Workshops, accessible to all Visitor, Active, and Premium Participants, will be conducted by both our faculty and our partners at GSI. We will offer a balanced array of topics to cover a broad spectrum, including:
- General Technical Development
- Daily Warm-ups
- Practice Strategies / Practice “Hygiene”
- Injury Prevention & Posture
- Composition and Arrangement
- Guitar Yoga / Technical Exercises
- Guitar Care (GSI)
- Luthiers Showcase (GSI)
- Talk on Guitar History (GSI)
- Concert Preparation for Performers
- Teaching Concepts for Teachers

More exciting details will be announced in the tonebase LA Festival Forum Group!

The goal is to make your time at the festival as efficient, enjoyable, and successful as possible. To achieve this, every Active and Premium Participant will receive a 30-45 minute onboarding call with members of the tonebase team. During this call, we will discuss your current goals, needs, and aspirations to create a personalized plan for your time at the festival.

Following the onboarding call, we will create a profile for you. This profile will give each teacher a better understanding before your lessons of what you are working on and how they can best assist you.

Want to run a piece by some of the faculty? Great! Preparing for a competition? Amazing! Struggling with that F-Major part in "Capricho Árabe"? Wonderful! Have general questions or issues regarding posture, scales, arpeggios, speed development, tone production or just generally want to get better or “brush up on your fundamentals before getting into repertoire”?

The onboarding call is one of the main features that sets this event apart from other festivals, allowing us to get to know you beforehand and ensuring your time with the faculty is as impactful for your learning outcome as possible.

You will get to know members of your cohort: The Forum Group will allow participants to introduce themselves and connect. You’ll engage in discussions, share your musical interests, and form friendships with fellow attendees. This pre-event networking will foster a sense of community, enhancing your festival experience.
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We will provide teaching materials for workshops, lectures, etc.: We will share essential teaching materials for the upcoming activities, including practice sheets, reading materials, and video tutorials. Access to these resources in advance will help you familiarize yourself with the content and come prepared, maximizing the benefits of each session.

Each morning, we will provide coffee, baked goods, and bagels. Throughout the day, sandwiches and snacks will be available in the GSI space, with vegetarian and vegan options included.

Additionally, catering will be provided for all community events, such as kick-off sessions, open mics, and other gatherings.

During each full session, there will be 1-2 premium dining experiences in Santa Monica for Premium Participants. Before the event, each guest will be consulted regarding any dietary restrictions and preferences to ensure the most pleasant dining experience possible.

The GSI team is pleased to offer fret dressing, fingerboard oiling, and action adjustments to nuts and saddles.

If you require a more extensive setup, such as:
- Fret jobs
- Fixing a bowed neck
- Other more involved repairs
The GSI team will happily refer you to one of their many fantastic vendors and partners in the LA area. If your guitar needs attention, you’ve come to the right place!

Each session will have a kick-off event which will be a great opportunity to get to know your cohort members IRL. Further we will have on open MIC night giving folks the opportunity to perform → A great way to run your program for a friendly audience, test-drive a new guitar, or simply enjoy performances of fellow participants

While we don’t hold auditions , and generally encourage players of all levels to engage in high level learning, it is fair to say that players who have a few years of experience playing would benefit most from this event. You don’t need to be a concert soloist, but if you just picked up the Guitar a few months ago, most likely it will be difficult for you to benefit.

Again, regardless if you’re devoted music lover, just re-turning or re-discovering your passion and fire for the classical guitar, or are a seasoned professional, music student, or teacher, this is the event for you.

Each Active and Premium participant will get 3 (single sessions) or 6 (full-session) individual lessons guaranteed!

While we will try to accommodate each participants faculty choices, premium participants will receive priority when assigning teachers. Some artists will be with us only a limited amount of dates, so their lessons will fill up quickly.

The wine tasting is going to conducted by none other than Tim Miklaucic, founder & CEO of Guitar Salon International. An avid Winemaker himself, he is an absolute expert on all things wine, and will guide us through an evening of fantastic wines, and wonderful music!

We will have one Fundraiser Concert for the GSI Foundation, and Open Mic’s and community concert. Other than that, we will reserve the nights for community activities, as well as give participants / visitors ample time to explore Los Angeles on their own!

No we don’t provide housing, but we have a number of partner hotels, who can offer discounted rates. At the sign-up process you have the option to indicate that you are interested in booking through one of our partner hotels, and we will get in touch with the hotel. Alternatively you have, clearly, the option to pick one of many available options in Santa Monica.

Yes - we offer payment plans! If you are interested in splitting up your payment in 3-6 monthly Payment plans at 0%, reach out to la-guitarfest@tonebase.co

All payments will be fully refunded in case of non-attendance - no questions asked!

Here's how to reach Guitar Salon International in Santa Monica, CA:

By Car:
1. From Downtown Los Angeles:
    - Take I-10 West (Santa Monica Freeway) towards Santa Monica.
    - Exit at 20th Street.
    - Turn right on 20th Street.
    - Continue straight to stay on Cloverfield Blvd.
    - Turn left on Broadway.
    - Guitar Salon International will be on your left at 1455 19th St.
2. From LAX:
    - Take I-405 North.
    - Exit onto I-10 West towards Santa Monica.
    - Follow the same directions as above from I-10 West.

By Train:
- Take the Metro E Line (Expo) from Downtown Los Angeles to Downtown Santa Monica Station.
- Walk or take a short ride-share to Guitar Salon International at 1455 19th St. (approximately 1 mile from the station).

Address:
Guitar Salon International
1455 19th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United States

Unfortunately we don’t have the capacity of picking you up, but each Premium Member will receive a $100 Uber or Lyft Voucher, which they can use to get from LAX to Santa Monica, and back.

Both options are great, it depends on the time you have available and where you are in your learning journey.

If you would like to “sample” the best of the best and have a wonderful time with like minded guitar fellow over guitars, music, good food and great wine, then the 5 Day Session will suffice.

However if you want to really immerse yourself and treat the tonebase Festival as a way to truly transform your playing then the full session is for you. You will not only receive more lessons with more Masters (3 vs. 6 lessons) you will witness more workshops, and it will allow the teaching faculty to truly work on your development as player for a longer a period of time, making a true investment in your advancement as a player.

We're keeping that as a big surprise! ;) but it will be great and one-of-a-kind!

If you have any further questions or concerns, please reach out to la-guitarfest@tonebase.co