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We spoke with Tobias Rauscher, a Percussive Finger-style Guitarist about his experience in the ISINA program.

The guitar Phoebe Bridgers smashed during her performance on SNL sold for $101,500 at the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD’s auction. 

Can’t wait for applicant Tobias Rauscher to grace the stage with his guitar performance!  Hailing all the way from Germany ??

Shubhangi Joshi from India ?? jamming on the guitar! ? Let’s wish her luck on the final show this Wednesday at The Belasco Theater! ??

Guitar players unite! If you are a passionate musician with a true love of the guitar, you might relate to this post.

This week we are featuring an amazing guitar player Tobias Rauscher from Berlin, Germany. We asked Tobias a few questions about his unique percussive guitar technique! 

Check out his ISINA profile and the interview! 

Of guitar-shaped forests and picks flown to Mars - these facts you probably haven’t heard before!

I am the Co-Head of the Instrumental Department at ISINA

When I started playing guitar, I had a desire to play things that weren’t usually played on guitar.  I loved what Michael Brecker was playing on the saxophone and what Chick Corea was doing on the keyboard.  It was almost impossible to get those kinds of lines out on my instrument. I followed this deep desire that led me to figure out how to play what I heard in my head on my guitar.  It took many, many hours, days, and years to develop my Sweep Picking Technique but I stuck to it and it has given me the freedom to express all my musical thoughts and what was stirring in my soul.