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Ken Rosser is a classically trained electric and acoustic guitarist who has played and/or recorded with Smokey Robinson, Todd Rundgren, Stan Ridgway, The Grand Mothers (featuring former members of Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention), Billy Higgins, Nate Morgan and Alphonse Mouzon, fellow guitarists as diverse as Nels Cline, John Abercrombie, Jimmy Wyble, Redd Volkaert, Kevin Breit, David Torn, Steve Hunter, Mike Einziger and Joe Diorio as well as avant-garde composers Tim Brady, Glenn Branca and John Cage. He currently can be seen performing with West African kora virtuoso Prince Diabate, Klezmer Juice, singer-songwriter Angela Carole Brown, the David Pritchard Guitar Ensemble, the 24-piece Orchestra Surreal, jazz groups lead by pianists Chris Dundas, Steve Lockwood and ex-Ornette Coleman alumnus Bobby Bradford's Mo'tet, and at international festivals including the New Orleans Reggae Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Folk Festival, the Ottawa Blues Festival and the Leipzig Strings Of Fire Festival. His stage, film and television credits include the recent authorized stage production of Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage, Lars and the Real Girl, American Beauty, Runaway Jury, Firefly and Wheel Of Fortune. Ken is an international clinician and is currently a full-time instructor at the Guitar Institute Of Technology in Hollywood. |

Ken is a native Angelino who has been working as a guitarist in L.A. since the early 80’s. He is comfortable with many styles – rock, jazz, blues, pop, country - but tends to lean towards the funkier, soul side of those styles. He has recorded and/or performed with: Dead Rock West, Backstreet Boys, BoDiddley, Big Jay McNeeley Sophie B. Hawkins, Shapes, Ricki Lee Jones, Shelly O’Neill, Jane St. Clair, James Gadson, Russell Bizzett, Chris Bleth, Mark Goldenberg, Wayne Peet, Vinny Golia, Joe Berardi, Weba Garrettson, Jimmy Haslip, Walfredo Reyes, Roy McCurdy, Robben Ford, Andy Suzuki, Kendall Kay, Dean Taba, Nick Manson, Lou Bega, Sheldon Gomberg, Supreme Beings of Leisure, No Doubt (re-mixes), Bill Barrett Quartet, Bitty Box, Stand Easy (Celtic Rock). He has also participated in several large guitar ensembles for composers Glenn Branca, Tim Brady and John King.
TV and movie soundtracks include: Smallville, Tonight Show (various), Martin Short show, Vibe, Freaky Friday II, Equinox, Minotaur, Raw Justice, Charlies Angels (movie), Spitfire Grill, Sibs, Even Stevens, House of Style, Dead at 21, E!, BET, Faster I & II, Barbie, Discovery, Nature.
He plays regularly with alt. country/pop band Ghost Town, rock and soul with the Briana Nadeau Band, Celtic rockers Stand Easy and blues/fusion with the Atomic Sherpas.

Andre LaFosse is a strong believer in the electric guitar as a unique and complete instrument, fully capable of transcending stylistic conventions and cultural expectations.
A 1997 graduate of the music school at CalArts, his search for a distinctive voice has led him through studies of classical, avant garde, jazz, rock, Balkan, glitch, hip hop, North Indian, ambient, Indonesian, and many other musical styles.
Andre has played and/or shared performance bills with David Torn, Terry Riley, Michael Manring, Mike Keneally, Kronos Quartet, Carl Stone, Matmos, and many others. His solo exploration of live sampling and looping technology has been a subject of several academic papers, an episode of WNYC radio's "New Sounds" program, and has been used in the original scores for several Hollywood films. He is a two-time performer at the New York Guitar Festival, and has been profiled in numerous media outlets, including Guitar Player, Alternative Press, MOJO, Electronic Musician, 20th Century Guitar, Tape Op, and many others.

Kevin has a Boston heart but is a Los Angeles native who graduated
from U.S.C. with a Bachelor of Music in Performance.
He has recorded for numerous entertainment companies, hit television shows and award winning movies such as Desperate Housewives, The Fox Kids Network, Live at the Met, and Lars and the Real Girl and has performed for the live stage performances of Hair, Working, Chess, Bare, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, Bat Boy, Blue Dove, Man of La Mancha, Little Fish, Pest Control, Little Egypt, One Red Flower, Joe’s Garage, Surf Orpheus, Godspell and Heathers.
Kevin has performed with New Music composers Tim Brady and Mike Einziger at the Disney Concert Hall and is currently a member of The David Pritchard Quartet, Notary Public, Shadow Language, and works as a private guitar instructor.
When he isn’t performing or teaching Kevin likes to run long distance and drink Spaten at The Red Lion Tavern.
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