Online Instruction

Guitar Noise 30 FREE guitar lessons focusing on classic rock tunes. Very clear lessons. Great starting point.

EZ Folk Very folk oriented, as per the name. Some good tabs, and good information on purchasing equipment.

Guitar Lesson World Good website with some beginner lessons. The resources section is great, too.

Acoustic Guitar Magazine I like this magazine a lot, and their online lessons are excellent.

Play Guitar Magazine This is such a great resource for a new guitarist. Both online and in print, these guys are right on. Put out by the same folks as Acoustic Guitar Magazine.


Guitar Music Archives

The Online Guitar Archive OLGA.net is a huge database of text files describing the guitar parts of popular music.

Musical Friends

porterdavis- my band!

Nate Borofsky, Kristin Cifelli, and Brian Webb are great artists that I've played with and made records with.

Mikele Kreitner is an Austin-based singer/songwriter that I play guitar with sometimes.

Judson Crane is a good friend and my old roomate. He makes amazingly good music for commercials. You have heard his music and don't even know it.

Alexandra DuBois is one of the most talented and aclaimed young modern classical composers in the world.

Dr. David Patterson is an American Composer, author, and educator and is my musical mentor.

Music Schools I've Attended

UMass-Boston

Berklee College of Music

National Guitar Workshop

Austin Musical Links

South Austin Music

Quincy's Guitars



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