Brandon Blackburn + Musician in Gallatin, TN

ABOUT

Brandon Blackburn is a guitar player located in music city U.S.A Nashville, Tennessee. He started playing guitar at the age of fourteen learning traditional country songs in hopes of being able to play in his father’s band. At the age of sixteen Brandon started playing out in various live music venues in southern Ohio with the band Drifters. It was at the age of twenty when he decided to take his next step in music and attend McNally Smith College of music. There, he played in various ensembles including Blues, Country and Jazz. He also heavily studied and excelled at music theory. Brandon acquired a bachelor degree of arts in music performance, for guitar, with a minor in music business. He has studied music under the tutelage of some of the giants of the music industry like, Bobby Stanton, Bill Kirchen, and Greg Koch. Brandon is an accomplished guitar player in many situations such as session work, live gigs, composing, arranging, and teaching the instrument. Brandon is also well versed in many styles from country music and blues to jazz. Brandon now plays guitar on the road for the 2016 Indie Country Music Channel "Male Country Artist of the Year" Ryan Daniel.

Screen name:

Brandon Blackburn

Member since:

Dec 02 2017

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

13

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Influences

Brent Mason, Vince Gill, Wes Montgomery, Lenny Breau, Barney Kessel, Buddy Emmons, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Freddy King, George Benson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton... and many many more.

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:

Expert

Lead Guitar:

Expert

Acoustic Guitar:

Expert

Vocalist - Tenor:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Guitars- Fender American Standard Telecaster, Fender Nashville Telecaster, Fender Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Gibson Memphis 335, Martin HD-28V.

Amps- Fender Twin Reverb, Vox AC15, Ploytone Mini Brute, Gibson G-20.

MUSIC