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JMR
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JMR (born April 14th, 1978 in Cincinnati, OH) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and composer. Biography JMR was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 14, 1978. His family relocated to Rochester, New York when he was a year old. JMR began playing the piano at age 5, but switched the guitar at age 9 after seeing his cousin playing in a local Top 40 band. He received a 1/2 size Harmony acoustic 2 years earlier for Christmas. JMR’s cousin Johnny, bassist for the band “Perfect Strangers” would be the catalyst for JMR’s obsession with the guitar. His fascination with music began when he was old enough to operate a record player. JMR was enamored with the mellifluous sounds coming from his parent’s stereo. By the time 6 months had passed, JMR was playing full solos including Edward Van Halen’s “Eruption”. At a year's time, JMR’s chops exceeded those beyond his years. He began practicing relentlessly, sometimes 8 hours a day or more, learning Steve Vai and Joe Satriani solos. At age 10, JMR was playing shows around his community. His peers and instructors considered him a virtuoso. By his mid-teens, JMR joined high school jazz band and immersed himself in music such as John Coltrane, Tribal Tech and “futuristic-fusionist” Allan Holdsworth. Around that time, JMR began music theory lessons with a popular Rochester, NY instructor named Craig Snyder. Craig molded his playing into a refined product that consisted of a smooth legato technique and a strong sense of melody. JMR was also playing one-man shows, armed with a four-track chock-full of self-produced music. Upon graduating high school, JMR became in demand for many local bands. He spent the next 4 years honing his craft doing sessions, radio and TV commercials, performing with bands of every genre, and teaching lessons during the day. In 2003, JMR was named “Rochester’s Best Guitarist” by Guitar Center and was featured on the Vans Warped Tour with his rock band “Thatcher”, which he fronted on guitar and vocals. JMR currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. He is also a popular instructor and session musician. Guitar Style JMR's style contains traces of blues, jazz-fusion, rock and funk. Key elements include sweep picking, smooth legato runs and complex modal passages. Instruments and Equipment JMR has used Ibanez guitars for most of his musical career. He's used the RG 550 and Universe 7 string exclusively since 1990. In 2002, he briefly switched to a Framus Diablo, but quickly returned to his Ibanez guitars. JMR currently uses an Ibanez RG2228GK 8 string. All of his guitars are outfitted with DiMarzio pickups. In 2002, JMR began using Framus Dragon amps and cabs. He later switched to a Cornford MK50 a few years later. This has been his main amp since. Discography Solo Albums * Show 'em * Textures 39 Dead * We Missed The Comet Nocuous * OneBrutalRace Tangiers Way * Tangiers Way Thatcher * The OhmCo Sessions * The Skippy EP My Life Story * My Life Story Headlines * Headlines Martyr Magdelen * Martyr Magdelen The Vedas * The GFI Sessions Azariah Cain * Azariah Cain Katy Wright * Be With Me Tonight The First Date * The Courtship Sessions Year Of The Dragon (feat. Dirty Walt of Fishbone) * Blunt Force Karma Various Artists * Blackmore’s Castle: A Tribute to Deep Purple and Rainbow, Vol. 1 * The Spirit Lives On: Music Of Jimi Hendrix Revisited, Vol. 1 * Give Us Moore: A Tribute to Gary Moore 
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