Joe Badger is a session guitarist, tutor and creator based in Surrey. After being told in school at 6 years old he would never be a musician. Joe has since gone on to play sold out Arena tours supporting bands such as One Direction, as well as earning a guitar degree in professional music performance at The Academy Of Contemporary Music (ACM) – 2:1.
For the last 15 years Joe has been working with lots of different original artists as well as performing in professional covers bands all over the UK, UAE and Europe. Bands include “Xcaliber” www.xcaliber.band and “Folk Junkies” www.folkjunkiesband.com.
Whilst maintaining a busy performance schedule of up to 75 – 100 gigs a year, Joe has been teaching guitar privately for all ages from beginners right up to expert level. The main areas Joe works on with students are technique, repertoire, theory, guitar tone & music technology.
Joe is a very reliable and motivated Musician, whose love and passion for music has driven him to aim to be a top professional in his trade.
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Session Guitar Player For Hire
Alongside performing regularly, Joe records high quality session guitar tracks from his home studio as well as recording for producers, artists and sound designers.
Maybe you’re searching for some beautiful acoustic guitar, energetic rock rhythm, blistering solo or an epic lead line?
Joe can bring your songs to life whether that be in a live gig situation or in the recording studio.
Check out Joe’s Session Page here to listen to audio samples.

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