Become The Bluegrass Guitarist You've Always Wanted To Be

Spend the next 12 months following a clear path—with expert coaching and personal feedback—to become a more confident, capable bluegrass musician who can play, create and contribute with greater freedom.

 
👉 Apply For Bluegrass Guitar Fluency

 You've Put In The Years.........But You Know There Is Another Level In You 

 

You've been playing guitar for years. Maybe even decades.

 

And you're not a beginner.

 

You can play. You've learned songs and solos. You've worked on your technique. You've practiced scales and licks, watched lessons, taken courses, and probably accumulated more guitar material than you'll ever have time to work through.

 

But there's still a gap between the guitarist you are today and the musician you know you could become.

 

And after all the time you've put into this, that can be frustrating.

 

Maybe you find yourself thinking:

You're Not Alone

 

🎯 You practice...

But you're never completely sure you're practicing the right things.

🧩 You learn more material...

But you're not always sure how it all fits together—or what you should work on next.

🔓 You can play things you've memorized...

But when it's time to step outside the arrangement, improvise, or create something of your own...

you don't have the freedom you'd like.

🎸 And when you play with other musicians...

Maybe you still don't have the confidence to jump in, take a break, respond in the moment, and contribute the way you'd like.

 So you keep learning.

 

Another lick. Another song. Another scale. Another lesson.

 

And you do improve.

 

But the bigger question never completely goes away:

 

“Am I actually becoming the musician I want to be?”

 

After nearly 20 years of teaching guitar, I've come to believe that for most experienced players in this situation, the answer isn't simply more information.

 

And it certainly isn't that you haven't worked hard enough.

 

You need to know what to work on, in what order, and what “good enough to move on” actually looks like.

 

You need a clear path between the guitarist you are today and the musician you still want to become.

 

That's exactly what Bluegrass Guitar Fluency is designed to give you.

 

 

After nearly 20 years of teaching guitar, I've noticed something again and again:

Most players don't struggle because they're incapable of becoming great musicians.

They struggle because they've never been shown what to develop—and in what order.

So they bounce from lesson to lesson...

Technique one week. A fiddle tune the next. A few licks after that. Maybe some scales, improvisation exercises or another new solo.

They're learning good things.

But there's no clear developmental path connecting everything together.

That's why I created The Flatpicking Path.

It's the process I use to help guitarists identify where they are, understand what they need to develop next, and systematically build toward greater musical fluency.

And the path happens in three stages:

 

🪨 FOUNDATION — Build the Skills

Develop the technique, timing and fundamental repertoire that everything else depends on.

Instead of rushing toward advanced playing, we make sure the underlying skills are strong enough to support where you want to go.

📖 LANGUAGE — Learn the Music

Internalize the vocabulary and repertoire of great bluegrass guitar playing through authentic phrases, solos to classic bluegrass vocal tunes and fiddle tunes.

This is where you stop merely knowing about bluegrass guitar and begin absorbing the musical language itself—until the sounds, patterns and phrases start becoming familiar.

🎤 VOICE — Make It Your Own

Begin connecting and applying everything you've developed so you can create, improvise and respond more freely in real musical situations.

This is where the skills and language you've spent years developing begin turning into something much bigger:

Your own musical voice.

 

 

The important thing is that you don't skip the steps.

 

You don't expect yourself to speak a language fluently before you've learned enough of the language to have something to say.

 

And you don't keep piling on more information when what you really need is to strengthen the foundation underneath you.

 

Instead, we identify where you are on the path, determine what you need next, and give you a clear progression to follow.

 

So when you pick up your guitar each day, you're no longer wondering:

 

“What should I be working on?”

 

đź“Ť You know where you are.

 

🎯 You know what you're developing.

 

🧭 You know where you're going.

 

 Imagine What Becomes Possible When Your Playing Finally Starts to Come Together

 

This isn't simply about learning more songs, adding a few more licks to your vocabulary, or playing a little faster.

 

It's about becoming the kind of musician who can pick up a guitar and feel at home with it.

 

 Just Imagine Being Able To.....

 

🎸 Walk into a jam and feel confident enough to join in.

🎶 Hear a song—even one you don't know particularly well—and have enough command of the instrument and musical language to contribute something that sounds good.

🔥 Take a break without feeling like you're hanging on for dear life.

đź’ˇ Create your own ideas instead of always depending on something you've memorized note-for-note.

🧭 Have the technique, timing, vocabulary and fretboard knowledge to actually use what you know.

🤝 And maybe most importantly, sit down with other musicians and feel like you belong there—not because you're the best player in the room, but because you can listen, respond and contribute to the music.

 

That's the kind of confidence we're working toward.

Not perfection.

Not becoming the next Tony Rice.

Becoming the confident, capable musician you've always wanted to be.

 

Because when you can do that, guitar becomes more than something you practice.

It becomes something that gives you access to new people, new experiences, new challenges and a whole lot more fun.

 

And if music has been an important part of your life for years, there's something pretty exciting about realizing:

 

There’s still so much music ahead of you.

Introducing......

 

A 12-Month Coaching & Mentorship Experience for Serious Bluegrass Guitarists

👉Apply For Bluegrass Guitar Fluency

  

Bluegrass Guitar Fluency is for experienced guitar players who are ready to stop piecing their development together on their own and spend the next year deliberately becoming the musician they know they can be.

Over the course of 12 months, I'll help you identify exactly where you are on the Flatpicking Path, determine what you need to work on next, and guide you through a clear progression designed to develop the skills, vocabulary and repertoire you need to become a more confident, capable bluegrass musician.

But this isn't another course you buy, work through for a few weeks and eventually forget about.

We're going to work on your playing together. 

 

You'll practice.

You'll learn new material.

You'll record yourself playing.

You'll get feedback.

You'll make corrections.

And then you'll do it again.

Week after week, we'll use a simple standard to make sure you're not merely consuming more information—you're actually developing as a musician:

 

Because the goal isn't to finish a curriculum.

The goal is to have the lessons develop you as a musician 

Here's How We'll Do It

The Path

Follow Your Path

You'll work through the appropriate stage of my brand new Flatpicking Path Curriculum based on where you are today. You'll commit to a daily focused practice routine to make sure the material sinks in. No more wondering what you should practice next. You'll have a path

The Proof 

Show Your Work

Each week, you'll have the opportunity to record and share your playing and progress. There's a big difference between "I practiced all week" and being able to record a video yourself playing a lesson cleanly, in time and from memory

The Coaching

Get Personal Feedback

I'll watch your playing, help you identify what's holding you back, tell you what needs attention, and help you determine what to work on next.

We'll also meet regularly for live group coaching, where you can ask questions and learn from other serious guitarists.

The Experience 

Put It Into The Real World

We'll come together twice during the year for in-person musical experiences where you'll have the opportunity to play, jam, take breaks, meet other musicians and put what you've been developing into practice. 

No  screens, no online videos, no Zoom calls........... just real music played by real people

 

Each part of the experience is designed to work together.

The curriculum gives you direction.

Sharing your playing gives you accountability.

Personal feedback gives you correction.

And the in-person experiences give you the opportunity to put it all into practice.

So instead of simply consuming more guitar information, you're continually moving through a process of learning, playing, getting feedback and improving.

Ultimately, we're not doing all of this so you can become great at practicing guitar in your house.

 

We're doing it so you can play music.

 

 

What Could One Focused Year Change?

Think about where your playing was a year ago.

Now think about where you'd like it to be a year from today.

What if, instead of spending another year wondering what to practice, bouncing between lessons and hoping everything eventually comes together...

 

âś…You spent that year following a clear developmental path?

âś…What if you practiced with purpose?

âś…Built a larger vocabulary.

âś…Developed a substantial repertoire.

âś…Strengthened the weak spots in your playing.

✅Received regular feedback on what you were actually doing—not what you thought you were doing.

âś…And week after week, you had a reason to keep showing up, playing, improving and moving forward?

 

Where could your playing be 12 months from now?

 

🏆Maybe you're walking into a jam with a completely different level of confidence.

🏆Maybe you're taking breaks on songs you once would have sat out.

🏆Maybe you're hearing familiar phrases and chord changes differently because you've spent a year absorbing the language.

🏆Maybe you're beginning to create ideas of your own instead of always relying on something you've memorized.

🏆Maybe other musicians notice the difference.

🏆And maybe you notice it most of all.

 

Because you've finally stopped wondering whether you're ever going to become the player you want to be.

You're becoming that person

There Is Still So Much Music Ahead of You.

For most of the guitarists I work with, this isn't about becoming a professional musician.

It's about something much more personal.

It's about becoming proud of the player you've become.

Having the confidence to say yes when someone asks you to play.

Sitting down with other musicians and knowing you can contribute.

Meeting new people. Going to jams. Making music. Challenging yourself. Creating something that's yours.

And having something meaningful to keep getting better at for years to come.

You already love music.

The question is what you want your relationship with it to look like for the next 5, 10 or 20 years.

Because there may be a much better musician in you than you've had the opportunity to discover yet.

Let's find out.

👉Apply For Bluegrass Guitar Fluency

 

Is Bluegrass Guitar Fluency Right for You?

Bluegrass Guitar Fluency isn't for everyone.

It's designed for the guitarist who has already spent years playing, genuinely loves music, and knows there's another level of musicianship he hasn't reached yet.

This may be for you if...

  • You've been playing guitar for years but still feel like you should be further along.
  • You're willing to practice, but you want greater clarity about what to practice and in what order.
  • You want more than another collection of lessons, licks and tabs—you want a developmental path.
  • You want to build the technique, vocabulary and repertoire that lead to greater musical freedom.
  • You want to become more confident playing, creating, improvising and contributing with other musicians.
  • You're willing to record yourself playing, receive feedback and actually apply it.
  • You value coaching and are willing to trust the process rather than constantly searching for the next new thing.
  • Most importantly, becoming a substantially better musician genuinely matters to you.

You don't need to be an advanced bluegrass guitarist already.

And you don't need to have everything figured out.

That's my job.

But you do need to be willing to practice, be coached, show your work and commit to the process.

Because I'm not looking for people who simply want access to more guitar content.

I'm looking for people who want to become better musicians.

 

 

Become the Bluegrass Guitarist You've Always Wanted to Be

You've already put years into playing guitar.

You've already proven that music matters to you.

And if there's still a part of you that knows you're capable of becoming a more confident, capable musician, you don't have to spend the next several years trying to figure out the path by yourself.

Give Yourself One Focused Year

Follow a proven developmental path.

Practice with purpose.

Get personal feedback.

Play with other musicians.

And find out just how much better you can become.

Bluegrass Guitar Fluency

A 12-month coaching and mentorship experience designed to help you deliberately become the musician you've always wanted to be.

If that sounds like what you've been looking for, the next step is to apply.

I'll personally review your application to learn more about where you are now, where you'd like to go, and whether Bluegrass Guitar Fluency is the right fit to help you get there.

There is still so much music ahead of you. 

👉Apply For Bluegrass Guitar Fluency