Troy Stetina

Troy Stetina
Born	1963 (age 53–54)
Origin	Indiana, United States
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, music educator
Instruments	Guitar

Troy Stetina (born November 16, 1963) is an American guitarist and music educator with more than forty rock and metal instructional methods to his credit, and total sales currently over 1 million units. He was the director of Rock Guitar Studies at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and writer for GuitarOne magazine, and now teaches independently.

Stetina grew up in Indiana. He was the youngest in a prominent family of Olympic cyclists, including his brothers Wayne, Dale and Joel, and won several national medals as a teenager. But racing was more of a family imperative than a personal choice and music was his real passion. His mother, an accomplished opera singer, supported his interest in music, and when he expressed an interest in guitar at age 12 she bought him a $60 beginner guitar and little practice amp.

While growing up, Stetina developed an interest in late 1970s hard rock titans such as Rush, Led Zeppelin and KISS, later taking interest in the lead guitar playing techniques of Randy Rhoads and Van Halen. Shortly after reaching the age of 18, Stetina decided to attend astrophysics classes in New Mexico, and later discovered his unique talent at teaching. In the late 1980s, Stetina released two very successful heavy metal instructional books.

The same year the first book in his heavy metal guitar instructional series was released, the young virtuoso joined the prestigious Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, in Milwaukee. Although he eventually became Director of the Rock Guitar department, he left in the early 1990s to finally pursue a career as a recording artist.

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