| Justin Sandercoe | |
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Justin Sandercoe at Stanley House, London. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Justin Sandercoe |
| Born | Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupations | Guitarist, Vocalist |
| Years active | 1996 - present |
| Website | Justin Sandercoe's official site |
Justin Sandercoe born in 1976 is a guitarist, songwriter, performer, producer and educator who grew up in Tasmania and who has been based in London, England since 1996. He also teaches privately in West London.
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Sandercoe's official website, justinguitar.com, was first launched on 31 July 2003 [1] offering lessons as a sample to promote private 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. The site runs on voluntary donations 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]
In 2007 he started Chocolate Cake Productions with Jed Wardley to release his instructional DVDs. By August 2009 there are 11 DVDs available, including "Master The Major Scale", "Really Useful Strumming Techniques", "Solo Blues Guitar" series and "Justin's Beginner Guitar Method". Sandercoe also published a number of electronic books in .pdf format, including "Practical Music Theory" and "Chord Construction Guide".
Sandercoe has produced and written for Katie Melua and played electric and acoustic guitar in her live band between 2005 and 2008.
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.[3]
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.
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 also gives masterclasses for The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and The International Guitar Federation.