The Music Mentor Podcast, hosted by professional musician and educator Demian Arriaga, has the purpose of Motivating, Inspiring, Challenging, and Empowering young musicians, and people from all walks of life, through opinions, anecdotes and interviews.

Drummer and Percussionist Demian Arriaga was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. He has had the privilege of working with: Iggy Azalea, Gary Cherone, Victoria Justice, Richie Kotzen, The Jonas Brothers, Cobra Starship, Demi Lovato, Streetlight Manifesto, Yordano and more. He currently plays drums with Nick Jonas.

Demian proudly endorses: Zildjian, Vater, Ultimate Ears, Latin Percussion, Remo, Gibraltar, Cympad, Nirvana Handpans, Eucatape and Kala brand U-Basses

Close Encounters with The Lightspeeder: German Schauss

With dizzying precision and graceful agility, German Schauss takes us on a journey through the outer limits of sound through mind blowing guitar playing and melodic guitar lines soaring through stratospheric heights against the gravity of a rich and complex orchestral score. Using odd and even meters German fuses the classical influences of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin with modern instrumental rock guitar music through epic music structures and lush soundscapes. 
Endorsed by Parker Guitars, Laney Amplifiers, DiMarzio, DR Strings, Maxon, Rocktron, Godlyke, Jim Dunlop, PreSonus, Native Instruments and Morley, German plays clinics and concerts at international music fair and trade shows such as Musikmesse Frankfurt, the NAMM Show. He also performs for nationally and internationally know artists around the world.

As a composer, performer and educator, German is involved in various music projects including his own solo instrumental rock project, teaching at Berklee College of Music and the Los Angeles Music Academy, writing articles and books for major publishing companies such as MelBay and Alfred. He also developed an advanced Rock Guitar course on “Shredding Techniques” for the National Guitar Workshop’s online school “WorkshopLive.com.” 
German writes the popular monthly guitar column "Instant Shredding" in Germany's biggest guitar magazine "Gitarre & Bass." He is a 5 time (2004-2008) recipient of the ASCAP Plu$ Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The July 2008 Issue of Guitar World Magazine listed German as one of the fastest Guitarist of all time (14 notes per second).

A resident of Los Angeles, German is active in the local music scene as a performer, composer, producer and musical director.

Tom Morrison (b. 1992) is a composer. His music has been performed in Germany, Thailand, China, Australia, Canada, and across the United States. Morrison is a graduate of the University of Montana (BM) and The Juilliard School (MM), where he studied with Christopher Rouse. He has studied at Freie Universität Berlin and has held residence at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Among other awards, Morrison was the winner of the 2016 Thailand International Composition Festival Competition judged by Mark Adamo, Aaron Jay Kernis, and John Corigliano. He has written for and worked with an array of groups, including the Aizuri Quartet, Sō Percussion, and the String Orchestra of the Rockies, among others. He currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey and is a Naumberg Ph.D. Fellow at Princeton University.

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[Plays all the keyboards...] Recording Artist | Composer | Producer
FLOWN THE ALBUM HAS LANDED! Stream on any digital platform. Links and more at www.flownthealbum.com & www.jstunes.com

Dark space randomistic apache psychedelic massive noise.

Debut album 'Nothing you do matters' out now.
Name your price www.totemtheoria.bandcamp.com

Classically trained violinist/violin instructor gone rogue. I make classically inspired bass music infused with sound design, glitch, and unexpected ear candy. When I'm not running the streets of the overpriced Bay Area setting it ablaze with my spunk and sass, I enjoy singing made up songs at the top of my lungs because I think I'm the star of my own opera, adding multidimensional cosmic colors to my hair as a form of procrastination and expression, and cooking up my Cordon Bleu world famous boiled water. The party is right here, people.

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