Study guitar with
Josh Sklair
Enroll in Sonora Guitar Intensive and study 1-on-1 with Josh Sklair for 3 months.
Receive lessons, daily feedback on your playing, and a clear path to fretboard fluency.
Limited Availability.
Josh Sklair
Two-time Grammy Award winning Guitarist
Josh Sklair is a two-time Grammy Award winner, honored during his 20+ years collaboration as band leader, guitarist, arranger and co-writer with American Music icon Etta James.
After briefly attending Berklee College of Music – Boston in 1978, Josh graduated from Howard Roberts’ Guitar Institute of Technology – Los Angeles (later “Musician’s Institute”/ M.I.).
Through the 80s and 90s Josh was first-call guitar player for Dick Clark’s Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll Show House Band – the Brother John (Goines) Band – backing the legends: Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Del Shannon, the Shirelles, Darlene Love, Lowell Fulson, Henry Butler, Lee Allen, Leo Nocentelli, Little Anthony, Mary Wells, Martha Reeves, the Coasters, the Platters, the Rivingtons, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Sheene, The Drifters, The Olympics, Fabian & Freddy Cannon.Valuable experience gained playing with these music pioneers gave Josh a solid foundation in the roots of Rock, Soul and Rhythm & Blues.
Between regular touring and recording over a dozen studio albums with Etta, Josh maintained a solid career in Los Angeles, recording and/or performing with Jon Lucien, Sophie B. Hawkins, Jim Belushi & Dan Aykroyd/the Blues Brothers, Jeffrey Osborne, the H.B. Barnum Orchestra, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and many others.
Josh’s guitar tracks, production and/or compositions can also be heard on numerous Movie Soundtracks, Television Shows and Commercials in addition to solo albums “Josh” on VTL, “After Hours” and “Internal Voices”.
Sonora Guitar Intensive
Made for intermediate guitar players, Sonora is a 3-month intensive program that helps you break through multi-year plateaus and find your creative freedom.
Cutting Edge Software
Absorb, polish, and retain core concepts through accelerated learning and language acquisition techniques.
LIVE Masterclasses
Learn and engage with with industry-leading musicians 5 days per week in our live classes.
Streamlined feedback
Chat with your mentor in real-time. You’ll also get detailed feedback when you share videos of your guitar playing.
A modern approach to study
Unlike private lessons, Sonora's Fellowship students get unlimited access to feedback so learning and progress can happen every day – not just once a week.
THE OLD WAY
Traditional weekly lessons
Students met with an instructor for just an hour, once a week. For the remainer of that week, students were more likely to practice bad habits and progress slowly.
THE MODERN WAY
Sonora's anytime framework
Students get unlimited access to a mentor, 7 days a week. Along with a custom daily practice plan, forward progress can happen rapidly and at any time.
A clear path to
fretboard fluency
Our curriculum helps you achieve a complete understanding of the foundations of music, regardless of your playing style.
Over 20 years experience
Developed by deeply experienced music educators, our comprehensive curriculum identifies the key skills required to advance your musicianship.
Successfully tested by thousands
Our curriculum is proven. Over a thousand Sonora students have successfully broken through their learning plateaus and unlocked fretboard fluency.
Years of study condensed into months
Our students make more progress in 3-6 months of intensive study in our program than most students make in several years.
Grow with our community
Sonora connects you with other intermediate guitar players pursuing creative fluency.
Our community is a great place to find practice buddies, share progress, get feedback, and cheer each other on — all with the support of the whole Sonora team.
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Join our industry leading guitar intensive program with Josh Sklair guiding you every step of the way.
BY APPLICATION ONLY
Sonora Guitar Intensive
Included with the program:
- Unlimited access to Josh Sklair
- 1-on-1 lessons w/ Josh Sklair*
- Daily video feedback on your playing
- Custom practice plans
- Membership to our community
- Lifetime access to our core curriculum
- Lifetime access to our learning software
*Pricing depends on duration of study and lesson frequency, apply for a quote.
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