Today sees the launch of legendary award winning Jazz guitarist Dr. Martin Taylor MBE Guitar Academy enabling students from around the world to receive a unique interactive education with the jazz guitar virtuoso online. Martin Taylor has established an extraordinary career as an internationally acclaimed musician, and his distinctive style has seen him recognized as a veritable modern master of solo jazz guitar playing. The site will give students access to hundreds of HD video lessons from beginner to advanced at a cost of $60 for 3 months.

The extensive video curriculum is presented on the innovative ArtistWorks online platform, allowing Taylor to use the latest internet video exchange technologyto break the barrier of one-sided learning. Taylor personally instructs students through the video exchange system. By using a simple webcam, students can submit a video of themselves practicing their online lessons, which Taylor will review and issue a Video Response. Both videos are then posted together on the site so that the entire online community can learn, 24/7. Video submission is not required, study is self-paced. Students will be able to access multiple versions of most lessons, including an overhead perspective as well as slowed down and pitch-corrected videos. Perhaps the most anticipated feature of the MTGA lessons is the transcription – Martin Taylor’s work is notoriously difficult to transcribe and will be a valuable reference tool for students for mastering each lesson. The MTGA incorporates fully featured social media, including Student Profile Pages that members can personalize, Messaging, Forums and Chat – uniting the world of solo and fingerstyle guitarists in one central place.

The Martin Taylor Guitar Academy – http://www.martintaylorguitar.com

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Check out my review of Martin Taylor’s latest album “Last Train To Hauteville”