Damon Marks

Damon Marks (born October 6 1974 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an Italian American professional rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and producer.

Biography

Damon has played with artists such as Tommy Aldridge, Marco Mendoza, Bruce Kulick, Sandy Gennaro, and Chris Caffery. Damon, co-producer for his latest release titled Skin Deep recorded with Grammy Award winning recording engineer and Multi-platinum producer Mike Plotnikoff.

Philanthropy

Damon Marks is co-founder of The Traveling Guitar Foundation, all proceeds go to the Steve Vai Make A Noise Foundation^[1], which he started with his manager Ruta Sepetys. ^[2]. The traveling guitar foundation's goal is to provide funding for music education and programs for those unable to pursue music-related activities due to limited resources.^[3]. Partner Co-Founder to Damon Marks in the Traveling Guitar Foundation is Keith Ballurio, owner of Ballurio Guitars.^[4]. Keith hand builds each custom guitar called "The Traveler". The guitars then go out from state to state to major artists in the music industry which get signed,have pictures taken and then come back for auction.^[5]

References

^ http://www.makeanoise.com/
^ http://backdoormag.com/exclusive-backdoor-interview-with-steve-vai.html
^ http://www.travelingguitar.com/
^ " ""Ballurio Guitars"". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ " ""Traveling Guitar Foundation "Mission Statement"".

External links

official web site
[1] at Allmusic

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[1] ttp://www.makeanoise.com/

[2] ttp://backdoormag.com/exclusive-backdoor-interview-with-steve-vai.html

[3] ttp://www.travelingguitar.com/

[4] " ""Ballurio Guitars"". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[5] " ""Traveling Guitar Foundation "Mission Statement"".

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