Mark Hamrock

About Mark Hamrock

Mark Hamrock has been Orange County's premier guitar and bass guru since 1995, teaching students how to excel in every genre including rock, blues, classical, metal, funk, and country. After studying rock guitar with Rusty Anderson (Paul McCartney, Elton John, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Willie Nelson, Santana), classical guitar with David Tanenbaum, Scott Tennant, Ricardo Cobo, John Schneiderman, and Jazz with Alan Rowe (Stan Kenton Orchestra, Keith Jarret); Mark has gone on to tour extensively and perform in concerts featuring Jazz Legend Larry Carlton, Tim Reynolds (Dave Matthews Band), and Dave Mason with Traffic. He currently produces, composes, engineers, and teaches, and is working on developing a series of instructional books and videos for guitar and bass. In what little free time he has, Mark enjoys traveling, culinary arts, scuba diving, and entrepreneurial pursuits.

How to Change Guitar Chords Faster

Wondering how to change guitar chords faster? You’ve come to [...]

How to Change Guitar Chords FasterMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:16+00:00

Best Beginner Strumming Song For Guitar

While the last two blogs focused on easy riff songs [...]

Best Beginner Strumming Song For GuitarMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:16+00:00

Easy Guitar Riffs For Beginners

In the last blog, Easy Guitar Songs For Beginners , [...]

Easy Guitar Riffs For BeginnersMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:16+00:00

Easy Guitar Songs For Beginners

This blog post is the first in a series on [...]

Easy Guitar Songs For BeginnersMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:17+00:00

Guitar Speed Exercise (Pentatonic)

In my last blog, I talked about some techniques and [...]

Guitar Speed Exercise (Pentatonic)Mark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:17+00:00

How to Increase Speed on the Guitar

In this post we'll look at how to increase speed [...]

How to Increase Speed on the GuitarMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:17+00:00

8 Tips to Improve your Guitar Tone without Breaking the Bank

Unlike most guitar players who obsess about tone, I have [...]

8 Tips to Improve your Guitar Tone without Breaking the BankMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:21+00:00

Improve Your Bass Playing in 6 Steps

As a bass player, your job is to provide a [...]

Improve Your Bass Playing in 6 StepsMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:24+00:00

Improve Your Rhythm Guitar Playing in 6 Steps

Let’s face it, people in general do not naturally possess [...]

Improve Your Rhythm Guitar Playing in 6 StepsMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:24+00:00

Play Better Guitar Solos in 8 Steps

Assuming you understand the basic theory of playing in keys [...]

Play Better Guitar Solos in 8 StepsMark Hamrock2021-05-21T03:13:24+00:00

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