★ A live 5-week lofi guitar cohort with Rotem Sivan · Enrollment open now
If lofi is the sound you keep coming back to — this is where you make your own.
Finish Your FirstLofi TrackIn 5 Weeks.
You know the warm, hazy sound you want — and maybe there's a folder on your laptop of loops that started promising and quietly went nowhere. Not because you're not good enough. Because no one was ever on the other end making sure you finished.
In five weeks, on live calls, you'll turn a plain chord into that warm, dreamy sound and walk away with one real track you actually finished. All you need is a guitar and your phone.
Start simple.
Make it beautiful.
Rotem taking a bare two-chord idea and building it into something warm and rich — the exact move you'll learn, pointed at lofi.
This is the
first one.
I'll be honest — this is the first time I'm running this live, so there's no wall of testimonials yet. What there is: the smallest, most hands-on room I'll ever run, and me determined to make the founding group's first tracks something they're proud of.
- The founding rate — it goes up for every cohort after this one
- The founding bonuses: my 3 Splice lofi sample packs + the 5 Lush Chords cheat sheet
- The smallest room I'll ever run this in — more of my ears on your playing, every week
- A say in how it goes — what you're stuck on shapes what we dig into
- By week five, a finished track of your own — the whole reason you're here
Why this is a cohort,
not a course.
For years you've been on the listening side of the speaker — lofi on while you work, while you wind down, at 2am when your head won't quiet down. And somewhere in there you've thought, quietly, more than once: I wish I could make this.
The thing standing between you and your own track was never more tutorials. It's that you've been doing it alone — no deadline, no one listening — so the loops pile up in a folder and nothing ever gets finished.
That's why this is a small live cohort, not a course. You send me a clip from your phone, I actually listen, and I tell you the one thing to fix — week after week, until you cross from listener to maker with a finished track that's yours. More than anything, I want to hear what you make.
— Rotem
Rotem Sivan · NYC
You don't have a talent problem.
You have a finishing problem.
Somewhere on your laptop there's a folder. Little 8-bar loops that sounded warm and full of promise for about three weeks each, then went quiet. A whole graveyard of almost-songs.
It's easy to read that as proof you're not cut out for this. It isn't. You've just been doing the one thing that guarantees nothing gets finished: making music completely alone, with no deadline and no one who ever hears it.
Finishing isn't a talent you were born without. It's what happens when someone's on the other end — a little pressure, a real ear, and a date on the calendar.
If watching tutorials was going to work, you'd have a finished track by now.
Why your loops keep dying
- You watch a tutorial, alone, and copy a chord or two
- You make an 8-bar loop that sounds warm and promising
- There's no deadline, so it waits — and waiting turns into weeks
- Nobody ever hears it, so you can't tell if it's actually good
- You open it a month later, don't dare touch it, and close the laptop
Alone, with no deadline and no ears on it, even a good loop just sits there — one more thing you started and never turned into a record.
Why this one actually gets finished
- One small move each week — and you play it the same day
- You record it on your phone and I actually hear it
- Real feedback: the one thing to change, not "yeah that's nice"
- A deadline and a small room, so you can't quietly let it die
- By week five, a finished track you put on and think "I made that"
You don't need more chords or more tutorials. You need a deadline, a real ear, and someone making sure you cross the line — with just your guitar and your phone.
Why the tutorials never got you to a finished track
You've watched the videos and bought the courses, maybe followed a few production tutorials, and picked up some useful things along the way. But you're still on the listening side of the speaker — because passive tutorials leave out the three things that actually get a loop finished.
Tutorials leave you with a graveyard of unfinished loops.
You watch another video, make another warm little 8-bar loop, and it sounds promising for about three weeks — then it goes quiet. Nobody's on the other end making sure you cross the finish line, so the loops pile up and nothing ever becomes a track.
Nobody honest ever hears you play.
You record a clip, you can't tell if it's actually good, you send it to a friend, and they say "yeah that's sick" — and you feel more unsure, not less. No one has ever told you the one specific thing to nudge, so you're left guessing alone.
Production courses assume a studio full of gear.
They open with a DAW, a pile of plugins, and a shopping list you never asked for — before you've even played a bar. So the warm, hazy sound stays locked behind software instead of coming from your hands, a guitar, and your phone.
Let me tell you something that might surprise you, coming from a guitarist who plays this stuff for a living.
I'm a working guitarist based in NYC. I record, I perform, and of everything I've put online, the warm, hazy lofi playing is the work people come back to the most…
I think it's because it isn't trying to impress anyone. It's the music you put on to feel a little calmer, a little less alone. Making that feeling on purpose, with your own hands, turned out to be the thing I care about most.
It took me a while to get there. For a long time my playing came out flat — the right notes, none of the mood — and I kept assuming I needed to know more before it would sound like the records I loved.
It turned out I didn't need more theory. I needed to stop chasing correct and start chasing the feeling — the warm, hazy, slightly-imperfect thing that makes lofi sound like safety. Once I let go of that, everything opened up.
That's really all I want to do with you over these five weeks: hand you a few small moves, listen to what you play, and help you shape it into something you'd actually relax to. More than anything, I want to hear what you make.
- His recorded Lofi Masterclass became a student favorite
- Featured in the press and on stages here and abroad
- Records and performs as a working guitarist based in NYC
- His lofi and chill playing is his most-watched work online
“Wait…
I made that.”
Picture the plain little progression you already noodle on — the one that never quite sounds like the records you have on while you work. You know the chords cold. They just come out flat, more like an exercise than a mood.
Then you try one of the small moves from these five weeks. You loop it back on your phone, and it lands warm and hazy and unhurried. You go quiet for a second, a little surprised it's you.
“That's the sound. That's the record I love… and I made it.”
What changed? Not your hands — you already knew the chords. What changed is the handful of small moves that turn those same chords into an actual lofi loop.
- The plain chords stayed the same — one small move gave them that dreamy glow
- An added 9th and a few open voicings blurred the edges into something warm and hazy
- A soft, bittersweet ache slipped in under a simple progression
- A loopable 2-bar phrase and a laid-back feel made it sit in the pocket like a record
Now picture that same feeling five weeks on, except it isn't a loop anymore — it's a finished track. Headphones in, you press play on your own song and get that small chill of “…I made that.” The warm, rainy-window feeling you usually have to stream, coming out of your own hands.
And when you put it out, it becomes the music someone else relaxes to — the 2am song a stranger you'll never meet needed. That's the quiet summit of this: your playing becoming someone's safe place.
Ready to finally make one of your own?
The Lofi Guitar Cohort
A small, relaxed program — 12 players, 5 weeks, just a guitar and your phone. Every week you learn a move, record a short clip, and I listen and tell you the one thing to nudge — until plain chords turn into a warm, dreamy lofi track you actually finish.
Learn a move, then play it
Each week you pick up one simple move that makes a chord sound lush and dreamy, then you sit down and play it. Small, doable, calm.
Record a clip on your phone
No DAW, no plugins, no gear — just your guitar and your phone. You capture a short clip of what you made and send it in.
Real ears on your playing
Not "yeah that's sick." I actually listen to what you played and tell you the one specific thing to nudge to get that warm, dusty lofi feel — honest feedback, every week.
Cross the finish line together
You take the note, play it again, and it clicks. That weekly loop — a deadline plus someone listening — is what finally gets you to finish a real track instead of leaving loop #47 in the graveyard.
the 5 weeks
that turn plain chords
into lofi.
Each week builds gently on the last — from your first lush chord to a short lofi piece you actually finish. Just a guitar, your phone, and a little feedback along the way.
Stop pressing play. Start finishing tracks.
You're not learning lofi.
You're learning the switch.
The moves that turn a plain chord into a warm, hazy lofi loop — the reharmonization, the open voicings, the added color, the laid-back feel — are not lofi tricks. They are the grammar under every style that ever made you feel something.
Point the same switch at a different mood and it bends. Neo-soul. Ambient. The quiet part of a song you're writing. R&B. The calm under a film score. Same handful of moves — a different feeling on the other end.
Yes: in five weeks you finish a lofi track. But that's not the part you keep. What you keep is the thing that was missing every time your playing came out flat — you take any chord and make it feel like something.
Learn it for lofi. Use it for the rest of your life at the instrument.
Here's what you'll be able to do
After 5 weeks
- Make that warm, dreamy lofi feeling on demand — plain chords in, a mood out
- Have one finished lofi track — not loop #47 in the graveyard — you can put out where people relax to it
- Know the voicings and extensions that give a chord that soft, glassy glow
- Lock a hypnotic 2-bar loop and float a simple melody on top so it breathes
- Get that laid-back, dusty feel in your timing and touch — not just the right notes
- Have built the habit of finishing an idea instead of leaving it half-done
After a year of applying it
- A handful of finished loops and tracks that actually sound like you
- An ear for the chords and movements that make a track feel warm and nostalgic
- The comfort to sit down, record, and finish a musical idea in one sitting
- A calm, repeatable way to write — no DAW, no plugins, just guitar and phone
- A relaxed daily practice you look forward to instead of forcing
You won't become a full producer overnight — that takes time. But you'll be able to sit down with just a guitar and your phone and make warm, dreamy lofi that becomes the thing someone else relaxes to. For a lifelong listener who never finished anything, crossing to the other side of the speaker is a quiet, real leap.
Pick your payment plan
Every plan gets you the same cohort and the same weekly feedback from me — just choose how you'd like to pay.
“Lofi is the most-watched thing I've ever put online. This is me teaching you to make it yourself — live, with my ears on your playing every week.”
Everything you need to stop noodling and actually finish a track.
- 5 live group calls
- Weekly playing feedback from Rotem
- The 5 lofi recipes, week by week
- A finished loop you can actually share
- Rotem's 3 Splice lofi sample packs
- The "5 Lush Chords" cheat sheet
- Private WhatsApp community
- Lifetime access to recordings
- 14-day guarantee
$697 for the full 5-week cohort = about $140 a week— less than a single private lesson. And unlike a course you open once and abandon, it's five weeks of me actually listening to your playing — ending in a track you finished.
Live coaching every week
We meet every weekfor a live group session, with weekly video feedback on your clips between calls. Every call is recorded and posted in the community for anyone who can't make it live.
Total value · $4,700
- The full 5-week framework — one lofi recipe per week$1,500
- Live group coaching every week — five live calls$1,500
- Weekly video feedback on your actual playing, from Rotem$800
- Rotem's 3 Splice lofi sample packs (founding bonus)$300
- The "5 Lush Chords" cheat sheet (founding bonus)$100
- Private WhatsApp community of fellow players$500
- 14-day money-back guarantee — no questions askedPriceless
Try the first 14 days. Risk-free.
Join the cohort, show up to the first group call, work through the first week, and send me a clip of your playing. If after 14 days you don't feel this is finally getting you the lofi sound you've been after — email me at rotem@rotemsivan.com for a full refund, no questions asked.
This is the founding round, so I'm keeping it small — I want to be able to listen to every clip and give everyone real feedback.
Founding players lock in the founding rate and the bonus packs. When the next round opens, the price goes up.
If lofi is the sound you keep coming back to, this is the room where you finally make it yourself.
Who this cohort is
perfect for.
- Players who love lofi and neo-soul records but can't make their own chords sound that way
- Guitarists who can hold down open and barre chords but keep landing on plain, boxy voicings
- People with a folder full of half-started ideas who want to actually finish and record one
- Anyone who wants the lofi sound to come from their playing, not from plugins and gear
- Players ready to spend a relaxed five weeks turning what they already know into lush loops
- Students who want real weekly feedback on their playing instead of another pile of videos
This is notfor you if…
Saying this out loud so neither of us wastes the other's time.
You want a passive video library to binge.
This is a live cohort, not a course to hoard. The point is that you play, share clips, and get feedback — watching alone isn't where the change happens.
You won't record and share clips for feedback.
Half the value is me hearing your actual playing and telling you the small thing to fix. Just your phone is enough — but if sharing is off the table, this isn't the right fit.
You're after EDM or technical metal.
This is chill, warm, dreamy lofi. If your goal is fast, aggressive, or high-energy playing, you'll be happier somewhere else.
You can't form chords yet.
This isn't first-week beginner material. If open and barre chords are still out of reach, get those under your fingers first, then come back.
You already have enough.
If you can move between a few open and barre chords, you already have enough to start. Lofi isn't about knowing more chords — it's about the small moves that make the ones you already play sound warm and dreamy.
The question isn't whether your playing is good enough yet. It's whether you're willing to slow down, record a simple idea, and let me help you shape it into something you'd actually listen to.
Your first loop won't be perfect, and that's completely fine. You get there by finishing rough ones and letting the weekly feedback smooth out the edges. That's the whole method.
Frequently asked
Do I need a DAW, plugins, or an audio interface?
I always start lofi ideas and never finish them. Will that happen here?
I've watched every tutorial and I'm still stuck. Why would this be different?
What level do I need to be at?
Isn't this just jazz?
Can I really make lofi with just a guitar — no production?
Do I need to read music or know theory?
$697 is a lot, and I've wasted money on courses before.
You can keep pressing play
on everyone else's tracks.
Another lofi playlist on in the background while you work.
Another sample pack downloaded and forgotten.
Another loop that sounds warm for a minute, then quietly joins the folder of all the other ones you never finished.
Another year on the listening side of the speaker — loving these records but never making one of your own.
There's nothing wrong with any of that. It's just that a year from now, the folder will be a little bigger and still nothing will be finished.
Or you can spend the next 5 weeks on the other side of it — turning a plain chord into that warm, dreamy sound, with real ears on your playing every week — and finally press play on a track that's yours.
Two paths forward
Keep guessing on your own.
Download another sample pack, watch a few more tutorials, keep looping the same plain chords and hoping they'll magically turn lofi. Your folder of half-started loops gets a little bigger. Maybe it clicks one day — but if watching was going to get you there, you'd already have a track you finished.
Get the small moves and the real ears that finish the track.
Join the cohort while enrollment is open, record a short phone clip each week, and let me show you the little moves that turn plain chords into warm, dreamy loops. Because I'm on the other end every week, you actually finish — by week five you could be holding a real track you recorded, instead of loop #47 in the graveyard.
Join The 5-Week Lofi CohortBy five weeks from now, you could have
a finished lofi track of your own.
Join The Lofi Guitar Cohort now and spend the next 5 weeks turning your plain chords into lush, dreamy loops you actually finish and record — just a guitar and your phone.
- Only 12 players per cohort
- Personal feedback on your playing every week
- Live group coaching every week
- Complete 5-week guitar-first framework
- Rotem's 3 Splice lofi sample packs + 5 Lush Chords cheat sheet
- Private WhatsApp community · 14-day money-back guarantee
A few weeks from now, you could still be on the listening side — loving these records but never making one. Or you could have a warm, dreamy track of your own: finished, recorded, and out in the world where someone you'll never meet puts it on to relax to on a hard night. That's the whole thing, really — becoming the calm for someone else. I'd love to hear what you make.
— Rotem Sivan
Guitarist · NYC · 2026
P.S. This is the founding group, so spots are limited and the founding bonuses — my three Splice lofi sample packs and the 5 Lush Chords cheat sheet — come with it. The price goes up for the next round. If you've been meaning to finally make one of these, now's the calm, easy time to start.
P.P.S. Still have questions? Email me directly at rotem@rotemsivan.com and I'll personally respond within 24 hours. I want to make sure this is the right fit before you join.