Musician - Nick Layton
Nick Layton
- Age 37 | Musician | Vancouver, WA
Bio
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Nick Layton is a professional guitarist, composer and teacher living in Washington State. He has worked in a variety of professional music settings including teaching private and group lessons, as well as having been the Music Coordinator at both Chorus church in Southern California and Discovery church in Oregon.
Nick’s debut CD entitled “Storming the Castle” will be released in early 2008.
Layton has also released a major instructional course called: Phrasing Concepts for Rock Lead Guitar Soloing-- a powerful new instructional course for guitarists who want to learn highly effective soloing concepts to help better express themselves.
In addition, Nick has co-authored the E-Book “The Next Step: Serious Improvement for the Developing Guitarist.” This book is for guitarists who want to learn to play better, faster, technically more efficient, and much more.
Inspired by the great artists and virtuoso guitarists of the late 70’s and 80’s, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, George Lynch , Michael Schenker, John Sykes, Dio, Queensryche, Savatage, TNT, Dream Theater, etc; Nick became obsessed with the guitar in 1987 and never looked back.
Presently, Nick is involved in many musical projects including composition and recording, writing instructional materials for guitarists and teaching private lessons.
Layton’s musical education includes advanced studies with virtuoso Tom Hess in his Music Careers Mentoring program (MCMP) as well as private studies with recording artists/virtuosos James Byrd, Slav Simanic and Howard Hart.
Nick graduated from George Fox University in 1998.
Audio
Instruments Played
- Guitar
Genres Played
- Blues,
- Christian Rock,
- Heavy Metal,
- Rock,
- Rock n Roll
Instruments Desired
- Bass Guitar,
- Drum Kit,
- Keyboard,
- Lead Vocals
Genres Desired
- Blues,
- Christian Rock,
- Heavy Metal,
- Rock,
- Rock n Roll
Influences
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Vinnie Moore, George Lynch, John Sykes, Yngwie Malmsteen, Savatage, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Michael Schenker, all kinds of hard rock and metal---from 80's rock to thrash to european power metal and progressive.
Experience
- 20 years
Looking For
- Talented muscians without drug problems...musicians who play music because they love it.
Details
- Experience: Professional
- Availability: 2-3 days a week
- Commitment: Professional
- Energy: In the groove
- Smokes: Nope
- Drinks: Some
Looking for - Details
- Experience: Expert
- Energy: In the groove
- Tolerates Smoking: No
- Tolerates Drinking: Yes