School of the Arts

Hi, I’m Shane Cammell and I started solving guitar students’ problems back in 1990.
Since then, I’ve performed as a solo guitar entertainer onboard multiple NCL and Princess cruise ships. I’ve also worked as an Associate Professor of Guitar at three Californian universities. I started teaching exclusively via webcam in 2009, and have continued to develop effective learning strategies and utilise several online tools that enhance a student’s musical journey. Lessons are typically thirty minutes long, though the first lesson is an hour, as we learn the following: guitar anatomy, string names, finger labels, how to read notation, and play your first song! I’m happy to teach anyone, as long as they are musically opinionated. Without a bias, a passion, a direction, motivation is hard to maintain. Tell me what music drives you, what song brings you to tears? What band is always on your playlists? Commit to thirty minutes, seven days a week, of fingers on strings, AND follow my strategies, use my tools, and I can guarantee you’ll become a fantastic guitarist and musician.

I love watching the light come on in students’ eyes when they ‘get it’. I also love pointing backwards to where they’ve been, to highlight where they are now, and engender a hope of where they could eventually go. Learning a musical instrument is primarily a game of cognition and mechanics – creating understanding and muscle memory. Let’s make sure the journey is full of wins, and enjoyable moments of musical achievement!