Groove cello academy
Join the groove cello movement - a swarm of creative cellists revolutionizing their musical lives with rhythmic vitality and infusing their jamming with epic feel and grace. Learn the Compass System, our unique approach to training for improvisation, jamming, and cello mastery. Engage in our full curriculum consisting of courses, libraries, chats, personal coaching, classes, Q&As, prompts, workouts, and tailored practice plans to keep you moving.
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What is the Academy curriculum like?
Groove Cello Academy is a space for real growth. This isn’t some quick fix 2-week crash course. And it’s not just a random open-access video course.
Growth takes work. Growth takes community.
Joining the Academy Community space
puts you into the shared experience we all need.
The Academy Curriculum is a course walkthrough paced for real humans.
The Compass System, a method designed specifically for creative cello / groove cello by Daniel Delaney (more info below)
live zoom group play-along classes (monthly)
group coaching calls on zoom (weekly)
web and mobile app access (24-7)
momentum chat groups with fellow student-members
direct message chat access with your teacher
open access member interaction in feeds, chats, and direct messages
personal profiles, customizable notifications
personalized walkthrough of our game-changing, cutting edge courses
daily/weekly prompts for discussion, practice direction, inspiration
downloads of crazy resources like backing tracks, cheat sheets, and info graphics
12-months tailored practice plan, supported by weekly community activity
annual subscription for greatest results; streamlined time investment for busy adults
GCA community
Login on web, Android, and iOS apps to connect with your teacher and other students. Access courses, resources like backing tracks and chord sheets, chats & feeds, build your own chat groups, and get your fix of inspiration and collaboration.
Get notifications of new activity, catch live stream video from teachers and other students. Post, like, and comment, in threaded conversations. Moderators involved daily to keep us positive and on-topic.
Practice prompts and challenges to keep us moving! Daily, weekly, monthly rhythms of content and classes.
This is the heart of your GCA membership.
what is the
compass system?
TRAINING DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR:
✅ Chop, Groove, Rhythm
✅ Improvisation, Jamming, Soloing
✅ Traditional Music (Americana, Celtic, Scandinavian, and beyond)
✅ Blues & Jazz
A Completely Unique Method that teaches you:
HOW TO GROOVE ON CELLO and hit all those killer chops, chords, and rhythms
HOW TO PRACTICE for improvisation
WHAT SKILLS YOU WILL NEED to join a jam session with confidence
HOW TO NAVIGATE YOUR CELLO FINGERBOARD so you’ll never get lost again
HOW TO LISTEN BETTER so you can contribute meaningfully to the music
HOW TO SOUND IRISH, or Scottish, or bluegrass, or Old-Time, or Scandinavian, or bluesy, or bebop, or latin, or… just you
HOW TO PLAY FREELY by ear and create your own melodies, tunes, backups, and more
HOW TO FIND / CREATE HARMONIES to pair up with your favorite melody player
HOW TO PLAY A GREAT CELLO SOLO in any style, at any jam
The Compass System is a creative cello method for developing mindset and skills so you can do everything listed above with confidence, curiosity, and joy.
Developed by Daniel Delaney, groove cellist and founder of Groove Cello Academy.