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Here's What Real Life Students are Saying...

I really was touched in the heart by his own compositions like “America”, “Simplicity”, “Just a City Boy”, “Ciao Bella” and “Shelter Island” which I received from him as bonus songs on tablature. Learning those pieces of music has really made me become FAN and from the moment, I realized that Adam’s teaching had started a beautiful process in me, I only wanted to play his arrangements. His Funky Finger Stuff has highly infected my soul and I’m just loving it. It’s a great joy to study and play this style. The magic of it is that I get more into Adam’s realm of music, with each new song that I learn to play. At the same time it gives new insights in his teaching on all the previous work. I would like to thank Adam for all the beautiful work he has done so far and it is my deepest wish that he will continue to do so and come out with much more of it (as soon as possible!) Sincerely,
Raoul Lambert
Raoul Lambert
“I have joined the StudywithAdam.com website and it is fantastic. I can recommend it with total enthusiasm.

The video lessons are really high quality and Adam breaks each song into 5 – 7 shorter video segments. This helps keep me organized and working on a realistic goal.

I am already a fairly good player but I could easily see this site being beneficial for all levels of musicians. Frankly, the hardest part of this is choosing which song to work on next.”
John Lind
John Lind
My fingerpicking and timing on every song/style I play has increased dramatically solely because of Adam’s instructions and technique taught. I went from playing “so so” for years to a whole new level. I was caught in a rut and looking for that funky finger style guitarist instructor to get me out for years….little did I know I would discover him via Mr Sir Duke. Thank you, Adam for helping me – via a digital format – become not only a big fan, but, a far better and more polished guitar player. I thank you for all your hard work and sharing your talents to the world to become better guitar players and people. Keep pickin’!
Jason Cavalli
Jason Cavalli
First of all ,Adam is a great teacher! He’s always encouraging and makes you feel like you can really learn and play these songs.He gives you all the tools needed right on his instructional videos.All you need to do is work at them and you will eventually be playing them,maybe not as clean and smooth right away but that’s where the consistent practice comes in.let’s face it,if we could all play as great as Adam we would be touring the world as well.He is one of the blessed and gifted one who gives generously of his time and talent in these great videos. Now it’s just a matter of hard work to really get them down as many already have.Thank you Adam,for making these great videos to teach all of us who really love music!!!Many blessing to you!!! Sincerely,
Jeff Barr
Jeff Barr

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