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Nick Raffaele

Life is Good!

About Me

I’m a Professional Guitarist, and Sales Engineer for Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I grew up in Traverse City, Michigan. Moved to Los Angeles and graduated from the Guitar Institute of Technology (with Honors…woo hoo!). Moved to Kalamazoo, attended Western Michigan University where I studied English Composition, Music Performance, and Audio Production. I made my income during that time as a Performing Guitarist and Private Instructor. After that I started working for Princess Cruise Lines as a Solo and Ensemble Guitarist and was lucky enough to meet some of my best friends while playing guitar and having fun! After that I moved to Manhattan and toured as a Guitarist and as a Backline/Guitar Tech for various bands and record labels, including Capital Records. I returned to Traverse City, Michigan in 2005, and had a great time creating Raffaele Guitar Studios, a teaching/recording studio. As of late, I’ve been honored to join forces with Sweetwater Sound where I have the golden opportunity to work with the best of the best in the Pro Audio world. I’m really excited to be making a great living doing what I love to do. Life is good!
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My Interests

Contemplating Life & MUSIC GEAR!!!: Computers, Consoles, Amplifiers, Guitars, Microphones, AUDIO! Recording, Editing, and related software. (nerd alert! yes I know.)Playing Guitar: Writing Lyrics and Songs, Studing Jazz Charts, Playing Classical Guitar, Teaching Guitar, Recording my Songs, Playing Classic Rock on Sunday Nights.Running, Biking, Basketball, Cooking, Eating, Beautiful Girls, Summer Days, Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Swimming, Camping, Festivals, MicroBrewed Beer, Cigars & Red Wine

I'd like to meet:

My Maker... So I can ask him for my super powers!

Music:

Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Paganini, Vivaldi, Fernando Sor, Francisco Terrega, Carlos Antonios Jobim,Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Howard Roberts, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Martino, Pat Methany, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Charlie Hunter, Scott Henderson, Danny Gatton, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Beck, The Who, CCR, Deep Purple, Yes, Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers Band, Queen, Grand Funk Railroad, Steely Dan,Neil Young, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Elliot Smith,John Fahey, Micheal Hedges, Leo Kottke, Don Ross, Alex Degrassi, Alex Skolnick,Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Rush, Judas Priest,Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Soundgarden, Kyuss, Queens of the Stoneage, System of a Down, Mars Volta,Ramones, Devo, King Crimson, Radiohead, Nirvana,and so on...

Movies:

No Country for Old Men, Eastern Promises, Children of Men, Five Easy Pieces, Dog Day Afternoon, The Deer Hunter, On the Waterfront, Outlaw Josie Wales, Apocolypse Now, The Pianist, Unforgiven, Godfather, Streetcar Named Desire, Repo Man, Crouching Tiger, The Dogs of War, Heaven Can Wait, The Dead Zone, First Blood, Superbad, Anchorman, Mr. Woodcock, Bad Santa, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Gallipoli, Platoon, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Badlands, Lord of the Rings, Amadeus, Being There, Scarface, The Thing(remake), Cool Hand Luke, Rocky, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Outsiders, A Clockwork Orange, Wizard of Oz, Blazing Saddles, Star Wars, Goodfellas, Platoon, Fort Apache the Bronx, Saving Private Ryan, Dr. Stangelove, Enemy at the Gates, Jaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Alien, Spinal Tap, The Omen, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Nosferatu, Pulp Fiction, The Changeling, Raging Bull, Chinatown, Fargo, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Resevoir Dogs, A Fish Called Wanda, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Meaning of Life, Bananas, Mash, Easy Rider, Lawrence of Arabia, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, Midnight Cowboy

Television:

The War, Austin City Limits, My Name is Earl, Southpark, Simpsons, Family Guy, Red Green Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Jack VanImpe Show, MadTV, Star Trek(original series) Jeopardy, War Documentaries

Books:

Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Jim Harrison, Dostoyevski, Joel Goldsmith

Heroes:

Martin Luther King Jr. And right now...Jeff Beck!