WHY: I started this group so that I can play guitar with other people who live on the Upperr Eastside. I am tired of playing by myself in my apartment. Also, playing with others will make me a better player. Purpose: Play music together to meet people and improve playing. WHO Beginners to intermediate players who like classic rock, standards and jazz.

Need help figuring out the notes to that tough guitar solo? Junky online TABs not working for you? Then come hang with us! We'll bring in professional transcribers and guitar instructors to help everyone work on the songs they want to transcribe (long songs, short songs, skinny songs, fat songs...jazz, blues, rock, classical...anything!). Even if it's just a 5 second part to a solo you love, come hang with us!

This group is for rock musicians ready to perform out in clubs without the long-term commitment - and hassle - of joining a band. Phil Brandt, organizer of the successful "Pick, Play and Perform Guitar Group" - which regularly played out in the Village - is creating "4 ON THE FLOOR." Here's how it works: Four musicians from the group will be paired together to create a "band." Each band will give themselves a name and have two rehearsals to select and rehearse four rock cover songs. At the show …

… The ENVIRONMENT is firmly rooted in the 60’s and 70’s with big band vocal harmonies and contagious guitar riffs, but it’s the unexpected mix of jazz bass by Belarussian Leonid Tomilchik and Muscovite Deen Sydell’s pop pads that brews the group’s addictive Molotov music cocktail.  Equal parts rock band and social movement, the ENVIRONMENT compels audiences long after the initial excitement of the concert has worn off with a message that is curved straight from their hearts. Surprisingly redefinin …