Tone Tailors Lessons

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Instructor Bio Spotlight: James Lipka

Meet James - A veteran of the local music scene, James has been performing professionally for nearly 20 years. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music where he was fortunate enough to study with and learn from many great teachers including Chris Buono, Don Lappin, John Finn
and Joe Stump.

James is currently a full time member of The Thompson Triplets, The Ogham Stones, Jessica Smucker and the End of Everything and Tractor Jerry and The Mudbucket. In addition to his full time projects, he has also done extensive work as a sideman and a pit musician, and is an accomplished solo fingerstyle guitar player. As a result, James has played in virtually every style
and format possible.

Through his 8+ years of teaching full time, he has combined his academic background with his years of on the job, practical knowledge to create a well rounded approach that will teach you the essential skills to get your playing to where you want it to be. Whether you just want to play along to your favorite songs at home, perform at an open mic, or even play the biggest stages, James can help you get there.

James is also one of a handful of people who have completed Chris Buono’s Diatonic 7-Tone (and its sequel, Pentatonic 5-Tone), a massive in depth study of the diatonic modes of the major scale. An adventure unto itself, and not for the faint of heart, 7-Tone is a transformative program that will absolutely change the way you see the guitar neck. If you’re interested in learning more about Diatonic 7-Tone, reach out to James and he will be happy to get you started on the
journey.

Guitar - Bass - Pedal Steel - Dobro - Mandolin

Thank you to Bryan Thomas Photography

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James, one of our instructors has a gig tomorrow with one of his bands, Tractor Jerry and here are the details:

"We're over the Hump Day and Team Tractor Jerry is here to kick off your weekend the down-home way! This coming Friday, 11/14 @ Tellus360 in the pub. We hit at 7pm with some foot-stompin-alt-country-rock-n-roll. Catch you then!

[ The Tellus360 calendar says 8pm, but we're the kinda folks that like to give you more bang for your cover-free buck, so they were kind enough to let us get started at 7pm and play a little longer for ya! Two sets, all killer - no filler!] Catcha then!

Photo Credit: Bryan Thomas (that guy's good... real good!)"

~ Tony Kirchner
(Drummer for Tractor Jerry)