Uptempo Music Lessons

Uptempo Music Lessons 🎸 Uptempo Music Lessons
Guitar • Bass • Voice • Ukulele
Beginner to Advanced • North Vancouver + Online
Fall 2026 Registration Open
UptempoMusicLessons.com

I live and teach in North Vancouver and my students range in age from 8 years old up to 70 plus years of age. Though some of my young students go on to Berklee or other music universities, my real love is teaching people that genuinely love music and then seeing the joy it brings them as they improve with my guidance. My hope is that my students will see that music is a great way to challenge, give themselves enjoyment, and express themselves for the rest of their lives. I am a Capilano Jazz diploma graduate (with honours) with over 25 years teaching experience and over 30 years of performing my music on stages and radio stations across Canada. Several of my lessons have been featured in Guitar Player and Guitar World online. Please contact me via my cell 604-910-0604 or via email [email protected]

10/09/2026

Jimi Hendrix Manic Depression Riff

"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."

10/07/2026

Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.

Jimi Hendrix

10/06/2026

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.

Jimi Hendrix

10/05/2026

"Music is my religion."

-Jimi Hendrix

10/04/2026

"I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes."

-Jimi Hendrix

10/03/2026

Name that tune Part 2...

10/02/2026

FROM THE UPTEMPO VAULT: DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’

Originally published back in February 2020 - and this little guitar riff is still an absolute monster.

Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ starts out all smooth, melodic and suspiciously well behaved… and then Neal Schon’s guitar decides it has somewhere important to be.
The riff builds faster and faster toward the crescendo, turning a giant pop-rock anthem into a surprisingly savage little alternate-picking workout.
That’s also what makes it such a great riff to learn.
It’s repetitive enough to build muscle memory, but fast enough to make your picking hand earn its supper.

Start slowly, keep it clean, and gradually bring it up to speed. With a little patience and persistence, this one is fantastic for developing alternate picking, timing and accuracy.

Six years later, we’re dusting this lesson off and sending it back into the wild.

🎸 Don’t Stop Believin’ - Fast Guitar Solo Riff ▶️ Full lesson + TAB (link in bio): https://blog.uptempomusiclessons.com/2020/02/dont-stop-believin-fast-guitar-riff.html

10/01/2026

Practice Guitar Every Day Challenge

We lost a music and art legend, folks. RIP Bob Masse.
09/30/2026

We lost a music and art legend, folks. RIP Bob Masse.


09/30/2026

"If you want to become a musician you must practice. There is no other way, there are no shortcuts."
— Duke Ellington

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229 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver, BC
V7M2E9

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+16049100604

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