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Hi and thanks for your interest,

Using SKYPE or iChat video conferencing technology and a custom audio interface, I am now able to teach students anywhere in the world, in real-time and all from my home studio, backstage or hotel room. The goal is to make it feel and sound as close as possible to teacher and student sharing the lesson experience in the same room.

Each custom lesson path is co-created between teacher and student to include styles ranging from rock, blues, metal & shred to classical, flamenco & Brasilian jazz. The course introduces revolutionary concepts to improve picking and fingerstyle play, left-hand fingerings, playing relaxation and overall technique. The quest also delves into all the theory stuff you need to make any chord from two simple parent chords and/or solo in any mode over any key center.

All lesson payments will be handled via PayPal Verified & Secure transactions.

The lesson process is quite simple: 1) the student transmits the lesson fee via PayPal for a selected 60 or 90 minute lesson offering 2) Your lesson time is scheduled 3) From anywhere in the world, teacher (me) and student (you) log on and share a LIVE real-time interactive lesson. 4) Rinse 5) Repeat

Prospective students please inquire immediately as we already have a growing waiting list of potential students from diverse locales including Spain, Japan, Australia even Seattle ;-D No matter where you are located on the globe, as long as you have internet access, a camera & SKYPE you have the potential to access the GUITAR QUEST program.

CONTACT JEFF HERE TO SCHEDULE A LESSON TIME OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: jeffyoungguitarist@yahoo.com

As a bonus, all students will receive 24/7 internet lesson support via Jeff's private MySpace Guitar Quest profile page. Through this portal, willing students may access lessons in a variety of ways including: Video, Audio, Blog and Photo Lesson Scans. This site is ever evolving and expanding.

More details on Live master-classes and Workshops available soon... Stay tuned.

* JULY 27 ~ YMT GUITAR TRIO MASTER CLASS in Bath, England @ Bath Guitar Festival

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1987 MUCH MUSIC INTERVIEW

JEFF YOUNG’S ‘DETH’ AND LIFE EXPERIENCES ~ TRANSCENDING HEAVY METAL AND CANCER

During the late eighties, classically trained guitarist Jeff Young stepped into the metal world as lead-guitarist for the legendary band, Megadeth. Jeff’s highlight performances on the group’s 1987 So Far, So Good, So What! album and tours astounded mega-fans and guitar aficionados alike. Fueled by an infamous cover of the Sex Pistols anthemic, “Anarchy,” complete with Pistols guitarist Steve Jones in tow, the platinum selling release was among the first of its genre to crack the Billboard Top 20 pop charts. Equally renowned is the band’s film stealing performance of album’s epic, “In My Darkest Hour” immortalized by director Penelope Spheeris in her rockumentary, The Decline of Civilization Part II – The Metal Years.

In the years that followed, Jeff went on to pen the cult classic column Fingerprints in Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine. His eclectic musical trek led him to a prolific musical partnership with Brazilian singer-guitarist, Badi Assad. Fine guitar company to be in when you consider that Badi was chosen as the face of Acoustic Guitar magazine editor's 'Artist of the Decade' and just happens to be the younger sister of the world's premier guitar duo, Sergio & Odair Assad. The Assad-Young collaboration bore fruits including the self-produced album, Chameleon (Verve/PolyGram) - which climbed to number one in Europe along with highlight performances on the Lilith Fair and Farm Aid festivals. The Chameleon single, "Waves" was also prominently featured in the Michael/Kirk Douglas film, It Runs in the Family.

Flash forward to 2009 and we find Jeff Young engaged in the process of cancer survivorship as he conquers a daily quest for "mega-life." Early in 2003, Jeff was diagnosed with testicular cancer - the same disease that also affected 7-time Tour de France winning cyclist Lance Armstrong and MTV comedian Tom Green. Jeff’s untimely diagnosis came right in the midst of recording his very first self-titled album project. The pending disk entitled, Equilibrium reveals Jeff as a decidedly creative guitarist, songwriter, arranger and producer representing a considerable departure from the music he became famous for with Megadeth.

Performing on a myriad of historic acoustic instruments, Jeff’s influences span the horizon from gypsy flamenco, Brazilian jazz, Middle Eastern, rock, classical, and reggae. Displaying a dizzyingly unique sense of invention, Young and a cast of renowned musical allies seamlessly unite these diverse genres to create a sound that is "very electric, just minus the electricity." With many of the pending album’s 14 tracks near completion, the process had to be placed on hold after Jeff’s cancer was diagnosed. After an initial surgery, the doctors in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida monitored the situation to see if the cancer would spread to other susceptible regions. After noticing elevated HGC and AFP levels in blood tests, a PET scan confirmed that 3 grape sized tumors had in fact appeared in his right abdomen lymph nodes.

Inspired by Lance Armstrong’s best selling book It’s Not About the Bike, Jeff immediately contacted Armstrong'’s doctor, Lawrence Einhorn at Indiana’s Indianapolis, Indiana's University Hospital. Dr. Einhorn is the premier specialist in the testicular cancer field, having achieved recognition for pioneering the combination of chemotherapy drugs that literally flipped the T.C. survival paradigm from a 95% fatality rate to a 95% survival rate. “"The first time I sat with Dr. Einhorn, I passed a copy of my album across the desk and told him quite simply that I do on guitar what Lance does on a bike and I’m ready to do whatever it takes to move through this disease.”"

Einhorn prescribed for Jeff, an initial treatment plan that included a grueling nine-week chemotherapy protocol. At the conclusion of the chemo process, tests confirmed that a small portion of the cancer known as teratoma was still present in Jeff’s lymph nodes. The only option at this stage was for doctors to perform a radical abdomen surgery known as “nodal dissection.” I.U.’s Dr. Richard Foster successfully performed the surgery and today, Jeff is cancer free and sits poised to transcend his "most underrated guitarist" status.

As for the future, Jeff is fully engaged in his rehabilitation, which entails a lifestyle reinvention process including revised diet, yoga, swimming and cycling – spurred on by Armstrong’s heroic influence. He looks forward to putting the finishing touches on his album, Equilibrium by early June as well as a new contemporary guitar trio project, YMT Guitar Trio with Scott Morris and Steven Thachuk.

Jeff states that the key to successfully transcending cancer is all about positivity, knowledge, diet, rest and most of all, “Not allowing the cancer or the chemotherapy to be viewed as the enemy.” He goes on to say, "You can'’t allow yourself to play the victim card… there are no victims in this life, only volunteers. Every challenging situation that we encounter appears to teach us something about life and about ourselves.”"

“"What cancer has taught me is this… destiny, fate, whatever you wish to call her, always hands us our life lessons with seemingly extreme conditions. Some call it the ‘two hands of fate’. In my case, one hand gave me this cancer with all of the challenges, fear, pain and scars. On the other hand, I’ve been introduced to so many caring and compassionate people, life altering experiences, and invaluable lessons that I can’t help but feel the journey of transcending cancer is a gift not a curse.”"

BULLET POINT BIO:

Jeff Young is the lead guitarist on Megadeth's platinum selling classic, So Far, So Good…So What! His next collaboration with Brazilian phenom Badi Assad, entitled Chameleon, climbed to number one in Europe and topped JAZZIZ magazine's "Best Brazilian Albums of the Year." Jeff's association with the Assad family also spawned songwriting collaborations with Sergio Assad and two pieces on Badi's Verde album. His solo debut, Equilibrium is slated for a 2009 release.

~ Lead guitarist with Megadeth 1986-1988. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What! explodes into Billboard's Top 20 Pop Charts and eventually goes platinum

~ Guitarist, songwriter, producer with Badi Assad 1996-2000. Chameleon album goes to number 1 in Europe and tops JAZZIZ Readers Poll for "Best Brazilian Album"

~ Former MI/GIT Instructor

~ Current solo artist, member of the YMT Guitar Trio and guitar instructor

~ Cancer Survivor. Lance Armstrong Foundation member and participant

Fans of "other-worldly" acoustic guitar play will want to keep an ear peeled for the new Los Angeles bred YMT GUITAR TRIO.

The new YMT Guitar Trio MySpace features 2 solo guitar tracks from each member of the YMT3, including pieces by The Beatles, Paganini, Neil Young, Paco Serrano. Plus the new instrumental track, "Torrents" from former Megadeth guitarist, Jeff Young's forthcoming Equilibrium CD.

YMT GUITAR TRIO MYSPACE (click here)

YMT Guitar Trio - Biography

The YMT Guitar Trio is a collaboration of guitarists Jeff Young, Scott Morris and Steven Thachuk. Each member brings years of diverse musical experience to the group. Playing a program as varied as their individual backgrounds, with music from Bach to Brazilian, Radiohead to Zappa, their debut concert tour takes them to festivals throughout Europe and the United States and begins this summer.

Y: Jeff Young was the lead guitarist for Megadeth from 1986-1988, performing on and touring for the multi-platinum album So Far, So Good... So What! He toured with, recorded and produced Badi Assad from 1996-2000. Their recording Chameleon went to number one in Europe and topped the JAZZIZ Readers Poll for "Best Brazilian Album".

M: Scott Morris gave his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 1998 and has appeared as a soloist throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He has recorded for Eroica Classical and Centaur Records, working with longtime Neil Young producer Niko Bolas. He has also performed and recorded with artists as diverse as Steve Perry (ex-Journey) and Martin Chalifour (LA Phil Concertmaster).

T: Steven Thachuk is known as one of Canada’s most outstanding and versatile guitarists consistently challenging the nature of the instrument’s repertoire and boundaries. Playing both traditional classical guitar and a steel string instrument he has appeared in recital, as a chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra throughout North America, Great Britain and Europe.

2009 YMT GUITAR TRIO CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

July 17: Sarasota, Florida

July 26: Bath Guitar Festival Concert

July 27: Master Class ~ Bath, England

September 05: Cal State Dominguez Hills Guitar Festival ~ Los Angeles, California

FURTHER 2009 CONCERT DATES PENDING