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Guitar Mentor

Teach adult guitarists one on one and help them sound like the player they hear in their head. Remote, flexible hours, and students who show up wanting to work.

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About Sonora

Sonora Guitar Intensive is an online mentorship program for guitarists who want to stop noodling and start sounding like the player in their head. Since 2017, more than 6,000 students have worked one on one with mentors who tour, record and teach at the highest level. Our alumni include seven Grammy winners, and students have left more than 400 five-star reviews on Google. Most of our students are adults who have been stuck at the same level for years. Their mentor is the person who finally gets them unstuck, and the reason they keep playing.

What you will do

Teach one-on-one video lessons with a roster of adult students, most of them 30 minutes every other week inside our 12-week Fellowship rounds.
Watch the practice videos your students send between lessons and reply in the Sonora app with feedback they can use that day.
Find what is really holding each player back and build a plan around what they want to sound like, with Sonora’s curriculum as your base.
Keep students moving when life gets busy. Most of them have careers and families, and a mentor who checks in is often the reason they keep playing.
Host two group office hours a week for your students, at times you choose, and join two 30-minute mentor syncs with the team (one becomes a one-hour all-hands once a month), live or by recording.
Log lessons and notes in the Sonora app so the team can support you and your students.

Who we are looking for

You play at a professional level: touring, session work, records, or a teaching post at a respected school. Tell us the credits you are proudest of.
A few years of teaching, and the ability to explain a hard idea simply, on the guitar and in words.
You look for the root cause instead of handing out more exercises.
Patience and warmth with adults who are hard on themselves.
A solid setup for online lessons: a good camera, clean audio for your guitar and your voice, and reliable internet.
Reliability. Students plan their week around your lessons.

What we offer

An independent contractor role. You set your own capacity, choose which students to take on, and keep teaching your own private students and gigs alongside Sonora.
Students offered to you. You teach, and we handle the marketing, enrollment and billing.
A per-student fee that grows with your roster and your level, paid monthly. We walk through the full details on your first call.
Teach from anywhere, on a schedule you set with your students.
Colleagues who are world-class teachers, alumni like Billy Strings, students who trained with us while playing with Maroon 5, Green Day and Kendrick Lamar, and a team that cares about doing right by students.

How hiring works

Step 1
Apply with video
A few questions about your playing and teaching, then five short videos, including a minute of playing and a two-minute lesson. Record them here, upload videos you already have, or share links. About 25 minutes.
Step 2
15-minute screen
A quick call with Spencer, founder of Sonora, to hear your story.
Step 3
30-minute teaching demo
Spencer plays a student who has been stuck for a while. You teach a short lesson.
Step 4
Agreement
A written mentor services agreement with your fees and a start date.

Apply

Record each answer here with your camera and mic, somewhere quiet, with your guitar in tune and set up the way you teach (up to two and a half minutes, re-record as often as you like). You can also upload a video file or paste a link instead. A live or session clip you are proud of works well for the playing question.

About Sonora

What you will do

Teach one-on-one video lessons with a roster of adult students, most of them 30 minutes every other week inside our 12-week Fellowship rounds.

Watch the practice videos your students send between lessons and reply in the Sonora app with feedback they can use that day.

Find what is really holding each player back and build a plan around what they want to sound like, with Sonora’s curriculum as your base.

Keep students moving when life gets busy. Most of them have careers and families, and a mentor who checks in is often the reason they keep playing.

Host two group office hours a week for your students, at times you choose, and join two 30-minute mentor syncs with the team (one becomes a one-hour all-hands once a month), live or by recording.

Log lessons and notes in the Sonora app so the team can support you and your students.

Who we are looking for

You play at a professional level: touring, session work, records, or a teaching post at a respected school. Tell us the credits you are proudest of.

A few years of teaching, and the ability to explain a hard idea simply, on the guitar and in words.

You look for the root cause instead of handing out more exercises.

Patience and warmth with adults who are hard on themselves.

A solid setup for online lessons: a good camera, clean audio for your guitar and your voice, and reliable internet.

Reliability. Students plan their week around your lessons.

What we offer

An independent contractor role. You set your own capacity, choose which students to take on, and keep teaching your own private students and gigs alongside Sonora.

Students offered to you. You teach, and we handle the marketing, enrollment and billing.

A per-student fee that grows with your roster and your level, paid monthly. We walk through the full details on your first call.

Teach from anywhere, on a schedule you set with your students.

Colleagues who are world-class teachers, alumni like Billy Strings, students who trained with us while playing with Maroon 5, Green Day and Kendrick Lamar, and a team that cares about doing right by students.

How hiring works

Step 1

Apply with video

A few questions about your playing and teaching, then five short videos, including a minute of playing and a two-minute lesson. Record them here, upload videos you already have, or share links. About 25 minutes.

Step 2

15-minute screen

A quick call with Spencer, founder of Sonora, to hear your story.

Step 3

30-minute teaching demo

Spencer plays a student who has been stuck for a while. You teach a short lesson.

Step 4

Agreement

A written mentor services agreement with your fees and a start date.

Apply