから…

40歳を過ぎてから、ギターを始めました。Hiroshi先生は覚えのわるい私に根気よく丁寧に教えてくださるので、毎回楽しく通っています。　昔から音楽が好きでしたが、楽器には特に触れてきませんでした。ギターを習うことで、音楽に対する幅が広がり、より興味深く考えるようになりました。　様々なジャンルの音楽にトライしてみたいです。　いつか、弾いてみたい曲がひけるよう、今後もご指導よろしくお願いいたします。〇When did you start lessons at TAGA: 1 and a half years ago　　〇Lesson Style: Classical guitar

Mariko

マリコ

Employee

社会人

I am looking forward to getting more new lessons…

My teacher Giovanni plays guitar perfectly well. I am looking forward to getting more new lessons. Please teach me arpeggio and other strumming styles next time!! From Maro. Parent of Maro：　個人レッスンで、個人のキャラクターをみながら上達を促してくれます。〇Why did you initially choose to take guitar lessons with our school rather than with another school in Tokyo?：　Webで拝見してとても楽しそうな雰囲気だったので。日本の一般的な教室の決まりきったプログラムではなく、外国人の先生方ともコミュニケーションをとりながらオリジナリティーのあるレッスンをしていただけると思ったので。

Maro

マロ

Future guitarist

将来はギタリスト（8才）

The teachers are nice to me!

It was fun because from the first lesson I learned new chords and I stretched and moved my fingers! I also learned how to tune! The teachers are nice to me! I love to come to American guitar academy! Parent of Hana: 〇Why did you initially choose to take guitar lessons with our school rather …

Hana

ハナ

Student

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