About Ruff Lee
Ruff Lee
Music Teacher, Master
Location:
Marietta ,
GA
Speaks:
English
Instructs:
Guitar, Music Theory
Performance Experience:
Over 30 years of world wide performance experience
Teaching Experience:
Over 30 years of teaching experience
Teaching Philosophy:
As a dedicated, motivated, and personable teacher, I work to help every student achieve their goals. I place an emphasis on delivering a fun, one of a kind experience for every student.
Get to know Ruff Lee
I live to help guitarists find their joy through the instrument! I began playing at age 8, and started teaching at age 18. I’m equally comfortable with beginners wanting to jam for the holidays, to higher-disciplined players wanting to expand both technique and theory. As a dedicated, motivated, and personable teacher, I work to help every student achieve their goals. I place an emphasis on delivering a fun, one of a kind experience for every student.
Meet Ruff
Guitarist and showman Ruff Lee brings fire, flash, and finesse to every performance. Known for his electrifying ULTRAVIOLET persona, he’s lit up stages around the world—blurring the lines between musician and spectacle. Whether he’s tearing through solos or crafting layered soundscapes in the studio, Ruff is a force of nature in Atlanta’s rock scene and beyond.
It all started with a moment: Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, flickering on a TV screen. Eight-year-old Ruff was never the same. He picked up a guitar and dove headfirst into everything from classic soul grooves to the complex grind of progressive metal. By his teens, he wasn’t just playing—he was shaping sound as a go-to session guitarist, live sideman, and teacher.
After building a solid reputation as a producer and artist development pro in Indianapolis, Ruff brought his talents to Atlanta in 2005. Since then, he’s kept the pedal down—laying down scorching tracks in studios, lighting up venues from London to L.A., and earning his place as a fixture in Atlanta’s Rock Royalty.
Ruff Lee didn’t grow up with much—but he had music, and that made him rich. Raised in a world where labels like color and gender didn’t define connection, he learned early on to love without boundaries. That boundless love lives in his music, where genres collide and blend with effortless grace. From the grit of Rock and the pulse of Hip Hop to the soul of R&B and the grandeur of Symphonic soundscapes, Ruff Lee’s influences are as diverse as the people who inspire him.
His signature style—a genre-fluid fusion—reflects not just what he hears, but what he believes: that music and art are the great unifiers, capable of outlasting pain, struggle, and time itself. Every note, every performance, is a gift he shares to connect, uplift, and ignite. Welcome to the ULTRAVIOLET journey—where sound becomes light, and everyone belongs.
His signature style—a genre-fluid fusion—reflects not just what he hears, but what he believes: that music and art are the great unifiers, capable of outlasting pain, struggle, and time itself. Every note, every performance, is a gift he shares to connect, uplift, and ignite. Welcome to the ULTRAVIOLET journey—where sound becomes light, and everyone belongs.
Ruff Lee teaches at:
119 Cobb Parkway North
Marietta, GA 30062
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