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- Great stuff nice feel and delivery
- Really enjoy your music, Johnny. Great stuff. Good Luck!
- Hi Jrivera, Welcome to the GitBeat Community! Good to have you on board. I've just listened to your music and I like it a lot.
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| NickName: | johnnyjrivera |
| Profile Type: | Artist |
| Music Genre: | Jazz, Jazz/Rock |
General Info
| Name: | Johnny j Rivera |
| Band Name: | Johnny j Rivera |
| Band Members: | Johnny j Rivera |
| Website: | www.myspace.com/johnnyriverasite |
| Influences: | Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Paul Jackson Jr, Al Mc Kay, Norman Brown, Joe Sample, Ivan Lins, George Duke, Al Jarreau, Hiram Bullock, Frank Gambale, Sade, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, The Crusaders, Steely Dan,Jeff Lorber, The Fab Four....... |
| City: | Las Vegas |
| Country: | United States |
Description
| About: | About Johnny (j) Rivera Johnny j. Rivera is a Guitarist/Songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and vocalist originally from Southern California. Some of his influences include Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Heatwave, Steely Dan, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, & Paul Jackson Jr,. A songwriter of instinct , Johnny draws from personal experiences, and lessons from the past and present to create catchy, memorable melodies, and lyrics that audiences can relate too. I love to play music,from the soul,that's what I strive for. A self taught guitar player, until he enrolled at Musicians Institute of Technology in Hollywood California. Johnny found his love for Jazz, and Blues, while attending Musicians Institute of Technology (GIT),taking instruction along side of legends, Joe Pass, Ron Eschete, Frank Gambale, Joe Diorio, Scott Henderson, and Tommy Tedesco to name a few. Johnny says, I grew up there musically, I had no reservations about what I wanted to do for the rest of my life after going to school at GIT. After Musicians Institute, Johnny played keyboards and sang with jazz guitarist Norman Brown. Currently, Johnny continues to write original music and has released his first album for EGR Recordings entitled "TRYING TO CATCH RAIN" a mixture of Blues/POP/with jazz changes and currently available on iTunes and amazon.com Johnny has performed with Norman Brown (Guitarist) Tim Bogert (Bassist Vanilla Fudge) Frank Gambale (Fusion Guitarist) Luis Conte (Percussionist) Chet Mc Craken (Doobie Brothers) Peter Radd (Angela Bofil) Jeff Gibson (Gruve Nitro) Scott Kay (Commodores) Gear: Custom Strat w/(John Tagg) Neck, AMP= Mesa Boogie Electradyne Pedals= Hermida Zen Drive, MXR Carbon Copy Delay, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal jr, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Bottom of the line, Planet Waves Chromatic Tuner, BBE Sonic Maximizer(Occasionally) D'addario Xl 10's Fender Bass Picks Heavy. |
| My Gear: | Custom Strat (A pieced together mutt) Emg Pick-Ups Custom (John Tagg) Neck, Fender Blues Deluxe Amp(Reissue) Roland Cube 60 Pedals= Hermida Zen Drive, MXR Carbon Copy Delay, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal jr, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Bottom of the line, Planet Waves Chromatic Tuner, BBE Sonic Maximizer(Occasionally) D'addario Xl 10's |
