Rock guitar teacher Nick Greathouse was born in 1980 in Canton, Ohio. From a young age on Nick was exposed to music, his mother played piano, lots of songs from songwriters like Cat Stevens, Jackson Browne and Elton John, while his father listened to a lot of country music and rockers like Tom Petty and Bob Seger. Nick himself,with his brother and cousin, watched a lot of MTV and especially remembers clips from groups like Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Guns n’ Roses.
At the age of ten Nick sometimes “played” on his brothers electric guitar, and after being exposed to the Beatles album “Revolver” Nick decided he wanted a guitar of his own.
During his high school years Nick jammed a lot with friends, and his guitar playing skills improved a lot, but it was after Nick did hear Steve Vai’s album “Passion and Warfare” that guitar playing became his one passion in live.
After high school, Nick started to give guitar lessons at a local music store, and he started a classical guitar study at Kent State University. During this time Nick also did perform quit a lot, solo guitar recitals and with a guitar ensemble.
Nick Greathouse Playing Some Guitar Clips
In 2004 Nick moved to Hollywood, to study at Musician’s Institute (GIT), where he had classes with Daniel Gilbert, Joy Basu, Tom Kolb, Carl Verheyen, and his private lesson instructor Jean-Marc Belkadi.
Later on Nick returned to Ohio to finish his college education, he also joined his brothers band called “Last Second Decision” and started to take guitar lessons with Neil Zaza, a Cleveland based guitar virtuoso.
Nick and Neil have played a lot together, among them TV performances, Nick also appears on the 2007 CD “Neil Zaza’s One Silent Night: A Night at The Palace” .
Nick Greathouse is a graduate of Kent State University (BA Music) and continues to teach privately at a music store in Kent, Ohio and also at his home. You to could get lessons from Nick, since he is a teacher with Jam Play, an Internet Guitar school.
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