Crimson Sky Shows Comming Up!!!!!! Fri. March 9th Livingroom Prov. RI 8pm W/ many acts including For Solice
About Me!If there is a musician who feels as though he can breathe in any style of music, it is guitarist and composer Jay Santo. From Metal to Classical to Jazz and everything in between, Jay has worked hard for many years to define a distinct style that is all his own. His releases includes two demos recorded in the early 90's with the Metal band "Ademus", his own solo classical guitar debut "Espiria", released in 2000, and the long awaited debut of the Crimson Sky CD in Sept 2004. In the works is another classical venture entitled "Places, Scenes, and Memories" and a new Crimson Sky CD.Jay holds an Associates of Fine Arts degree in Classical Music from the Community College of Rhode Island. From there he attained his Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a minor in Jazz studies from Rhode Island College. He also holds two certificates from recording/engineering courses at Celebration Sounds, and was awarded the Hibbard Perry Scholarship by the American Mandolin and Guitar Society in 1995.Jay currently teaches general music at Hugh Cole Elementary School in Warren RI. In the past he has worked at various music positions; from teaching general music at Rockwell Elementary School in the Bristol-Warren School District, to being part of a special outreach program provided by the Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic teaching guitar classes to under-privilaged children, and working with behaviorally challenged children at the Bradley Schools in Portsmouth and East Providence RI. Jay also has a large number of private students studying a variety of styles at Roberts Music in West Warwick, RI.
Prog rock/metal, classical guitar, jazz, Opeth, Black Sabbath, Van der graaf Generator, Fates Warning, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Williams, Leo Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, John Dowlard, Crimson Sky, Of Dreams and Madness...
Pulp Fiction, Tetsuo/The Iron Man, Shining, Heavy Metal, The Decline of Western Civilazation Part II-The Metal Years, Harry Potter Movies, Lord of the Rings
Monday night Raw, Smackdown, Spongebob, Dirty Jobs, Emeril, I Shouldn't Be Alive, Sex and the City, Dangerous Catch, Tom and Jerry, bugs bunny, tex avery
Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code, HP Lovecraft, all Haeey Potter Books, Lords of Chaos, the occasional issue of Metal Hammer, guitar world, best of wes montgomery
Ozzy Osbourne, Frank Zappa, Superman, Chris Ladd