Michael Casswell’s finesse, musicality and style on the instruments remains the talk of guitar players worldwide. His Pro Concepts lesson series is an invaluable collection of Mike’s years of guitar wisdom gained as a professional guitarist; sharing the stage with rock royalty such as Brian May and Cozy Powell.
His passing in 2016 saw the loss of a true musical talent, well respected teacher and much loved friend to many.
Improve your song writing skills in this guitar composition lesson with Michael Casswell. Michael shows ...
Michael Casswell leads this melodic guitar playing lesson, covering how to use strong chord tones, ...
Michael Casswell takes you through this picking guitar technique lesson covering the different sounds created ...
Michael Casswell discusses the essential session guitar skill of improvising a rhythm guitar part over ...
Mike started playing the guitar from the age of 11. In the mid-1980s he was signed to RCA USA as a part of a band called Heroes. From the late 1980s to the early 1990s he was signed to MCA UK with the British rock band Walk on Fire, which released an album Blind Faith in 1989. In 1992, he joined the Brian May Band for the South America tour. Mike co-wrote and co-produced Cozy Powell's last solo album Especially for You that was released from Polygram Records in 1998. From 2006 to 2008, Mike played in the West End Queen musical We Will Rock You. Since 2011, he has been regularly contributing to Guitar Interactive magazine with columns, gear reviews and interviews. In 2014, Mike released a solo album entitled Complaints about the noise.
