Shredding for Dollars

ADAM WARD HAS the look of a seasoned session dog. A sleeve of tattoos runs down his right arm to his picking hand. The shaggy hair and beard goes with his Telecaster like a bar gig goes with beer tickets. He doesn’t just have the look: when he starts playing, he transitions effortlessly between clean arpeggios to overdriven, fluid leads. His bio brags about his experience: five years in the industry after completing a bachelor’s degree in music. Based in London, he’s toured Britain, elsewhere in Europe and Indonesia. All those chops, developed over years onstage and in the studio, can be yours, or any other paying customer’s, for the low, low price of $140 on Fiverr, a popular freelancing website (and app).

For the adventurous guitarist, freelancing on Fiverr can be kind of a dream gig: Ward has worked on everything from