Welcome to my website, the home of Mike Relf music...

I am a guitarist, singer & musician based in the south of the U.K.
with an interest in jazz, rock & all contemporary styles of electric guitar.  I have a diverse background that spans an array of music styles &  instruments including orchestral brass, piano, percussion & singing. Right now, I play around 200 gigs a year and also teach in schools & privately from my own system called Advancing Guitar.
 
I'm proud to be a regular in many of the souths finest venues and I have performed in places like the Bournemouth International Centre, Poole Lighthouse Theatre and the London Astoria as well as holding weekly residencies at multiple local venues around Bournemouth & Poole. I have been lucky enough to work on musical theatre productions, big band jazz, small ensemble gigs, function, studio sessions, solo guitar arrangements, short film productions, solo performance, duo residencies, music production, collaborative song writing and more. I play gigs ranging from solo jazz & vocal through to duo/trio/quartet, function & party music and even big band jazz with the Bournemouth Jazz Orchestra. I keep my musical life busy and varied. Advice I freely share with my students.

As a teacher, my 'Advancing Guitar' concept has enabled me to cement some of my ideas into one structured system whilst also incorporating syllabus from schools like Rock School & Berklee. For more information about teaching, please contact me.

I'll try to keep the gigs page as up to date as possible but it may always be best to ask if you would like to see me perform. Just contact me and we'll take it from there.

Mike Relf