Jay Parmar

Jay Parmar is a highly accomplished, multi-faceted musician who has spent decades working professionally in the music industry. Based in Brighton, UK, his career spans performing, record producing, custom guitar building, and advanced instruction.

His background reflects several major accomplishments:

1. Solo Artist & Session Guitarist

Jay’s playing style is heavily rooted in 1980s melodic rock and virtuoso shredding, citing massive influences like George Lynch, Steve Vai, and Steve Stevens.

• Solo Discography: He has released solo instrumental and hard rock music, including his debut album Strange Day(2005) and Circle of Fire (2012), the latter of which was released through Steve Vai’s Digital Nations record label and featured a guest performance by his guitar hero, George Lynch.Hardrock Haven

• Bands & Touring: Jay has a long resume as a touring and studio session guitarist. He has recorded or toured with notable melodic rock and heavy metal acts, including Eden’s Curse, Iron Knights, The Inner Road, and the German-British hard rock band RAINIUM.RAINIUM

2. Studio Producer & Mix Engineer

Operating out of his own studio, Sacred Sound Recording Studio in Brighton, Jay is a full-time producer and mixing/mastering engineer. This studio expertise is exactly why his YouTube content focuses so heavily on “mix-ready” tones; he approaches digital modelers and gear from the perspective of an audio engineer who knows how a guitar actually needs to sit inside a professional recording layout.Jay Parmar

3. Custom Guitar Builder (Spirit Dance Guitars)

Jay is an artisan guitar builder who runs Spirit Dance Guitars. He specializes in creating highly unique, one-of-a-kind custom instruments.Guru – Guitar Lessons

• His builds are distinctive because he designs and hand-draws intricate artwork directly onto the wood using graphite pencil, paint, and markers.

• His designs are heavily inspired by native cultures, spiritual themes, and natural elements, often embedding crystal inlays or feathers directly into prototypes like his “Medicine Crow” and “White Buffalo” guitars.

• He also does “Spiritualized” builds, where he takes existing iconic guitars (like the Washburn N4) and custom-mods them with his hand-drawn artwork and personalized specifications.

4. High-Level Guitar Coach

Locally known as the “Brighton Guitar Guru,” Jay has been teaching since 2006. Rather than teaching absolute beginners the basics, he specifically targets his private coaching toward upper-intermediate and advanced players who are stuck on technical plateaus. His curriculum focuses on advanced mechanics (like speed, fluid vibrato, and pitch-perfect bending) combined with the practical art of songwriting and improvisation.

5. Youtube Channel Jay Guitar

Jay Guitar (run by guitarist Jay Parmar) is a popular YouTube channel dedicated to hard rock, heavy metal, and high-tech guitar gear. With just over 30,000 subscribers and more than 500 videos, it caters to guitar enthusiasts who love deep-diving into tone-shaping, digital modelers, and classic rock guitar techniques