Guitar Lessons by Kelly Richey, Cincinnati OH

Been taking lessons from Kelly for about 6 months. It is very cool getting instruction from a world-class guitarist. However, what really sets Kelly apart is that she has a heart for teaching and really cares about her students and their progress in learning guitar.

Kelly is a fantastic guitar teacher and has been instrumental in my progression as a guitarist! She is a blues master and focuses on chunking concepts and songs down I can master all the small pieces to eventually play the full picture with ease.

She's a teacher who I feel truly get's me and has as much excitement about the blues and guitar as I have. We have shifted practice and teaching styles throughout my lessons that better fit how I learn best, which has been a highlight and a hallmark of her great teaching and mentor skills.

At 50 years old, after playing guitar for most of my life without ever having any professional instruction, I was bumping into some roadblocks with my playing, songwriting & recording.
I had met several incredible musicians over the years that were also experienced guitar instructors, but none of them seemed to understand what I was frustrated about.
In December of 2021, I stumbled across a video of Kelly playing with Sherri McGee in their 2 piece band The Spear Shakers. In reading a bit about the band, I noticed that Kelly was also a guitar instructor, so I wrote to Kelly and shared a bit about my history and what I was currently working on.
Kelly immediately messaged back and seemed to understand the issues I was bumping into as a result of being a self-taught guitar player, deeply set in my ways. After Kelly listened to some of my band’s releases, along with watching some video footage, she had some ideas on how to help.
After only a few lessons together Kelly provided me tools to begin to unlock my own roadblocks, but in a way that was not disruptive to my existing playing style. I love that Kelly does not want to change who I am as a player. She is interested in me being able to better express myself in my own style.
Moreover, I have found Kelly to be an incredible resource for so many other prereferral things related to guitar playing such as studio recording, live shows, fronting a band, etc-etc. There have been lessons in that we have not even discussed guitar playing because I have so many other questions. We spoke for an hour yesterday about setting up a new gig amp setup and pedalboard, after which she emailed me detailed information and web links about each component we discussed.
I wish I had known Kelly 10 years ago, because all these things that I had discovered thru my own trial and error she already knows!
Beyond all this, Kelly is simply a delightful person to talk with. A real person with real life experiences, that clearly has a gift for connecting with and helping other people.
I am both humbled and thankful to have her instruction and insight.