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Playing Tip from Tim Venerosa: Focused Practice Makes Perfect
Tim Venerosa is a guitar performance instructor at Guitar Craft Academy. One of the biggest things I took away from being a student at MI, to becoming a full-time musician, to now being an instructor at the Nashville campus, is how important it is to set aside a...
Student Profile: Tiernan McKinney
Tiernan McKinney didn’t care much about music until seventh grade, when he was required to take a music class in school. After he was assigned to play a brass instrument, he quickly realized what instrument he’d much rather be playing — bass. A few years later, a...
Tennessee Twosome (Video)
Last year, our instructors visited high schools and colleges in the Nashville area and showed students some of the basics of what we do at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville. While there, they were always glad to pick up their instruments and play a tune or two. Here’s a...
How to Adjust a Guitar Truss Rod
Guitar Craft Academy Instructor Steven Mather takes you through the step-by-step process of adjusting the truss rod in a guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2t5E-Dc5oU
Exploring Faculty Gear: Dive into the Instruments and Equipment We Use
We love gear. Every player has their favorite guitars, amps and pedals to help them chase the specific sound they’re after. We caught up with some of our Guitar Craft Academy Nashville faculty members to find out what gear has been recently impressing them: Guitar...
Student Profile: Lisa Owens
Leesa Owens’ love of guitars started early, but it was almost destined to. She grew up in Montana in a musical family — her grandmother and grandfather both sing, and her grandma also plays guitar. Leesa’s grandma bought her her first guitar and taught her the “G”...






