Justin Sandercoe
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Justin Sandercoe at Stanley House, London.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Justin Sandercoe |
| Born | 27 March 1974 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, Vocalist |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, harmonica, ukulele |
| Years active | 1996 - present |
| Labels | Ocean Reds Records |
| Website | Justin Sandercoe's official site |
Justin Sandercoe (born March 27, 1974) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, performer, producer and educator. He grew up in Tasmania and has been based in London, England since 1996.
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Justinguitar.com background
Sandercoe's official website, justinguitar.com, was first launched on 31 July 2003 [1] offering lessons as a sample to promote private one on one lessons. The site developed a modest following but once he began making instructional guitar videos for YouTube in December 2006, the site became one of the most popular guitar instruction web sites. By 2012 there are over 550 free lessons enjoyed by over 20,000 unique visitors a day from all around the world.
His videos on YouTube clocked up 100 million views in August 2011 and he has been a YouTube partner since 2008.
The site runs on voluntary donations and purchases of products from the store from users and there are no fees for membership.
Justin was named as one of the UK's Top 10 YouTube Celebrities on The Telegraph Newspaper [2] and The Independent newspaper called him "one of the most influential guitar teachers in history" [3] and he has received accolades from guitar legends Brian May [4] and Steve Vai.
In 2007 he started Chocolate Cake Productions with friend Jed Wardley to release his instructional DVDs. By June 2012 there are 11 DVDs available, including "Master The Major Scale", "Really Useful Strumming Techniques", a "Solo Blues Guitar" series, "The JustinGuitar Beginner's Course" and "Intermediate Method". Sandercoe also publishes a number of electronic books in .pdf format, including "Practical Music Theory", "The Chord Construction Guide" and "Understanding Rhythm Notation", as well as an ongoing series of instructional songbooks, to which entries include the Vintage Songbook, the Rock Songbook, the Pop Songbook, and the Acoustic Songbook.
Performing with Katie Melua
Sandercoe has produced and written for Katie Melua and played electric and acoustic guitar in her live band between 2005 and 2008.[5]
Her performance of his song "Turn To Tell" was available as the B-side on the "Call Off The Search" UK single. The song can also be heard on the South African release of the album "Call Off The Search", which earned Sandercoe his first platinum disc. He is also featured in the video clip of the same song, found on the bonus DVD of the UK album release.
He taught Katie Melua guitar and is still her teacher.[citation needed]
Live performances
Sandercoe has played concerts around the world with a variety of acts, including The Brit Awards 2004; The Johnny Vaughn house band 2005; live on the Today Show in the United States in 2006; the UK and European tour with Katie Melua in 2006 & 2007 which included The World Music Awards, the Live Earth Concert in Hamburg, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam and the German ECHO awards.
Between 2000 and 2005 he played over 1000 shows with The Counterfeit Stones—a Rolling Stones tribute band—including supporting Bryan Adams at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, a sold out Albert Hall show, The Shepherds Bush Empire and numerous television and radio appearances.
Magazines
Sandercoe has been featured and written for Guitar Techniques magazine, including the Led Zeppelin cover feature, issue GT108 and the Tasty Chord column. He has also been featured in Total Guitar and in Guitar magazine, with The Counterfeit Stones. He has been published in Guitar Tutor, the magazine of the Registry Of Guitar Tutors, and has instructed masterclasses about teaching transcribing at their annual conference. He has also given masterclasses for The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and The International Guitar Federation.
We Came As Strangers
Justin was a founding member of the ongoing British rock / folk / avant garde group We Came As Strangers, along with vocalist Ellem, keyboardist Owen Thomas, bass player Tim Harries, and drummer Tom Meadows. The band has released three albums, Recipe for Adventure, Shattered Matter, and their latest, Eyedom, on 31 August 2015.[6]
Discography
Solo
- Small Town Eyes (2010)
with We Came As Strangers
- Recipe For Adventure (2013)
- Shattered Matter (2014)
- Eyedom (2015)
References
- ↑ Alexa http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/justinguitar.com
- ↑ The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3527671/Youtube-top-10-celebrities.html
- ↑ The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/online-teachers-the-millionscholar-video-stars-1901567.html
- ↑ Brian May Soapbox 29 May 2008 http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbmay08.html
- ↑ Katie Melua official website. http://www.katiemelua.com/links.html Archived 14 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://wecameasstrangers.com/eyedom-released-everywhere-aug-31-2015
