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BEN LACY - For the past few years Ben
has been drawing huge crowds to the Brian Moore Guitar booth at NAMM. Thousands
of awestruck conventioneers have watched him move effortlessly from Led Zepplin...to
Stevie Wonder...to Van Morrison, not just playing the guitar parts...playing all
the parts, at the same time. Snapping and slapping nasty bass grooves, stabbing
inspired chord voicings, thumping staccato drumbeats and playing sassy solo
lines...all simultaneously. But this isn’t just a circus trick. It’s pure
inspiration crafted with superhuman precision and Mojo to burn. Downbeat, one of
the world's foremost jazz magazines for over half a century, called Lacy “a true
multitasking machine.” The review in the March 2003 issue went on: “To mere
mortals it might seem that there’s a twosome going at it. Lacy’s impressive
technique is built upon complex slapping, hammer-ons, and rhythmically devised
chord progressions.”
JAY ROBERTS
- Jay Roberts was born in California and is the son of legendary jazz guitarist
and world renowned educator Howard Roberts. (founder of the Guitar Institute of
Technology) Although stylistically versatile with a Rock, Blues and Jazz
background, his heart is found in improvising and teaching. Growing up with a
very musical family, Jay found himself playing multiple instruments including
Guitar, Drums and Bass, and studying extensively with his father, mentor and
best friend H.R. Jay is the founder of RMI (Roberts Music Institute), an
accelerated learning facility located in Seattle/Bellevue Washington. Being a
music school with an emphasis on performance and student interaction, Jay is
actively involve with students on a day to day basis, teaching classes,
ensembles and private lessons. Jay studied both guitar and drums as a child and
began teaching at age 14. Since then, as an educator, has provided well over
50,000 private and group lessons on guitar, drums, and bass. The core curriculum
has always been based on the brilliant, innovative and accelerated learning
techniques created by Howard Roberts. Having studied under Howard for many
years, Jay still refers to HR’s reference materials for inspiration and
direction. Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night benefits the Music For Life Alliance
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