Vincent DeMasi

A full-time musician and guitar teacher since 1995, Vincent specializes in rock, blues, and jazz and is especially patient with adult beginners! He holds a BS in Jazz and Commercial music from Hofstra and a BA in Musicology from L.I.U. Vincent has published hundreds of six-string-related articles and is a regular monthly contributor of how-to lessons and transcriptions to "Guitar Player" and "Frets" magazines--including penning the July 2007 cover story/lesson feature. Five of Vincent's lesson columns were chosen for inclusion in Hal Leonard's 2008 publication "The Guitar Player Book." When not teaching, Vincent can be found on-stage rocking a crowded dance floor with his party-rock band the Mulligans, playing solo acoustic gigs to support his 2007 solo instrumental CD "Sketches for Sofia," or replicating the mesmerizing guitar tones of The Edge with leading tri-state area U2 tribute band U2 Nation. He has also appeared on Broadway as an understudy lead guitarist in the Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp collaborative "Moving Out" and performed with Herb Reed's Platters, Steam, Marilyn Michaels, and many others. At NYC Guitar School, Vincent is the designer and teacher of the Classic Rock, U2, Heavy Metal, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and intermediate/advanced Guns and Roses classes and also offers his guidance to Adult Rock Band courses. Vincent lives in "wine country" Long Island with his wife Priscilla and daughter Sofia Rose and wakes up every morning totally psyched to be able to play and teach guitar for a living.