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Ray Kainz is an Austin-based guitarist whose playing can be heard on stages with Texas Regional Radio Music Awards 2025 Band of the Year, Brodie Lane, as well as with Love & Chaos, winners of the TRRMA Best New Group (2023) and the band behind two #1 Texas Regional Radio Chart singles, “Wildflower” and “Come Back to Bed.”

A versatile player with a deep respect for songcraft and tone, Ray moves easily between the roles of sideman, collaborator, and bandmate—bringing feel, musicality, and just the right amount of fire when the moment calls for it.

Offstage, Ray shares his passion for the guitar through private instruction and his Ray Plays Guitar YouTube channel, where players from around the world explore improvisation, musical creativity, and the lifelong pursuit of better tone. Feel free to contact Ray if interested in private instruction.

Take a look around, check out some sights and sounds,  and thanks for stopping by!
 

Ray Plays Guitar on YouTube!

Ray’s YouTube channel, Ray Plays Guitar, is where he talks about everything that matters in the guitar universe: lessons, tips, tricks, licks, rigs, gigs, tone… and occasionally tacos.

It’s part guitar class, part gear hang, part musical rabbit hole—and somehow it’s completely free.

So if you like guitars, good tone, and learning a few cool things along the way, you’re in the right place.

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So you watched Ray Plays Guitar on YouTube and thought, “Yeah… but I want more guitar.”

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This is the home base: a guitar-obsessed corner of the internet packed with downloads, TABS, backing tracks, lessons, VLOGs, and some dangerously good apparel.

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