My name is Kev Porter and here's the story so far ....

I started playing guitar at the age of 6 years old when I was at primary school with a beaten up old classical guitar with bent machine heads and crazy string height – it helped me to learn the basics but I didn’t really take to it and didn’t practise at that stage.

When I was coming up to my 13th birthday I was kindly offered an electric guitar and that was it, I was hooked! I wore out many tape players trying to copy artists such as Dire Straits, The Shadows, Gary Moore and Jeff Beck to name but a few...

I have played everyday since and am always learning new concepts and exploring different approaches and styles.

I was in a few bands at high school but back in those days music wasn’t seen as an ideal career choice so following my A levels I went to Art college but found I couldn’t wait to get back home to play guitar.

After Art college I started to teach a few friends and really enjoyed the buzz it gave me seeing someone achieve. I then thought I would try it full time so I successfully applied for a Prince's Trust loan to purchase some electric guitars, a bigger amp and a mixer. I started teaching groups of up to 8 in workshop style lessons around the Isle of Wight as well as one to one lessons. The lessons proved to be not only fun but were very successful too.

A few years later in 1999 I was approached by the Directors of a new music college here on the Isle of Wight and was invited to take a trial workshop. It went well and they asked me to be part of the team. I have proudly been teaching at Platform One Music College here on the island ever since and teach the guitar on the Degree and BTEC courses.

I also worked as a peripatetic guitar tutor at a local school for over 18 years.

I created Wired Guitar Tuition in 2020 to help other guitar students to achieve their goals.