Blink 182 Guitar lessons

Mike has been an influential guitar player in the Southern California area, for over 25 years. He has been a full time, professional guitar instructor since 1992. Mike has played in several bands over the years, playing a wide range of music and different genres such as Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, R&B, Funk, Reggae, Country, Classical, Latin and Jazz.

Mike taught himself to play guitar at the age of 12 and has been rockin ever since. With a natural ear for music, Mike has the gift of “Perfect Pitch.”“Perfect Pitch, ” is a musical term that means a person has the ability to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone. This has assisted him in becoming a proficient guitar player. Not everyone has the gift of perfect pitch, however, it can be taught. Mike will show you how the human ear can be trained to hear the notes and their pitch as well as the tones quality.

Mike Gross has been influenced by such greats as The Beatles, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kiss and many more. He has worked with known musicians such as: Travis Barker (Blink 182), Mick Mars (Motley Crue), Craig Goldy (Dio), and Juan Nelson (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals) and Bryan Duncan (one of most famous Christian R&B artists of the 90’s). Mike believes that as a musician, it is essential and beneficial to be open minded to all genres of music.

From 2000-2004 Mike played in a band called “The Velma Fix”. He spent four years rockin the Hollywood circuit. Mike was at the top of his game in his music when tragedy hit. His close friend and the bass player in The Velma Fix had an accident that left him unable to play his guitar. With much thought and prayer, the band decided that it was time to end The Velma Fix.

In 2012 Mike Gross founded ROCKINGUITARLESSONS, in order to offer accurate instructions, video lessons and musical tips to the world. Mike has partnered with his wife, Joleen to offer not only guitar & bass lessons, but vocal lessons too.

Rockinguitarlessons.com offers extensive lessons, private one on one lessons (through Skype), tips and encouragement to people who are passionate about music and want to be proficient.