Most players don't need more scales. They need the right thing, in the right order: see the chord tones, connect the changes, and play what you actually hear.
Find My Path is a 3-minute assessment. I'll tell you what I'd practice next.
Berklee-trained guitarist, 20+ years teaching, 5,000+ students. Praised by Jordan Rudess. Hear me play
I went to Berklee, transcribed solos for years, and kept hitting the same wall: I knew the theory, but couldn't find it on the fretboard in real time. So I built my own path, in the order I wish someone had handed me at 18. Everything I teach, I use when I play.
“Wonderful guitar session with @danielweissguitar. Focusing on fretboard knowledge with a master teacher.”
Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater, in his Instagram story after a private lesson with me, 2025
More of my music, and where to listen: My Music
You sit down to practice. Five minutes in, you're running the same pentatonic boxes. Again.
The theory is there. The scales are memorized. But when the chords move, something freezes, and you reach for the shape you always reach for.
It's not your talent.It's the order.
I sat exactly where you're sitting. I know the way out.
Every step is built on the one before it, so you never wonder what to practice next.
Triads on all four string sets, until you see every chord tone under your fingers, like a piano player.
"The scales are the water. The triads are the rocks."
Chord tones on the strong beats, with approaches into them. Voice leading through the changes.
"Change one note and you're in the next chord."
Phrases, rhythm and motifs you can move anywhere, until the lines come out as yours.
"It's not a bag of licks. It's a language."
Watch me teach. The idea that finally opened up bebop for me. 307K views on YouTube.
This is the Laboratory, inside the Improvisers Academy. You pick one tune, watch the lesson, then play it and write down how it went. Nothing here is finished by watching.
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Standards, Bebop or Studies. Pick one thing and stay with it until it changes your playing.
Autumn Leaves: Soloing Essentials. Nineteen minutes, with the PDFs beside it.
Voice-lead the triads through the A section on three string sets. Tick "I did this" and write one line on how it went.
Fretboard Freedom Path owners practice in the same app, with their six courses in the same rhythm: your next step, the lesson, then your practice.
In their own words, with the program each one was in.
“If I looked at a transcription of a bebop phrase or a bebop solo, I would just see sheets of notes... And now I can look at that and all of a sudden I say, oh, this is based on this triad. Oh, it's the second inversion of this B-flat triad.”
"I'm actually seeing how I'm connecting the fretboard. I didn't expect that I would."
"Right from the get-go, it is so structured in such a way that we can apply it within our playing in any possible way."
"I'm in module one and it's already improved my phrasing and how I link lines together."
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Same method in all three. Pick the one that fits how you like to learn. You don't have to climb through them in order.
Six courses in the exact order your fretboard needs them: triads and voice leading first, then scales, bebop and beyond. Lifetime access after full payment.
14-day money-back guarantee. Separately, if you're stuck after 90 days in, email me and I'll give your playing one personal review. Ongoing coaching isn't included.
My membership, with the Laboratory inside: nine tunes, worked end to end, melody to solo. New lessons as I add them, and a live session with me every month.
The yearly price is available until 31 December 2026. No free trial. Cancel any time.
Built around your actual playing: private sessions with me every two weeks, a personal practice plan, and video feedback between sessions.
I'm taking on 5 players. I read every application before we talk.
Not sure which fits? Take the 3-minute assessment and I'll tell you.
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The real questions, answered straight.
The assessment is ten quick questions, about 3 minutes. At the end you leave your name and email, your result comes to me, and I can reply with a thought on your playing. No credit card.
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