
Learn rock songs with Allen Van Wert.
Lesson 1
Allen Van Wert teaches his neo-classical rendition of this Mozart masterpiece.
Length: 33:18 Difficulty: 4.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
Allen Van Wert covers the ZZ Top classic "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers."
Length: 24:58 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
Allen Van Wert teaches this Megadeth classic.
Length: 41:01 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
Learn this classic hair metal song by the band Winger.
Length: 67:00 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
Allen Van Wert teaches this epic Megadeth song that has no less than 11 guitar solos.
Length: 120:00 Difficulty: 4.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
Allen teaches this song from the great American grunge band Nirvana.
Length: 16:57 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
Allen Van Wert teaches this classic grunge song from the album Nevermind.
Length: 20:17 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
About Allen Van Wert
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Allen Van Wert got the nickname "ROBOT" from his unusual guitar tapping techniques that often sound like a video game more than a guitar. He has studied and played a wide variety of genres. His experimental and eclectic amalgamation of music combining shred guitar, crazy tapping techniques, and electronically infused composition contrasted by a highly emotional soft melodic side, make his debut album a really fun and interesting listen for just about anyone.
Allen has recorded guitar for the famed video game soundtrack composer Jesper Kyd (Composer of Hitman, Splinter Cell and many other big title games) as well as composing and recording for movie trailers and TV commercials. He has also been producing, recording and co-writing for local artists in his small home/project studio.
His three books on guitar technique, ear training and songwriting have helped many students over the past couple of years. Allen has also played in various cover bands in many genres since the age of 16 and has played to over 5000 on a few occasions. He was a featured guest musician on the album "West Coast Shred Fest".
In his spare time, Allen programs video games for fun. Wooo!
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Allen, Awesome lesson. Are you using any effects in this song?
best guitarist on this website. i want to hear you play cannon in D, that other guy didn't do it justice.
Thanks for posting this
WoW!
im almost done with this one. my fingers might fall off before i get there tho. i love the solo it is so fun to play.
Keep up the hard work! It is a great exercise to get down and is fun to play live as well.
Thanks bro
amazing, thought my ears might burn!
I just saw your tapping tec on youtube, that's so cool!!:) Please make a lesson about that:) Also , Welcome and very nice lesson:)
Thanks. I may be doing some crazy tapping things or showing how to do it sometime.
welcome, awesome song nice i love the brake down. learn't it pretty quickly.THANKS
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude you rule
this is awesome! well done allen, and welcome to jamplay as an instructor!!!! excellent instruction!!!
Thanks!
excellent lesson
Welcome! Also that is a freaking cool arrangement.
Listened to this 5x today... so awesome.
I'm glad you like it!
That is just too cool!!! Welcome Allen!
Very cool Allen You broke that down nice. Way over my head. But hey that’s what it's all about.
NICE!!
Very cool! Nice to have you here!
""ur like a robot" -dethklok i dig this a lot nice arrangement i like it.im excited to hear more
Thanks. That backing mix sounds great! Nice job guys!
AWESOME!
Nice
This is very cool Welcome Allen.