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Electric Blues Guitar Workshop -- Chicago Style

Plug in, turn up, and play the blues. I took the Delta acoustic sound and wired it to an amplifier. The Rolling Stones named themselves after my song. Let me show you why.

Vocal Coaching -- Finding Your Voice (Rock, Gospel, Country)

I started singing gospel in church. I ended singing everything. I'll help you find your voice -- not my voice, YOUR voice. We work on breath control, vibrato, and the thing nobody teaches: vulnerability. If you're not scared when you sing, you're not singing hard enough.

Fender Stratocaster (Sunburst, Maple Neck)

The Strat. The guitar that defined rock songwriting. Three pickups, tremolo bar, the cleanest tone in rock. I played one on the Ed Sullivan Show. Plug it in, write your song, return it. Or keep writing -- that's what I would do.

Songwriting 101 -- Write Your Own Songs

The Beatles named themselves after my band. That's because I wrote my own songs -- at a time when nobody did. I'll teach you song structure: verse, chorus, bridge. Three chords and the truth. Write something today that didn't exist yesterday.

Upright Piano (Honky-Tonk, Tuned to Party)

A beat-up upright that sounds like Saturday night in Louisiana. Not a concert instrument. A PARTY instrument. Great Balls of Fire was never played on a Steinway. It was played on a piano like this, with the sustain pedal stuck and the lid wide open.

Cigar Box Guitar (Handmade, 3-String)

Built it myself. Cigar box body, broomstick neck, three strings. This is how I started. This is how rock started. You don't need a Gibson to make music. You need a box, a stick, and a beat.

Custom Guitar Building Workshop

I'll teach you to build a guitar from scratch. Cigar box, plywood, whatever you've got. Electronics, pickups, wiring. The rectangular guitar I played on stage? Built it in my garage. You can build yours in mine.

Piano & Vocal Arrangement Lesson

I arrange entire orchestras in my head, note by note. I can't see the sheet music -- I hear it. I'll teach you to arrange a song for voice and piano, then add horn lines, strings, backup vocals. Start simple. Build. Every arrangement is architecture.

Fender Stratocaster (White, Left-Handed Strung Right)

A right-handed Strat strung upside down for left-hand playing. The reversed string tension changes everything -- the tone, the bending, the harmonics. This is why I sounded different from everyone. It's not magic. It's physics and stubbornness.

Effects Pedals Masterclass -- Wah, Fuzz, Feedback

Wah-wah, fuzz face, Uni-Vibe, Octavia. I turned noise into music. I'll show you how each pedal works, how to chain them, and how to use feedback as an instrument. The Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock was feedback, distortion, and the sound of a nation tearing itself apart.

Piano Masterclass -- Chopin Technique

Private piano lessons focusing on touch, pedaling, and rubato. I don't teach you to play loud. I teach you to play with feeling. Bring your worst piece -- we'll find the music hiding inside it.

Pleyel Upright Piano (1840 Replica)

Replica of the Pleyel pianos I played in Paris. Lighter action than modern grands. The tone is intimate, almost whispering. Perfect for nocturnes. Tuned to A=430Hz (period pitch).