This is Eric Mantel!

        Eric Mantel is a world-renowned guitarist who has been involved in the music industry from the age of six. Since 1979, he has taught over 10,000 students to play guitar. During that time, he has taught music as a for-profit business. His students range in age from 6 years old to 85 years young. He trained students in sight-reading, music theory, and ear training on guitar, piano, mandolin, and many other stringed instruments at the rate of $80.00 an hour. Eric teaches a multitude of genres of music, including Rock, Metal, Jazz, Delta Blues, Ragtime, Classical, Country, Bluegrass, Reggae, Pop, R&B, Worship, Fusion, Latin, Bossa Nova.  He brings this experience to Eric Mantel’s Save the Music Guitar Program as a nonprofit.  He formed this nonprofit to bring his teaching technique to students in schools, even if schools are not able to save the music themselves. 

       

    Some of his former students, Syleena Johnson and Saving Forever, a 12, 14 and 16-year-old boy band, have gone on to achieve success in the entertainment field as well as earn record label contracts from the Sony Music/Epic Records.  The Sound Guitar Magazine voted #1 Guitar Instruction Service in the entire Midwest his teaching program. 
       

     The secret to his success is an accelerated teaching method, which he developed over his professional career. Through Eric’s method, learning is faster for his students, and as a result, his students stay engaged longer and are able to learn 15-20 songs, with 21-28 chords by memory, plus fingering.  This would normally take a year or more of lessons and fees, in other programs.