Contact
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- Website: http://www.Guitar-Channel.com
Biography
I've been playing guitar for 23 years.
Studied at the Bloom School of Jazz in Chicago 1991.
Graduated from GIT in Hollywood 1993.
I currently own 5 guitars:
- 1991 Fender Strat (heavily modded)
- 2005 Schecter Gryphon
- Ovation Standard Balladeer steel string
- Yamaha G-235 classical
- old beat-up Gibson Melody Maker (my "Pat Travers" guitar).
I did a lot of teaching after graduating from GIT, through music store's and privately. Never did much gigging though.
On the non-guitar side of things, I received an MCSE certification from Harper College in 2000. I work in IT Security. I live in Illinois with my wife and 2 sons.
Interests
Music: Fusion, rock, jazz, instrumental guitar-geek stuff, some prog rock:
Favorite guitarists - Steve Morse, Allan Holdsworth, Eric Johnson, Scott Henderson, Shawn Lane, Brett Garsed, Greg Howe, Paul Gilbert, Buckethead, Michael Hedges, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, Jimmy Herring, Alex Machacek, Wayne Krantz...
Favorite fusion/prog bands - Dixie Dregs, Tribal Tech, CAB, Planet X, Liquid Tension Experiment, Ohm, Niacin, Project Z, Cosmosquad...
Favorite rock bands - Wolfmother, Franz Ferdinand, Audioslave, RATM, King's X, The Who, Steely Dan, The Police, Michael Landau's bands (Raging Honkies, Burning Water)...
Computers: PC gaming, building computers, computer security, Pocket PC's, Linux.
Other interests: fishing, baseball, books, movies...
