About Me
Bryan Karijanian
The Guitar Factory
Bryan began playing guitar at the age of 14, shortly after he was already performing in various groups throughout Western New York and studying with the most elite private music instructors in the area. He went on to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. There he immersed himself into a diverse range of musical styles from Classical, Blues, Country to Rock, and began to perform regularly in the Los Angeles music scene.
Teaching has always come natural to Bryan. He started to build a small base of students and taught to supplement income between gigging. That small base grew into a full time job as he soon had over private 40 students per week. In this time, Bryan began to hone his craft and set out to create a system to lessons more organized and efficient.
"I knew a good lesson broke down in to 3 elements: Key Fundamentals, Learning Songs, and Sparking Creativity. However, I needed to make a digestible amount of info in each class".
From this point Bryan began to create the roadmap to a truly successful lesson plan that would keep students engaged and learning popular songs, but not leaving any gaps in there knowledge. Once the roadmap was established Bryan started to film a series of videos that would go in the same order as if you were sitting in a private class with him. This was the start of The Guitar Factory.
Bryan has also written and published three guitar instruction books. "The Rock Solid Foundation for Beginning Guitarists", "The Rock Solid Foundation of Scales, Modes, and Chords", and digital E-Book "Reading Music- Demystified". The books are featured as curriculums at The Music Factory in Costa Mesa CA.
Along with teaching, Bryan stays musically active by performing over 100 shows each year. He is currently with the country band The Scotty Mac Band. He has shared the stage with many of country music's top acts at major festivals and tours.
"I love sharing the gift of music...and there is nothing more rewarding than to watch my students grow as musicians." - Bryan
Teaching has always come natural to Bryan. He started to build a small base of students and taught to supplement income between gigging. That small base grew into a full time job as he soon had over private 40 students per week. In this time, Bryan began to hone his craft and set out to create a system to lessons more organized and efficient.
"I knew a good lesson broke down in to 3 elements: Key Fundamentals, Learning Songs, and Sparking Creativity. However, I needed to make a digestible amount of info in each class".
From this point Bryan began to create the roadmap to a truly successful lesson plan that would keep students engaged and learning popular songs, but not leaving any gaps in there knowledge. Once the roadmap was established Bryan started to film a series of videos that would go in the same order as if you were sitting in a private class with him. This was the start of The Guitar Factory.
Bryan has also written and published three guitar instruction books. "The Rock Solid Foundation for Beginning Guitarists", "The Rock Solid Foundation of Scales, Modes, and Chords", and digital E-Book "Reading Music- Demystified". The books are featured as curriculums at The Music Factory in Costa Mesa CA.
Along with teaching, Bryan stays musically active by performing over 100 shows each year. He is currently with the country band The Scotty Mac Band. He has shared the stage with many of country music's top acts at major festivals and tours.
"I love sharing the gift of music...and there is nothing more rewarding than to watch my students grow as musicians." - Bryan