Joe Nelson teaches guitar, in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. He enjoys helping the student strengthen their technique, repertoire, sight reading and theory. He is well-versed in many musical genres, including classical, jazz, rock, metal, blues, gypsy jazz, ska, punk, pop and reggae. Joe ran a successful business teaching hundreds of students in the Washing, DC and Richmond, VA areas. Joe has a Bachelor’s Degree in Commercial Music and Jazz Guitar from Shenandoah University Music Conservatory. He has shared the stage with many different artists, including Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Fall Out Boy, The Starting Line, Chiodos, Katy Perry, The All American Rejects, Nekrogoblikon, The Wanted, I Set My Friends on Fire, Jackson Harris, 33 West, Margot MacDonald and many others. As a songwriter, his music has been featured on the TV show, “Joan of Arcadia.”