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Gary Nicholson
Gary Nicholson
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Gary Nicholson, renowned songwriter, has received twenty-six ASCAP awards. His music appears in major motion pictures and he regularly teaches workshops for ASCAP and Berkley School of Music. Gary generally writes music with guitar and/or keyboard. Guitars of choice are the Yamaha Pacifica (PAC303-12II) and AES1500B Hollowbody Electric. With both guitars he uses the AG Stomp digital preamp with microphone modeling and effects. He also uses the PSR9000 Portable Workstation and records on the AW4416CDHD hard disk recorder.
Biography:
Gary is from Garland, Texas, where he played guitar in various bands starting at age fourteen. After pursuing a degree in music at North Texas State University, Gary made the move to Los Angeles, and began his recording career with two albums of his own songs. His band included current Warner Bros. Record's president Jim Ed Norman, on piano, who would later invite Gary to Nashville to write songs for his publishing company. In 1983, Gary signed with Sony/ATV/Tree publishing and was a staff writer there for fifteen years. He has participated in songwriting trips to Romania, Bali, Ireland, and Cuba with other well known songwriters as part of Music Bridges, a cultural exchange with musicians of those countries. His songs have appeared in the movies "Urban Cowboy", "Major League", "City of Hope", "Message in a Bottle", "Happy Texas", "Sylvester", "Where the Heart Is" and "Serving Sara". He has earned twenty-six ASCAP awards as writer and publisher, and has taught songwriting workshops for ASCAP and Berkley School of Music.
Gear:
AES1500B
AES Semi Hollow Series Archtop Electric Guitar with Bigsby Tremolo
AG Stomp
Acoustic Guitar Pre-Amp with Microphone Modeling
AW4416
16-Track, 44 Channel Digital Audio Workstation
PAC303-12II
Pacifica Double Cutaway Electric 12 String Guitar
PSR9000
61-Note High End Portable Keyboard-Vocal Harmony, Organ Flutes & Video Out