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Alex Grossi has been called one of the hardest working and most sought after rock guitarists in the country. He is best known as the guitarist for hard rock legends QUIET RIOT for the past 16 years and counting.

Bernard Grobman is an award winning classically trained composer, producer and guitarist. Since starting his production career working under producer Dave Hall, the hitmaker behind Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover,” Grobman has become an international award-winning, Grammy-nominated, Platinum recording artist and producer behind some of the world’s biggest albums and singles.

Sid Griffin is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader. He led The Long Ryders in the 1980s, founded The Coal Porters in the 1990s, and has recorded several solo albums. He's also written two books about Bob Dylan, and one apiece on Gram Parsons and bluegrass music.

Scott Griffin has always done things a little different than what is normally expected. Not as much because he wanted to, but more because he learned early on that the only way life was going to let him get from point A to point B was to do it his way.

Jay Gore is the hot lead guitarist who plays in Mindi Abair's band. An in-demand session player in Los Angeles, he has played with artists as diverse as Hilary Duff and Lauryn Hill, as well as doing studio work for a variety of renowned artists of different genres.

Johnny Gomez is an original funk artist from Orange County, CA. After many years of playing guitar for other artists and making the rounds in the corporate music scene (including a fun multi year position at a very popular OC theme park run by a mouse), he realized he had something of his own to create and express.

Singer-songwriter and multidimensional artist Ben Goldsmith would like to tell you he “never could’ve imagined” this for himself, but he’s quick to note that – call it confidence or a preternatural years in the making – it’d just not be true. “In a way, I’ve been working towards this since I was 3 or 4."

Mike the Spike (Mike Glendinning) has been a musician and band leader for over 20 years. His brand of electric stripped-down California rock and roll is infectious and sing-along, but still packs the punch of a haymaker to the gut. His "Roll without the Rock" songs are equally hard-hitting and have personal meaning that can even the toughest of the tough can relate to.

Brad is best known for his guitar playing in the chart-topping band Night Ranger. Since Night Ranger's first release "Dawn Patrol" in late 1982, Brad's mastery of the strings and whammy bar have helped lead this rocking AOR band to the top of the Billboard charts with close to twenty gold and platinum albums with sales reaching over 17 million worldwide.

Tomo Fujita is a Professor at Berklee. His most famous student is John Mayer whom Tomo introduced to Pickboy picks.

Whoever said absence makes the heart grow fonder must’ve been thinking about the relationship between Lita Ford and rock ‘n’ roll. The hard rock queen stepped away from her remarkable musical career back in the 1990s to devote herself to family and the surroundings of real life on a surreal Caribbean island, but with the call of the sonic wild getting louder and louder, she made the decision to dive back in at the deep end – only to find that she had every bit as much love for the heavy rock grind. And as it turns out, the feeling is mutual.

NY Blues Hall of Famer and Fodera Guitar artist Dave Fields has performed and continues to perform all over the US and the world. He enjoys a big Spotify audience as well as a huge social media presence.

The Phoenix Within is an independent rock group based out of Queens, NY. The band is fronted by singer-songwriter Omar Feliciano and is backed by bassist Nicholas Narlis, guitarist John Narlis and drummer Steven Khan

Gia Federico is an instrumental guitarist and studio guitarist out of Boston MA. She fronts her solo Project as GIA G, and also plays in the alternative metal band, Devil In The Mist. Both band are both signed to Slip Trick Records.

Bayo Fayemi is an up and coming guitarist/bandleader/composer. He began to study the guitar and jazz at the age of 18. He honed his skills in the York College Big Band, before joining several ensembles around NYC. His styles of choice range from Jazz, R &B, and the Blues. He is set to record his debut album this Spring.

Born in Nashville Tennessee, Ned started playing ukelele at age 11 and got his first guitar at 15. At 16, Ned got his first classical guitar and gave his first professional performance as a guitarist.

Scott Eames is an Award Winning Live & Studio multi-instrumentalist Musician, snagging awards like "Band of the Year" and "Hardest Working/Best Promotional Band."

Kilian Duarte is a professional bassist based out of the New England area. A Berklee College of Music graduate, Kilian is the bassist for international touring progressive acts Scale The Summit, Felix Martin and Lattermath.