James Shipway, born in Australia and raised in the UK is a guitarist and guitar teacher with over 25,000 hours of experience helping students of all ages and abilities reach their guitar-playing goals. He's shared his knowledge with millions of guitarists worldwide via his YouTube channel and his online guitar academy, Total Guitar Lab. James first began playing guitar at 16 and still remembers very well how confusing guitar playing could be for a newbie. However, he was passionate about guitar, to the point where he became a guitar teacher himself whilst studying for his music degree - and still to this day, guitar teaching is the only job he's ever had or wanted.