A vocalist and musician who crafts dark songs with haunting melodies and intense messages, Melissa VanFleet brings a true singer/songwriter element to alternative metal music.
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You might have seen him reviewing or modding guitars and music gear or even presenting Thomann’s Youtube Channel. A life-long musician, Andy loves all things guitar and all things pasta.
Hailed as one of the the most influential and original guitarist-composers of his generation, Dario is a multi-award winning Italian guitarist and composer based in NYC. Well known as phenomenal player with a significant musical personality, he has performed all over the world both as band leader and side man with many of the top American and European jazz artists including Yellow Jackets, Billy Cobham, Bob Mintzer, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Andy Sheppard, Dominique Di Piazza, Jason Rebello and many others.
Composer and improviser Bryan Noll loves making music with synthesizers. As Lightbath, the synthesist often works generatively, planting musical seeds and guiding their growth as they unfold in the present moment.
Montreal rock band influenced by the likes of Sonic Youth, Fugazi, The Cure, Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, and Mars Volta, the band’s distinctive blend of dirty and polished type of dissonant sonic textures along with their introspective poetry and symbolist type of lyrical approach quickly gathered fanatics from all over the world.
Creator of Vector Synthesis, Chris has been using his decades of electronic music experience to teach a new generation of modular musicians how to master their instruments. He most recently co-authored the new modular synthesis book Patch & Tweak.
“Guitar wizard” and “YouTube sensation” Cooper Carter’s signature mix of songwriting and fiery guitar playing has delighted audiences across the world. His viral “Guitar Orchestras” have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Vox, Guitar World Magazine, Revolver, ClassicFM, among others, and he has worked as both a lead guitarist and as a production consultant for dozens of touring acts.
Dean is a jazz guitarist & vocalist who’s charted on Billboards #1 Smooth Jazz most added list 5 times. He’s a solo performer premiering in concerts with musical giants such as Micheal McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Dave Sanborn, and Dave Koz.
Grace is a rock musician based out of Wilmington, DE. Her music combines psych and garage rock aesthetics with a sharp pop sensibility, oscillating between heavy riffs and driving melodies drawing influences from bands such as The Breeders, Ty Segall, and New Order.
Inspired by peripheral spaces, Tom focuses on using multiple approaches to engage and recontextualise them into live audiovisual works, installations and recordings. A versatile sound designer, programmer and live audio/visual artist working for over 15-years across many genres and sound domains, which has seen him also design, build and program a multitude of custom music hardware and software devices for some of Los Angelesís top composers, musicians, and bands.