Welcome to the NEW Sam Ash Music Institute!

The online community for learning a new instrument,
expanding your existing chops, or dusting off some old ones.

The Sam Ash Music Institute is a state-of-the-art learning community, offering quality online instruction to help you become a better musician or audio engineer.  It's also a place to hang out, enjoy performances, exchange ideas and meet new friends!

Our instructors include some of the very best musician-educators in the business and, because the curriculum is online and self-paced, you can do as much or as little at a time as you want.

It doesn't matter if you're a beginner, novice or pro - if you want to improve your skills, the Sam Ash Music Institute is where you belong!

Five Learning Centers

The Institute now offers five different learning centers: Guitar, bass, piano/keyboard, drums and pro audio. Each center provide hundreds of instructional videos, personalized lessons, and much more...

Teacher moderated community involvement Create and customize your student profile Personal Media Gallery (audio, video and pictures) Shared Media Gallery Audio and video rating and commenting Personal blog and articles Blog commenting, message boards and buddy list

Private mailbox, public shout box Video/Audio webcam chat Video/Audio profile recorder Video/Audio instant messenger Find and post local events Meet other like-minded musicians, local or otherwise  Invite / Tell-A-Friend feature

Join any of the centers for FREE, and have instant access all of the great social sections of SAMI. When you are ready to start your lessons, simply upgrade your membership and become a full SAMI student! Visit any of the centers below to find out more.