After hearing his music teacher strum a few chords in class Joe Weaver at the age of 9 begged his mom to let him take guitar lessons. Hearing the sound of the guitar was a life changing experience.Throughout Joe’s teen years he was playing in various club/top 40 bands as well as doing recording session work still continuing to take lessons from various national recording artists. After high school Joe completed his Bachelors Degree at Towson State University as a Jazz/Commercial Guitar Performance Major under the direction of Hank Levy (the composer of the theme song to the movie “Whiplash”).
During Joe’s University years his band started to gain a lot of traction and was signed to Atlantic Records on a developmental deal. During this time the band toured the US in support several “hair bands” such as Quiet Riot, Warrant, Kix, Trixter, Firehouse and Ratt. After that band dissolved Joe was asked to be the touring guitarist for EMI recording artist “Cinder Road”.
Joe has been teaching guitar for over 30 years and has had success from children to adults. Several students have gone on to tour with big named acts, the latest being “Jack Barakat” from the band “All Time Low”.
Joe is also a certified Ableton playback engineer and can help with any recording needs.