Nick Bullock - Guitar/Vocals

Nick Bullock's musical creativity reared its head rather late compared to most. At the age of 16 Nick "borrowed" his little brother's brand new Squire Strat-o-caster, and started banging on it with all the teenage angst he could muster. He would eventually give it back a year later, when he bought his prized Hohner se-35.

With guitar in hand he played along to albums such as The Grateful Dead's "Live Dead," where anything you play will sound at least somewhat right. His senior year of high school he was often found skipping classes to play guitar under stairwells, and on more than one occasion received "JUG" for his actions (Justice Under God...or detention with a tinge of the good old catholic guilt trip).

It was at this time that Nick was asked to join his first band "Shoeless Jim." After several weekends of rehearsing, they went out to play their first graduation party. This was the pinnacle for Nick, all he had worked, sweated and toiled for was unleashed on an audience of grandparents and small cousins. The set swirled to a climactic stop with a smokin "Fire on the Mountain," and just like that the gig was over. With twenty dollars in hand and a smile on his face, Nick got a ride home from the drummer, who promptly told him that the band didn't think it was working out.

It was a bitter pill to swallow, but Nick picked himself up, kept playing and managed to pass the audition for Ithaca College's jazz guitar program. It was at Ithaca under Steve Brown's guidance that Nick fell in love with writing improvisational music. Four years of hard work later, Nick graduated with a degree in jazz performance, and has been privately teaching theory, composition, and guitar ever since.

Nick teaches private guitar, composition, and theory lessons in both the Ithaca and Rochester areas. If you're interested in lessons, you can email him here for more info.