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Hi!

I'm a very popular guitar / bass / voice / keyboard & music teacher in Jacksonville, with lots of references (see below) from all ages and genres. Most of my students are beginners and intermediates. My prices are very competitive and fair. I also compose music profesionally in a wide range of musical genres, so it's easy for me to teach what YOU want to play or sing. Please see some of the most popular artists and genres of students below.

Many students tell me that I'm a very effective teacher. I started in music at the age of 9, I've had years of professional training, and I've taught over 1000 students since I was 16. I'm now at my prime for teaching you, with loads of references from students who are happy to back me up. My lessons are fun, effective and taught at the student's pace. I have also personally developed an arsenal of great teaching techniques and lesson plans that will help you to overcome any problem or learning areas with guitar, bass, voice, keyboards or composition. Flexible scheduling. No long-term contracts.

I teach advanced students too, and I have a great studio with lots of cool tools for recording and writing notation or tab. I also teach songwriting and advanced music theory for all levels of guitar, bass, keyboard and voice. I have written hundreds of songs in every style that you can imagine... and then some! ( hear samples below). If you like, I can teach you how. I have also placed students in advanced local magnet school programs for classical guitar, and I've achieved many top-placements in rock band competitions and rock/blues guitar solo competitions.

Every student is totally different. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced student. Whether you are on the fast-track or prefer to take your time. Whether you're younger, older or somewhere in between. My experience makes it so easy to work with you or your kids to create an individual program that will help you reach your goals. I routinely draw students from the Beaches, St. Augustine, Marietta, and South Georgia because my methods work. So whether you are serious or would like to play for fun, if you prefer electric, acoustic, rock, alternative, thrash, metal, classical, jazz, blues, country or anything else. I have taught all ages and all styles of music now for 35 years, so I can definitely deliver for YOU! I have GREAT prices too!!

I'm fortunate to have many dedicated students, earned through years of dedication to teaching effectively at a great price. I believe I can help you to learn quickly and as well as you are capable, but most of all, to have fun doing it. Please call me at (904)388-2521 to discuss the possibilities.

Thanks for reading my post!
Bob Mann


Most Popular Artists & Genres of my Students Back to Top

UPDATED 6/05: Here are some of the genres, subjects & services that my students demand. My students bring in material all of the time that I've never heard and they expect me to learn it and teach it to them on-the-spot... accurately. I also update this list frequently, so if you don't find yours then check back in a few weeks. Still not sure? Check out my references.

311 38 Secial 3 Doors Down Aaron Shust AC/DC A Day To Remember Aerosmith AFI Against Me Allman Brothers All That Remains Alternative (genre) All Time Low Audioslave Avril Lavigne Avenged Sevenfold Bass (instrument) Beastie Boys Beatles Belle & Sebastian Ben Harper Black Sabath Blink 182 Bluegrass (genre)

Boston Boyce Avenue Bullet for my Valentine Christian (genre) Cinema Bizzare Cinematic Sunrise Classical (genre) Clint Black Coheed & Cambria Country (genre) Cute Is What We Aim For Danzig Daughtry Dave Mathews David Crowder Band David Nail Dead Milkmen Deep Purple Def Leppard Dir En Grey DragonForce Dream Theater Drive A Drive Like Jehu Eatmewhileimhot!

Edgar Winter Emerson, Lake & Palmer Eric Clapton Eric Johnson Escape The Fate Evanescance Flamenco (genre) Flyleaf Folk (genre) Garth Brooks Gavin Rossdale George Benson George Strait Gospel (genre) Gypsy Kings Hank Williams Sr./Jr. Hard Core (genre) Hawthorne Heights Heart Heidi Hinder Holiday Parade Hootie & The Blowfish Indigo Girls

Jack Johnson James Blunt James Taylor Jason Mraz Jazz (genre) Jeff Beck Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Buffett Joan Jett Joe Satriani John Mayer Johnny Cash Jonas Bros Journey Joy Division Justin Bieber Kansas Keyboards (instrument) Lady Antebellum Led Zepelin Letters & Lights Limp Bizkit Linkin Park Lynyrd Skynyrd Matchbox 20

Matt Papa Mayday Parade Melissa Etheridge Metal (genre) Metal Core MIDI (subject) Miranda Lambert Moldy Peaches Motley Crue Music Reading (subject) Music Theory (subject) NeverShoutNever Nickelback Niel Young Nirvana Oasis Orianthi Oscar Lopez Ozzie Paramore Panic! At The Disco Pearl Jam

Pink Floyd Praise & Worship (genre) Punk (genre) Rage Against The Machine Recording (service) Recording engineering (subject) Reggae (genre) REM Rock (genre) Rolling Stones Rush Secondhand Serenade Silversun Pickups Simon & Garfunkle Ska (genre) Skillet Slipknot Smooth Jazz (genre) Speed Metal (genre) Stephen Jersak Steve Vai Styx Stevie Ray Vaughn Sublime Sugarland

Suicidal Tendancies Sum 41 Symphony X Synthesizer (instument) Synthesizer (subject) Talking Heads Taylor Swift The Cure The Flys The Follow Through The Hives The Hourglass Parlor The Warlocks The Who The Wreckers Third Eye Blind This Providence Three Days Grace Tokio Hotel Tool Trapt Unwritten Law Van Halen Van Morrison Voice (instrument) Whitechapel Yellowcard

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ACOUSTIC | ELECTRIC | OTHER

Ok, Before you click on one of the samples below and bash me for it, please consider this: My style is very broad, and yours may be too. Even so, there will be many differences in what you hear and what you hoped for. The few links below don't even scratch the surface of genres that I write & play in. Each song is just one example of many different styles or directions I can go for you. For the typical student, I have plenty of experience and references in about any genre you might like, historically. I'll update these from time to time for you, so stop by again and see if your genre is sampled. If you're still not sure if I can teach your style then please check out the "Most Popular Genres & Artists from Students" for more.

All samples below were written, performed and produced by me in my studio. Yes, since many of you have asked, I do write and play all of the different instruments you hear!

COMING SOON: TWISTED V2.0 - Several of my students wanted to show their support on my new song below called "Twisted" and one of them had the idea of adding the students own rockin vocal chants to it since basically "anything goes", so I bounced his idea off my other students and several of them, their moms, dads, kids and cousins too, have already recorded their best yells, screams, shout-outs, etc. (No singing experience necessary!) So, that song is taking on a 2nd life of it's own. Yeah, it definitely is twisted, and getting more so! All the music is me. All the crazy vocal add-ons are from my guitar & Voice students, their friends and family. We're having a blast making this new version! Look for it soon in the "Student Projects" section!

COMING SOON: STUDENT PROJECTS! - Several of my students are recording projects to post here. So, watch for the new "Student Projects" section.


MOSTLY ACOUSTIC GUITARS
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This Is Not Bluegrass - (c) 2010 This is an acoustic guitar theme with bass and virtual drums. It's sort-of an Americana style with a quick tempo. What style would you call it? I need a better title for it too... Any ideas? Let me know, I'll bounce your idea off of my students and go with what they think!

Free Spirit - (c) 2009 This is a basic acoustic guitar theme with added virtual symphonic instrumentation. Kind of a western theme... sortof. What style would you say it is?

Relaxation - (c) 2010 Sort of an ambient theme with a relaxing tinge. Two acoustic guitars, bass, virtual percussive instruments. If you run this one in a loop it creates a nice relaxing mood!

Magical Musicbox - (c) 2009 A light acoustic guitar ensemble. Mid-tempo with around five guitar and bass tracks.


MOSTLY ELECTRIC GUITARS
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NEW - Twisted - (c) 2010 An over-the-top electric rock instrumental song. I wanted to cover alot of the different hard-rock stuff you guys asked for, along with other electric keyboard requests. So, this song is a mixed genre rock-smorgasbord and features a blend of wild electric guitars, synth guitars, and retro-sounding rockin keyboard leads, garnished with a hint of techno... Now there's a Meal-Of-Rock you can really sink your teeth into! Better hold on to your hats for this one!

NEW - Alien Warrior - (c) 2010 For you metalheads and rockers out there, this one is written with heavy electric guitars only in Drop-C tuning, complete with strange vocalizations from my alien friend who agreed to share his galactic war stories with you. So I spared no expense in visiting his planet to capture the sounds of unworldly space ships, interstellar shoot-outs, and other alien chatter (different synth guitar effects), so his galactic war story will be brought to life and understood by you all, since you probably don't speak alien-eze... So is that a sick enough concept for you lovers of anything rock or metal? I broke the guitars into multiple tracks using a variety of different metal guitar sounds and guitar synth effects. The song is middle-of-the-road straight metal/rock and features big metal virtual drums, bass guitar, plus EIGHT different electric guitar tracks for rhythm, melody, harmony, lead and effects coming at you in all directions. Enjoy it best through your headphones, for sure!

You Are The One - (c) 2010 This song features a mix of clean and dirty electric guitars with some mild leads. Simple theme, not too heavy, not too light, it's a middle-of-the-road piece suitable for a female vocal or as an instrumental. My students tell me it's a mix of rock/pop/punk/alt that combines some retro and current styles. If you would like to audition for the vocals then please let me know.

Blueser - (c) 2009 This is an electric guitar blues/rock-shred hybrid that I wrote for a guitar blues solo competetion (I wrote it in about 2 weeks and I got 2nd place for it). No, it's not straight speed-metal for you mega-metalheads out there, and it's not straight-up blues either, but I play and teach all forms of rock and blues all of the time, and I think you can tell from this sample. I chose this one for you blues and/or rocker people to hear because it combines some electric shred and blues guitar licks together in the lead guitar track. So, It covers a fairly big chunk of rock-n-blues in one song for ya.


MOSTLY OTHER
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Perseverance - (c) 2009 Full virtual symphony for those classical synthesizer players and MIDI music composers out there. No guitars. Strict classical style, ultra down tempo for serious film/tv. A work in process, still more work ahead.

Tropical Smiles - (c) 2009 This is a speculative piece for an international production company looking for something "fun, whimsical and silly". No guitars in this one. It's a good example of a simple MIDI production for you MIDI studio buffs out there.

NOTE: These are copyrighted works, so they are NOT for commercial uses (unless you'd like to license one from me!).
More to come... Many new projects in the works as I speak... Stay tuned!

Didn't hear a sample that you like? Call me to request a genre. If I get enough requests for it I'll write one and post it for you guys.


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Bob is giving my 14 year old voice lesson's and after only two lessons my son says he can tell a differce in his voice and so can i. My son also took guitar lessons with Bob for about 3 years and last year at LaVilla School of the Arts he recieved the honor of excellence in classical guitar. Mr.Mann is great teacher.
- Donna Oster, Jacksonville, Fl.

Donna is the mother of 14yo student Payton. He started with me on guitar at age 9 and has now returned for voice and more guitar. Thank you for your awesome review!



Out of all the guitar teachers, I am convinced that Bob Mann is the best. In my short 5 months of taking lessons from him, I have learned more than I learned in 5 years with my other music teachers. His uncanny ability to hear and comprehend music, partnered with his love for composing, playing, and teaching guitar has created a musical genius and master. He will actually listen to his students, and teach them what they want, which is seldom among teachers nowadays. Anyone, from kids to adults, should take lessons from him, and would be lucky to take lessons from him. It's difficult to find a teacher who knows what he is talking about and is professional, but also is passionate and real about what he does. If you are looking for excellent guitar lessons that are at a reasonable price then he is by far your best option. You will undoubtedly get WAY more than what you pay for.
- Alyssa, Jacksonville, Fl.

14yo student Alyssa likes Alternative acoustic gtr. She had five years of piano & music lessons before coming to me for guitar lessons a few months ago. I am so humbled by her words. Just makes me want to work that much harder for my students. Thank you Alyssa!



Great Teacher! I have been playing guitar since I was 15, never took lessons and never got very good. Had a couple of referals to try Bob out and I've not been disappointed. We've gone back to the begining so that I can get the theory and it's really starting to fall into place, he has some simple tools to help it all make sense. He knows about every facet of music that I've mentioned and has the ability to explain it in a way I can get. If you want to get better at playing, or learn the theory, Bob's your guy.
- Mike P., Jacksonville, Fl.

Mike is a 30-something player who wants to improve his playing and songwriting skills. So, we're hitting the theory and basics pretty hard. Thanks for your review Mike! Glad I'm able to help.



Bob is the Mann. His ability, musical knowledge and playing and writing experience put him at an expert level, but you get the feeling that he still remembers what it feels like to learn and how much patience it takes to progress. This makes him a fantastic teacher for students of all levels. I've been playing guitar for 15 years at a relatively high level, but I have no problem learning new things from Bob every lesson. He also has an extremely diverse range of tastes and genres that he can utilize to move the lessons in virtually any direction. The combination of his skills as a player and teacher and his reasonable pricing makes him the best deal in town for students of any level.
- Philip P., Jacksonville, Fl.

Student Philip is a mid-20-something, who likes a wide range of acoustic and electric styles. He came to me after taking a break from playing for a while, so his goals are to regain his strength & dexterity, improve technique, increase his range of genres, and explore music theory. Thanks Philip!



Bob is a Great Instructor. I've been playing guitar for about 7 years on and off, mostly teaching myself. Despite the time, I've remained a beginner / intermediate player throughout the better part of the last decade. I've tried three guitar instructors prior to Bob with little to no useful results. This may sound a bit of an excessive accolade, but Bob has been a great instructor. I've been going to him for a couple of months now, and he's been able to quickly identify weak points in my playing and work to correct them. He's not one of those instructors who can *just* play - he can actually teach the instrument, and it's very clear that he understands the underlying theory and, more importantly, he can clearly, methodically explain it. If you're a guitar player of any level wanting to advance your skills, I would *highly* recommend you take a lesson from him.
- Adam, Jacksonville, Fl.

21yo student Adam likes a wide range of electric guitar styles. Adam, I can't thank you enough for your review. See you next week!



Dear Bob, I want to offer my recommendation to anyone considering you for lessons in guitar, either acoustic or electric. Your abilities, not only as an accomplished musician yourself, but as a teacher, are truly extraordinary, and I am incredibly blessed to have found you here in the Jacksonville area. So please, if there is ever anyone who I can speak to on your behalf, I hope you will allow me. I would love to spread the word of your fantastic abilities as a music teacher!
With the greatest sincerity and appreciation,
-- Constance Stafford, Jacksonville, Fl.

Constance is the mother of 14yo beginner MC. MC likes alternative, electric gtr, speed-metal, etc. Thank you Constance very much for your humbling recommendation!



Bob is a master teacher! I spent a couple hours weeding through people that advertised they provide guitar lessons. I was searching for someone that I could relate to and learn quickly from while working in Florida. By some stroke of luck…or Divine intervention…I found Bob’s entry. This guy was different than the others. I told him my situation, he understood completely. I can’t recommend Bob enough to anyone who is interested in taking lessons in guitar, keyboard or voice. He has a knack of making you want to practice, want to be successful and feel confident that one day, in time….you will! Thanks Bob!
-- Mark Carlton, Electronics Engineer, Aspiring guitar player, Silverdale, Washington

Student Mark is a former 50-something beginner visiting from Washington State, working in Jacksonville under a short-term government contract. So, he was on a fast-track program for learning guitar. He likes acoustic gtr and lite-rock. Glad I was able to help you. Thanks Mark! Keep up the good work... Now, get back to practicing!!



If you're looking for a cool, easily understandable teacher who will tirelessly work with you until you succeed, I highly recommend Bob Mann. I could not be happier with the results I have achieved so far. Even after the first few lessons my overall technique had improved greatly. Bob really has a knack for observing and identifying problems with the student's play style, and can always give you at least a few different ways to approach and resolve the issue. In all honesty, I cannot think of a better match than Bob.
-- Eric Barrier, Jacksonville, Fl.

Student Eric comes to me as a 19yo player of 4 1/2 years. He's been with me for several months now. Eric likes writing Ultra-fast metal shred licks, etc., and he also wants to make sure all the notes blend well together and work properly. Speed is great, but Eric understands that all the speed in the world won't cover up bad notes! Keep up the good work, Eric. You write great music, man. Thanks!



I've been playing for a little more than 2 years and taking lessons from Bob for about 6 months. My skill level has grown exponentially in the time I've spent with him. The techniques Bob teaches you will make you a much better musician.
-- Steve, Jacksonville, Fl.

Steve likes to play a variety of different acoustic and electric guitar styles, each requiring different techniques and knowledge. Keep at it Steve! Thanks for your recommendation. See you in two weeks!



If its guitar, keyboard, voice or bass guitar, Bob will teach you everything you need to know. He's probably one of the most experienced music teachers around, and he's NOT expensive. I've been taking guitar lessons from him for about a year and a half. I travel from Folkston Georgia so there's no way its too far for anyone in Jacksonville.
-- Dillon M, 14yo, Folkston Ga.

14yo Student Dillon is serious about it. Dillon came to me as a totally green beginner. But now he likes to do challenging projects, from rock to classical guitar and music reading, to Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, or speed-metal, with a focus on songwriting and lead guitar in all genres. Now he's beginning to write solid songs and produce his own works in my studio. He's always searching for ground-breaking style and new approaches that re-invent the norms. Thanks, Dillon!



I’ve been taking guitar lessons from Bob for over a year now and have made significant progress. He tailored a program to fit what I wanted to learn at my pace. He has taught me everything from basic to advance techniques by helping me learn songs that I listen to and want to play. On top of having a tremendous portfolio of music he knows, he has an uncanny ability to break-down music he has never heard and teach me how to play it. I have thoroughly enjoyed not only his teaching but also his company and would highly recommend him to anyone wanting to learn or improve their guitar skills.
-- Sean Thibodaux, St. Augustine, FL.

Student Sean is a 30-something beginner who likes everything from acoustic gtr to Alternative and Hard-Core rock. His wife found me first. After a year of seeing her progress in gtr and voice, Sean wanted to get in on it too. Welcome aboard! I've enjoyed teaching both of you immensely! Thanks, Sean!



I've been a student for about 2 1/2 yrs. I drive from St Aug. once a wk for guitar & voice lessons. From the start, Bob has let me choose the material that I want to work on. He quickly learns new songs & helps me to break it down to learn more quickly.
-- Janet Thibodaux, St. Augustine, Fl.

Student Janet is a beginner who likes Country and Alternative acoustic/electric Rock. I've enjoyed seeing her progress from the very beginning. She also likes to record her projects in my studio. What a dedicated and courageous student, who is not afraid to tackle any challenge! I teach her husband electric gtr too. Thank you, Janet!



Bob, I would like to say thank you for the time you have spent teaching me. I really have learned so much and I'm extremely grateful. I hope that we still have lots of learning time. I enjoy the environment and the lessons. I wanna say good job, thank you, and merry Christmas.
-- Rosa R, 16yo, Mandarin, Fl.

16yo Student Rosa comes to me as an awesome 5-6 year player who already writes incredible songs at her young age. She likes everything that is acoustic gtr. She challenges me with her desire to learn everything from advanced songwriting techniques, advanced music theory, classical guitar and music reading, to recording her projects in my studio. I never know what direction she will take me when she's here. I love the variety. Thank you, Rosa!

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