I really think it’s important to showcase more women at these events. I’m especially excited to have Brazilian guitarist Lari Basilio and my wife, Rena Sands, join us. From jazz fusion and instrumental prog to death metal and shred, they all share a common sensibility towards playing guitar – highly energetic, acrobatic, on fire. The span of the players in this camp – stylistically, age, gender, nationality – represents a cross-section of the guitar community all in one spot. It’s important to show different angles, to not only have people whose music I highly respect but also a diverse, international presence as well. It’s really important to me to feature guitar players of different genders and different styles. We like to keep it really interesting from night to night. Sometimes someone is featured, sometimes the instructors get together and jam, and then the week will culminate with a concert from my solo band. Then at night we’ll have an event, something fun that you really can’t see anywhere else. During the day there will be classes, instructed by all the different guests. We try to make it the most fun you can have in four days. We all have a blast – playing, teaching, hanging out. Players who I truly respect what they’re doing on the instrument, people whose music I enjoy or maybe I was influenced by. I want everyone to have the feeling of a real camp experience.Īs always, we’re going to have some of the world’s greatest guitar players, all gathered in one spot as guest instructors. I always want the setting to be something special. We’ve done camps in New York and on the West Coast so we’re doing this one in Florida, right on the water at the W Fort Lauderdale luxury beachfront resort hotel. We wanted to change up the location this year. I’d like to invite guitar players of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels to join me at John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe 4.0, taking place August 3-6, 2023 at the W Fort Lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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