Hi, my name is Nick Layton. I am a professional guitarist, composer, and teacher living in Vancouver, Washington. Welcome to my homepage! Here you will be able to listen to my music clips, read more about me, and find out about some of the services I provide, including: Professional recording, one on one private guitar instruction, group classes, articles, clinics. etc November Update I'm really excited to announce the release of my latest phrasing course for guitarists called Rock and Metal Lead Guitar Licks Lesson . This course is great for intermediate to advancing level guitarists and provides training and instruction on the application of licks and phrasing concepts to real music. You can find out more about this new guitar course as well as my other courses below. Instructional Products for Guitarists Killer Lead Guitar Legato Phrasing Innovative Arpeggio Guitar Phrasing for Advancing Metal Players Phrasing Concepts for Rock Lead Guitar Soloing 50 Smoking Licks For Rock and Metal Lead Guitar Want Free Tips to help improve your guitar phrasing? Click Here!!! Storming the Castle on sale at Guitar9.com. Get your copy of my latest CD now for $10 and free shipping from a great place to buy music! I'm currently writing music for the follow up to Storming the Castle as well as another CD project in the works that will be more of a vocal based progressive metal record. Both should be out in early/mid 2010. That's all for now. I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
August Update Greetings! I've got some exciting information about the Tom Hess Instructional Clinic Tour that I'll be a part of this September. Here are the confirmed dates that we have so far:
2009 Tom Hess Instructional Clinic Tour For more information click here
I will be on the first leg of the tour, from September 14th -20th. I'd love to meet any of you who live in these areas. This will be a great FREE event for guitar players and you won't want to miss it! Speaking of guitar instruction, I've begun work on the next phrasing course and it should be available sometime in September. Stay tuned here for the latest. In the meantime check out these courses on phrasing: Phrasing Concepts for Rock lead Guitar Soloing Innovative Arpeggio Guitar Phrasing for Advancing Metal Players Killer Rock Lead Guitar Legato Phrasing
Also, be sure to check out the E-book 50 Smoking Licks for Rock and Metal Lead Guitar for some great ideas on expanding your soloing and lick repertoire, complete with backing tracks and detailed instruction on how to use these licks in your own style.
*** Storming the Castle on sale at Guitar Nine Records*** Although many people still like to buy hard copy CD's (I do!) quite a few folks are going the digital route these days. One of the reasons for this is that you can buy a CD digitally for $10 but you'd have to pay $15 or more, plus shipping, to get the same CD as a hard copy. I'm happy to announce that Storming the Castle is now available in hard copy form at Guitar Nine Records for $10 with FREE shipping. Stop over at Guitar Nine and check it out...and while you are there be sure to check out the many great artists and guitarists featured on the site. http://www.guitar9.com/stormingthecastle.html That's it for now, check back soon for updates. Cheers! Nick |