HESSFEST


What is HESSFEST: HESSFEST is an annual FREE Live Event held exclusively for my Correspondence Guitar Lessons students, Music Careers Mentoring Program members, Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle members and business partners (also Rock Band Success Coaching members and Luca Turilli's Neoclassical Revelation students are invited to come). HESSFEST consists of an instructional master class each day, informal jamming with me and each other, tons of fun and a great musical time. 

     

HESSFEST occurs two times each year, one event takes place in Europe, and the other one in the US.  All my students can attend the events in both locations. 

Read more information about HESSFEST USA and HESSFEST Europe here. 

Upcoming HESSFEST USA 2011

HESSFEST USA 2011 will take place in Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA, September 1-4, 2011.

Please check out the HESSFEST USA section at the tomhess.net forum for details. You CANNOT attend this event without reading those details and instructions!


7 Reasons Why You Should Come To HESSFEST

• You will be part of 2 Special Masterclasses on powerful topics you will want to learn about, but will never find anywhere else.

• You will have an Individual Guitar Lesson with me.

• You will have many opportunities to ask me all kinds of questions and get answers, advice, feedback etc. 

• You will meet many friends from the tomhess.net forum to hang out with and have lots of fun.

• You will be able to jam with other cool musicians (if you want to).

• You will be able to perform over backing tracks (email me in advance for details).

• You will leave HESSFEST as a better musician compared to when you arrived.

You will have an exclusive opportunity to spend multiple days with me which usually only private students can do when making a substantial financial investment.

     
     

 Watch the videos to see my students jamming together at one of the recent HESSFESTS.   

  

HESSFEST - SPECIAL VIP DAY

Previous HESSFEST VIP Days featured live in person.... the GREATEST GUITARIST AND THE GREATEST SINGER OF ALL TIME... GEORGE BELLAS (HESSFEST 2009) and Rhapsody of Fire's FABIO LIONE (HESSFEST 2010)

That is right! George Bellas was conducting a 4.5 hour long live interactive Master Class at HESSFEST USA 2009 on the topic of songwriting/music composition! At HESSFEST USA 2010, Fabio Lione and I (Tom Hess) conducted a revolutionary, innovative and powerful Master Class about making your guitar SING with the same expressive power, passion and conviction as a truly GREAT singer.

There won't be a VIP day at HESSFEST USA 2011. Instead, we will have other special plans for you. TBA at the event.

The special VIP Day is my ‘thank you’ to those of you who have extended your relationship with me in at least ONE one of the following ways:

  • You have referred at least 3 people to join one of my major programs before the start of HESSFEST: Correspondence Guitar Lessons, MCMP (Music Careers Mentoring Program) or EGTIC (Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle). The people you refer must have actually joined a program anytime prior to HESSFEST (they do not need to be active members at the time of HESSFEST, but they must have been members anytime before or during HESSFEST).
  • You are currently (at the time of HESSFEST) a “Beyond MCMP” member.
  • You have taken at least 50 Correspondence Guitar Lessons (at any time) with me.
  • You are a Charter (original) member of EGTIC AND have been so the entire time since the program began (including the time of the HESSFEST event).
  • You are active in AT LEAST 2 of my major programs at the time of HESSFEST:

    Correspondence Guitar Lessons
    EGTIC (Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle)
    MCMP (Music Careers Mentoring Program)
    Rock Band Success Coaching

* If you meet ANY of the above criteria, you may attend the VIP day for free. However, if you are bringing a spouse or parent, that person must pay $200 to attend the VIP event.

* If NONE of the above criteria apply to you, and you still want to attend the VIP day, you may attend the event for $200 payable in cash only at the VIP event.

   

 

"In a nutshell, I was FLOORED by this whole event. I can't imagine that it could have gone any better. I'm not sure really what I was expecting, but I can tell you that I came away feeling like my life has been changed in some significant way."


- Nick Layton, Vancouver, Washington, USA

   "We got to watch the master at work... Seeing Tom play on a screen is one thing, seeing him play from about 25 cm away as it happened at one point is a whole different experience... The sheer sight of us all trying to analyse every micro-movement Tom's hands were doing hardly leaving him any room to breath must have been absolutely hilarious from the outside... Imagine 40 people literally bending over-backwards to try and get the best possible angle on Tom's hands as he's demonstrating a sweeping lick, but that was absolutely invaluable as an experience since you hardly get the chance to see players of that caliber from so close who are willing to share their experience and explain in minute details what they're doing and how they're doing it... And Tom absolutely did..." 

- Chris Martins, France
   

   
"HessFest 2008 was life-changing. I am at a loss of words to describe HESSFEST 2009.  The sheer quality and quantity of content that Tom (and George Bellas) provided FOR FREE, it's incredible.  Hanging out and jamming with all the people there, even more incredible. An experience like this can't be described. I come home with so much more motivation, information, determination, knowledge, and nice memories that I would not thought that possible. Yet, once again Tom managed to make the impossible possible - with the help of the nicest music community ever. "

- Tommaso Zillio, Edmonton, Canada
 
"Thank you Tom! Thanks for making this happen! I had a blast in all possible ways. Meeting such talented, ultra cool people just blew my mind. All the Master Classes and one-on-one lessons were great, I learned and got so much out from those that it will take a while to digest everything. I feel that the HESSFEST gave me an inspiration boost for life!"

- Risto Kivela, Illinois, USA
 
 
 
 
           
"This was truly an awesome event. Mega thanks to Tom for putting this on, to the hardworking staff, and to all who attended.  I must admit, when I first arrived, I expected I would feel like an outsider, being both a newbie to the event, and a non-guitarist, too.  That melted away within minutes of meeting you all. By the time I left, it felt like family. Being a singer in a very guitar heavy environment, I got to learn the true meaning of the term "cross-pollenation." I was really surprised how much of the material I could apply directly to my own musical world. Tom's "Pro-gression vs. Retro-gression" tip is going to affect every song I write from now on, and the inevitable rewrites of existing ones. Pretty freakin' WOW! Can't wait to see you all again next year!"

- Jim Dix, Florida, USA
 
"I always expect a lot from Tom and he over delivers on a consistent basis. I am surprised that my face muscles are not sore from all of the smiling I did over the past week! Thank you Tom for everything you have done for me and for yet another experience I will never forget!"


- Paul Tauterouff, New York, USA

 
 
 

Who may attend: If you have access to the www.tomhess.net forum, then you may attend. If you are married, your spouse may attend (however, there are restrictions to this - for details, check out the tomhess.net forum). 

Who may not attend: Your friends, boyfriends/girlfriends and your children. This event is NOT open to the public.
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