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Nick Layton

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Nick's debut CD entitled “Storming the Castle” is available now!!Inspired by the great artists and virtuoso guitarists of the late 70's and 80's, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, George Lynch , Michael Schenker, John Sykes, Dio, Queensryche, Savatage, TNT, Dream Theater, etc; Nick became obsessed with the guitar in 1987 and never looked back.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.
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Member Since: 12/8/2005
Band Website: http://www.nicklayton.com
Band Members: Nick Layton--Guitars
Influences: George Lynch, Vinnie Moore, Yngwie, Savatage, Ronnie Le Tekro, Michael Schenker, Queensryche, Andy LaRocque, Toby Knapp, Deep Purple/Rainbow, Dio, John Sykes, Whitesnake, Zakk Wylde, Stevie Blaze, John Norum, Dave Meniketti, Gary Moore, Accept, John Petrucci, Jake E LeeMy business partner, mentor and friend Tom Hess has now made his Music Careers Mentoring Program(MCMP) available to qualified applicants. I highly recommend it!
Sounds Like: Many different schools of hard rock and metal--blues based stuff a la Gary Moore, Frank Marino, Trower,etc...along with Euro metal and Neo-classical similar to Michael Schenker, Vinnie moore, and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Hard Rock Haven Review!

CD/DVD Review Nick Layton Storming the Castle Independent by Franco Wissa Staff Writer Comments: With the finesse of Steve Vai, Mike Slamer, Magnus Karlson, Dan Huff, Vinnie Moore, Emir Hot o...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:01:00 GMT

New CD review and Interview

Here is a new review from Pastor Brad at www.guitarjams.net:http://www.guitarjams.net/Nick_Layton_Sto rming_the_Castle.htmlI also did an interview with the Shred Academy recently. You can view that her...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:50:00 GMT

Storming the Castle is here!

Hi friends! My debut cd 'Storming the Castle' has arrived!! It's available for purchase now at my website: http://www.nicklayton.com/In case you missed it here is an online review for my new record fr...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Shred Academy Review!

http://shredacademy.blogspot.com/2008/07/album-review-nick-l ayton-storming.html
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:07:00 GMT

Storming the Castle release date/Pre-order info!!

July UpdateHi, hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July.First, the big announcement:My debut CD Storming the Castle will be released on July 29th!! To celebrate the release I am offering a special...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:58:00 GMT

Update!

Just a little update on the new record. All recording is being wrapped up this weekend...mastering begins the 2nd week in June and my cd Storming the Castle should be released mid July!I've decided to...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 19:31:00 GMT

Awesome New Guitar Course!

Tom Hess and I have just released another new Lead Guitar Course together... This has been in the works for more than 1 year now... A lot of refinement went into getting the content just right! After ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:22:00 GMT

New versions of songs/New drums

Hey! I've got some new versions of "B and Me", "Daybreak", and "Alive Again"--all with new drums by my friend David Cardwell. These are still rough mixes but things are starting to come together now!C...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:40:00 GMT

New website update!

Bounce on over to my website and check out the latest news. Lots going on now. Hope everybody is off to a great New Year!http://www.nicklayton.com/news.htm
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Dominate in 2008!!!

DOMINATE in 2008 is my personal motto for the new year.I've had a rough 2007 in many ways...some things happened that I never in a million years thought would happen. But things change...people change...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:17:00 GMT