About

Ted Sablay is a Las Vegas–based musician, musical director, and teacher focused on practical musicianship: melody, harmony, structure, parts, and intent. He’s spent nearly two decades touring with The Killers—joining during the Sam’s Town era as a guitar/keys utility player and later becoming the band’s Musical Director in 2022.

Along the way, Sablay has performed on major broadcast stages and in the world’s biggest rooms, and has shared bills with artists like Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and Elton John. That experience shapes his teaching: clear diagnosis, musical decision-making, and repeatable systems that hold up under real-world pressure.

During the 2020 shutdown, he used the break to write and record his debut solo album, You’ll Be Back Here Soon—a set of guitar-driven songs built for replay value. “The idea was to make tuneful songs you actually want to listen to,” he says. “Put it on and take a drive.”

Raised in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and later drawn into the Las Vegas music scene, Sablay’s writing is often described as British rock DNA filtered through American songcraft—melody-forward, lyric-conscious, and built to move.

Today, he splits his time between touring, solo work, and teaching working musicians, serious songwriters, and high-performing professionals who want structure and measurable progress. His next solo album, State & Motion, is scheduled for release in 2026.