About Steve Nichols
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Steve's Sound
Steve has performed professionally on stage and worked as a studio musician in the recording industry in Los Angeles, and throughout the western states. Currently, Steve plays, records and teaches private guitar lessons in San Diego. Influenced by an array of famous guitarists including Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, John McLaughlin, BB King, Albert Lee, John Williams, and the one and only “Django Reinhardt”. Steve now has a diverse and colorful Jazz Solo Style of playing. Steve’s sound can be chord-melody-bass only and/or, utilizing backing track accompaniment in a mix of genre styles. These styles include pop jazz, traditional jazz, smooth jazz, swing, bosanova, Cuban Son Montuno, reggae, samba, jazz ballads, funk, bolero, and jazz rock. Lessons with Steve Nichols cover Seven-Note Diatonic Scale Theory. The student learns fret board familiarization, and is taught scale and chord relationships used in improvisation and reading. Ear training and chord substitution are emphasized. The student learns various techniques for each of the different musical styles, including rock, country, blues, jazz, and popular music. The basis of this training is to learn to play the guitar with ease, developing the student’s total musicality. |
Past & Present Local Groups Steve has been a member of:
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CC Jones
Barry Joyce ‘s New Tuxedo Jazz Band Kevin Kent and Feel The Surf Kings Illusion Trance Coyote The Premieres Miss Kitty and Dodge City Country Casanova Bramble Hotshot Suspect Theresa Odell and Hay fever Silverado Audiohounds Janet Hamer |
Crosswinds
The KSON Flatbed Show The Rolling Radio Show The Ritz Carlton Club Band Yavazz The Bayou Brothers The Cowboys from Mars The Barn Cats The Fabulous Pelicans The Mirage Big Band The Players Ten Sugar Coffee Sundance Dylans Steel Band Gypsy Groove The Gypsy Swing Cats Jodi Lynn and Crosswinds |
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Recording Artists Steve has performed with
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Steve Nieves (Kenny Loggins)
Tommy Aros (Luis Niguel) Jim Soldi (Johnny Cash) Greg Douglas (Steve Miller Band) Gerard Belisle (Bill Medley), Paul Wheatbread (The Union Gap ) Mike Keneally (Joe Satriani and Frank Zappa) Billy Cobham, Barney Kessel, B.B. King, Lou Rawls, Frankie Lane, The Bill Green Orchestra, Henry Cuesta, Carl Fontana, Palomar Jazz Ensemble, O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian All-Stars, Ron Ellington Shy, Charlie Daniels, Eddie Raven, John Anderson, Keith Whitley, Patty Lovelace, The Bellamy Brothers ,John Conlee. |