Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Angelo Batio had some major guitar articles written about him in three of the big USA Guitar Magazines in the year 2006. First Guitar World, second Guitar One and third Guitar Player Magazines.
Batio is a columnist for the great Guitar World Magazine. His column is called “Time to Burn”. It is also available on CD - ROM.
Michael batio has a new 2007 Dean Guitars Signature model guitar which is designed by Dean Zelinsky.,br>
Dean Guitars has built a new Quad guitar for Michael. It is really amazing.
Michael angelo Batio has produced three instructional DVDs for Metal Method Productions in California . Speed Kills, Speed Kills 2 and Speed Lives.
Michael released his Performance DVD in November of 2006.
The January 2005 issue of Japans Young Guitar Magazine listed Michael Batio as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. The list is divided into three categories. Legends, Maestros and Masters. Michael Angelo Batio is listed in the Masters section. Other names in this category are Eric Johnson, Frank Zappa, Larry Carlton, Django Reinhardt and Johnny Winter. Other names included in the Legends section and overall list are Edward Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and more.
Michael won the 2006 WAMI Hall of Fame award as well as the Guitarist of the year in 2004.
Michael invented and was the world's first player of the twin-necked, left and right-handed double necked guitar. He plays the guitar right and left handed. He also plays both guitars together in harmonies or two separate parts together at the same time. pretty incredible.
Michael also invented the String Dampeners that he uses on the Double-Guitar. The String Dampener is available at Angelo.com. Michael has a patent for The MAB String Dampener.
Michael invented his signature stage move called the MAB Over-Under technique.
Michael started his own record label, M.A.C.E. Music in 1993 and was one of the first music companies to go online in 1996. M.A.C.E Music is now an established, successful music company.,br>
Batio, like Joe Satriani also has a famous guitar student! Michael taught (Rage Against The Machine and AudioSlave) guitarist Tom Morello while Michael was attending college. Tom Morello has credited Batio with teaching him in a feature article in Guitar World Magazine.
On October 27th, 2005 Michael released his critically acclaimed Hands Without Shadows music CD. This is Michaels most ambitious work to date featuring guest appearances by Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge and Creed, Rudy Sarzo of Ozzy, Whitesnake and Quiet Riot, Doug Marks, founder of Metal Method, virtuoso guitarist Bill Peck and more. Bobby Rock played all the drums on the CD. The primary bassist William Kopecky is a 6 string and fretless genius.
In October 2005, Guitar World Magazine launched a cable TV show on the Comcast Cable network with Batio having an 11 minute segment on the show. The top 3 video segments in terms of popularity and viewer ship were Zakk Wylde, Michael Angelo Batio and Steve Vai coming in at numbers 1, 2 and 3 with Dave Mustaine at no. 4.
Guitar World Magazine's July 2005 issue featured Michael in a major 6 page article plus a 2 page collectors choice color poster of his famous Dean Double-Guitar. The women seemed to love the poster.In addition to this there was a full page Dean Guitars ad featuring Michael as well as a Metal Method ad also featuring Michael. Guitar World Magazine called Michael the most blazing guitarist on the planet in this issue.
Guitar One Magazine voted Michael the no. 1 Shredder of all time in their April 2003 issue. Other notable guitarists that made the top 10 were John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Buckethead, Shawn Lane and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Guitar World Magazine, Jan 2004 issue, names Michael Angelo Batio's Speed Kills one of the 75 Essential Guitar DVD's, Guitar World and a host of rock giants named their favorite guitar DVD's. Speed Kills, Batio's instructional DVD is in the category Master Classes with B.B King, Flea, Frank Gambale and John Petrucci. Guitar World calls Speed Kills, The ultimate face melting instructional DVD.
Guitar World Magazine (March 2004 issue) names Michael Angelo Batio one of the Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Edward Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page were among the 100 chosen. Everyone from CNN to Yahoo online has talked and written about this.
Michael was honored by the G Martell University in Mexico City , Mexico in September 2003. They named a school classroom in his honor and placed his hand prints in cement displaying them on their famous Walk of Fame.
FHM Magazine, November issue 2003 named Michael and his Quad guitar one of the top 50 most outrageous moments in rock history! The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Axel Rose, The Eagles and many more were also named to the list. Halle Berry sexy fox from Ohio is featured on the cover.
Michael started playing piano and composing at age 5 and started playing guitar at age 10.
Michael has had two major label record deals. Atlantic Records with the band Holland and Rhino/Warner Brothers Records with the band Nitro.
Michael performed over 1200 shows in 39 different countries since 1993. He has toured the world performing guitar workshops for Dean Guitars, touring with various bands and as a solo artist. The 39 countries he has toured in are: U.S.A (44 states including Alaska), ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, SPAIN, ITALY (including Sicily), PORTUGAL, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, FINLAND, DENMARK, SWITZERLAND, LITHUANIA, CANADA, MEXICO, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, RUSSIA, FRANCE, PERU, The CANARY ISLANDS, TURKEY, JAPAN, CHINA, The PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA, BRAZIL, EL SALVADOR, TAIWAN, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, SWEDEN, NORWAY, HUNGARY and SLOVAKIA.
Michael toured in Europe with the late, legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience Bass player Noel Redding in Winter of 1999.
June 1994, Michael's first solo CD No Boundaries was released worldwide on Michael's label M.A.C.E. Music, Inc. Records. No Boundaries is considered by many to be one of the best instrumental electric guitar CDs of it's kind ever recorded.
Michael started as a session guitarist when he was 19 years old. He has recorded TV, radio and industrial film music for: Burger King, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, United Airlines, United Way , McDonalds and the Chicago Wolves hockey team among others.
Michael starred in the made for cable movie Shock'em Dead. The movie played on Showtime, Cinemax, The Movie Channel and Pay-Per-View.
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The band Nitro (with Michael on guitar) released the disc O.F.R. on Rhino/Capital records. Michael produced the record and it hit the Billboard charts. Nitro made 3 MTV video's, hosted MTV's Headbangers Ball where Michael played live and toured to sold out shows.
Michael has a no.1 best selling Star Licks instructional video. This the shred instructional video, showing for the first time concepts such as arpeggio sweeps, advanced alternate picking, the applications of Economy of Motion, PPS (potential picking speed) and practicing the tremolo. People like John Petrucci, Dimebag, Michael Romeo and more learned from this groundbreaking instructional program. Over 100,000 videos have been sold worldwide. This video was Star Licks no.1 bestseller for 2 years straight!
Michael is from Chicago and has a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Northeastern Illinois University .
At 14 MAB was playing Jazz and by 16 won an award for outstanding Jazz soloist on guitar.
VOTED THE NO. 1 SHREDDER OF ALL TIME! Guitar One Magazine April 2003
Voted one of the Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time!
Guitar World Magazine March 2004 (Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix are among the Top 100 chosen)!
Laser guided fretwork and the fastest of fingers:
More machine than man! Guitar One Magazine April 2003
Guitar World Magazine (January 2004 issue) voted Michael's Speed Kills DVD one of the top 75 best, must have guitar DVDs of all time.
Guitar World called Speed Kills: The ultimate face melting instructional DVD.
Michael Angelo Batio, the world's fastest guitarist and inventor of the mind-boggling double guitar... Guitar World July 2005
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