MusicGurus

What MusicGurus is

MusicGurus is an online library of video music courses taught by professional musicians, singers and producers. It is a learner product: you pick an instrument or a production skill, choose a course at your level, and work through filmed lessons on demand, in your own time. The homepage puts the library at 5,000+ lessons from 100+ teachers, whom the site calls gurus, and says 49,198 players use it. It shows a rating of 4.7 on Trustpilot.

The pitch is aimed at players at every stage: "Whether you want to learn an instrument from scratch, build skills or master new styles," the site promises lessons "taught by top musicians & vocalists." It says the courses suit all ages and skill levels, "from beginner to seasoned enthusiast," and stresses flexibility: "No more diary conflicts, pick up and play on your schedule." Its page title adds the other half of the offer, online music courses and interactive sheet music.

Instruments and teachers

The instrument menu covers piano, guitar, drums, bass, violin, saxophone, singing, music production and music business, with more behind a further menu, and the homepage says learners can select from 20+ instruments. Courses are labeled by level, beginner or intermediate in the examples on the site, so a learner can find a starting point that matches their playing.

The gurus featured on the homepage include Paddy Milner, KT Tunstall, Joe Glossop, Chris Haigh, Tom Seals, Juliet Russell, Tim Richards, Alex Reeves, Julia Zilberquit and Laurence Juber. The site says it partners with "leading musicians" and "world class vocalists" to teach, and each course is a structured series from one named professional rather than a scattered set of clips.

For learners who do not know where to start, the homepage offers an AI path finder: a 30-second quiz that returns 4 course picks, ranked, with the reasoning behind each. Alongside the courses, the site's menu lists Song Books, and the homepage invites learners to "Use our interactive sheet music player to enhance your practice."

The music production catalog

Music production is the deepest area on the pages, with 31 courses. The site explains its approach plainly: learning production online "means building beats, arrangements and mixes in your DAW while following along with professional producers." It covers Logic Pro, Ableton Live and fundamentals that apply to any DAW, plus mixing and recording with engineers. Its own answer to the common question of which to learn is even-handed: Logic Pro is popular for songwriting and its bundled sounds, Ableton Live for beats and live performance, and there are full course tracks for both.

Logic Pro has two complete methods. The Aamir Yaqub series runs 6 courses and 8h 23m, from Logic Pro: Interface & Workflow (13 lessons) through synthesis and MIDI effects, making beats with Drummer and Apple Loops, recording and audio editing, mixing and audio effects, and sampling, finishing and mixing a track. Dov Waterman's Composition & Creativity in Logic Pro series runs 6 courses and 5h 21m, with courses on workflow and templates, MIDI effects and automation, and synthesis and beat programming.

Ableton Live users get the Isaac Cotec series, 3 courses and 5h 41m, starting with Understanding the Basics of Electronic Music Production with Ableton Live (20 lessons) and including Fast Songwriting with Ableton Live. Other Ableton courses cover creative sampling and composition with John Watson, Live Performance in Ableton Live with Brian Funk (30 lessons), using external instruments and devices with Mark Burnett, and Madeleine Bloom's Sonic Bloom presents: Ableton Live 9 Essentials (36 lessons) and a course on becoming a pro on Ableton Push.

Mixing, mastering and recording have their own shelf: Mixing Commercial Pop Music and Mixing for Film & TV score with Goetz Botzenhardt, Recording and mixing in Pro Tools with Ciaran Robinson (31 lessons), Record Live Drums Like A Pro with Nikolaj Bjerre, and a course on mastering and vinyl cutting with Gearbox Records. A final group, on making a record, includes Produce a killer pop track with Paul Whalley, Studio to Stage: How Faithless Created Their Live Sound with Sister Bliss, and Find Your Own Path in House & Techno with DJ Deep.

Each listing shows its level, duration and lesson count, so a learner can see the size of a course before starting. The longest on the production page is Madeleine Bloom's Ableton Live 9 Essentials at 5h 28m, followed by Mark Burnett's guide to using external devices with Ableton Live at 3h 29m and 24 lessons; the shortest, Dov Waterman's course on workflow and templates in Logic, runs 46m.

Buying and access

The site links to its plans from a Pricing page; the homepage and production pages print no prices, and the currency selector shows USD. Several routes lower the cost or change how you pay: student discounts for the UK and US and through UNiDAYS, gifting, a code redemption page, and an affiliate program. A My Library area in the account holds a learner's courses, and a help center handles support. A newsletter announces new courses, promotions, competitions and practice tips. One reviewer on the homepage, Lynne, calls it "So easy to activate and a fair price too."

What learners say

The homepage quotes reviewers by first name. Piva praises "Thorough explanations from start to finish of each course." Jane calls it "Really well filmed, and excellent content." Lynne enjoyed "being able to go over and over the lesson at my own pace." Sarv writes that "MusicGurus have simplified things for learners." Kund writes that it is "Perfect if you like me need extra time to learn from great musicians!" and Francine found the service "affordable, easy to use and as advertised."

Who it suits

MusicGurus suits self-directed learners who want structured courses from named professionals rather than random free videos. A home producer who wants to learn Logic Pro or Ableton Live properly can follow a complete series from interface basics to a finished track, and then move to the mixing and mastering courses. A pianist, guitarist, singer or saxophonist can use the instrument courses to build skills or try a new style, at whatever pace suits them, and rewatching a lesson as often as needed is part of the appeal reviewers mention. Students in the UK and US can check the student discounts first.

It suits learners less well if they want a teacher who watches them play and corrects them, because the courses are filmed lessons. A complete beginner who needs that kind of feedback may want to combine MusicGurus with a few live lessons.