About Cory Pettiford

Cory Pettiford started playing guitar at age 9 and has almost 50 years of playing experience, and has spent the last 20+ years gigging around the 7 Cities area with bands like the Red Stapler Band, Lead 86, Star Called Sun, Lemondish, Kustom Made, and Fine Swiss Cheese! Cory was awarded the prestigious C1 special skill identifier by the US Army Element, School of Music, indicating that his playing ability and musicianship was among the top 10% of all Army guitarists worldwide. Over the years, Cory has won multiple Guitarmageddon competitions put on by Guitar Center and was flown to Atlanta and Orlando to participate in higher levels of competition. Cory is well versed in rock, jazz, pop, and funk guitar styles. Cory's guitar instruction is based on his own theory of 'economy of motion' and believes that all practice is cumulative meaning that 5 minutes of practice makes you 5 minutes better than you were yesterday, so the more you practice you better you get!