Bobby's passion for guitar was fueled when he began to commandeer his sister's guitar at every opportunity. In no time, he became passionate about metal. Off he went to Berklee to ...try to be like Al Di Meola but ended up a bit more like Wes Montgomery. After graduation, he was given the enormous honor to play alongside Chuck Schuldiner and Gene Hoglan, possibly resulting in Charlie Parker's licks being played in death metal tunes for the first time. Soon, he developed a passion for songwriting, too. He went on to form Junkie Rush and The Absinthe Trio and started working as a freelance live guitarist. Bobby has had the honor of teaching jazz guitar at Rollins College and the University of Central Florida. He has also given private lessons to hundreds of guitar students over the years and has always been dedicated to helping aspiring musicians. He enjoys reggae, as evident in his frequent collaborations with The Supervillains and The Goods. Currently, he plays guitar with the Dave Laure band, doing frequent tours in Orlando.
In this series, you will learn about different techniques of guitar playing. Instructor Bobby Koelble demonstrates techniques like bending, vibrato, economy picking and legato (for intermediate players). Also, you will learn about the mechanics of speed picking.
In this series, instructor Steve Luciano demonstrates the major scale and its different positions. Also, instructor Mike Walker demonstrates the pentatonic scale and goes deeper into the major scale and its different modes.
Here , instructor Bobby Koelble discusses and demonstrates different ways of improvisation and how you can make your playing more creative and interesting. Also, beginners will learn how to improvise over basic chord progressions and how they can improve and progress. From basic theory to more advanced nuances of playing, this series covers it all.
In this series, instructor Bobby Koelble discusses and demonstrates the idea of creating a solo over a song or progression. The series will include creating solos over rock, metal, reggae, pop, and fusion tracks. Each track will include beginners, intermediate, and advanced solo lessons.
In this series, instructor Rob Marcello demonstrates different types of arpeggios and the sweep-picking technique for 3 string to 6 string sweep-picked arpeggios. Along with the common major, minor, and seventh arpeggio shapes, you will also learn about chord inversions and diminished arpeggios.