Today's side deal provides beginning guitarists with the chance to increase finger dexterity and woo college mascots. For $25, you get two 30-minute guitar or bass guitar lessons ($30 each) plus two digitally recorded study aids ($10 each)—recorded during your lessons—from Brentwood Guitar Instruction in Clearwater (an $80 total value). Combine up to two Groupons and receive four guitar or bass guitar lessons (guitars provided during lessons) with resident veteran Brent Beatty.

For the past two decades, Brent Beatty has been singing, songwriting, and performing for fine fans of blues and rock 'n' roll. With two CD releases and more than 100 written and co-written songs under his belt, Brent now turns string slappers into educated strummers after a few short lessons. During each session, students develop technique, theory, and songwriting skills in addition to producing an in-session recording for practical study at home. This tangible reference point promotes an abbreviated learning curve for hardworking students who, if they so chose, may perform in Brent's semi-annual Barn Yard Jam recital. Give the gift of guitar appreciation to a young musician, or reenlist yourself in the nation's guitarmy, where every battle of the bands is fought with honor, discipline, and occasional pyrotechnics.

New students only.