Nick Layton

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” was released in summer of 2008.

Layton has also released many instructional courses, including 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.

Presently, Nick is involved in many musical projects, is a steady live performer, and still makes time to teach as many students as his schedule will allow.

Layton’s musical education includes advanced studies with virtuoso Tom Hess in his Music Careers Mentoring Program  as well as private studies with recording artists/virtuosos James Byrd, Slav Simanic and Howard Hart. Nick graduated from George Fox University in 1998.

Instructional Products Published:

• Phrasing Concepts For Lead Rock Guitar Soloing
• Serious Improvement For The Developing Guitarist
• Killer Rock Lead Guitar Legato Phrasing
• Innovative Arpeggio Phrasing for Advancing Metal Players

Recordings released:

• Storming The Castle - debut instrumental CD
• Chronicles - City of Sound Compilation CD (10,000 copies) 

Endorsements:

• AMT Pedals - amtelectronicsusa.com
   

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