Biography: Tyler Reese is a master guitar player with extensive experience in live performance and studio session work. He is dedicated to producing music ranging anything from relaxing your spirit, to lifting your soul, to melting your face.

Tyler Reese has surrounded himself with a group of talented, educated musicians to provide high quality music with cross genre appeal. His experience includes over 200 live performances to date including opening for Martin Sexton, Ron Holloway, Linwood Taylor, as well as an invite to open for Ted Nugent.

He won the National Guitar Workshop competition in April of 2011, has participated in showcase events, numerous festivals, and played prestigious clubs such as the Friars in New York City.

He has been featured in publications such as the Free Lance Star, Front Porch Magazine, Virginia Neighbors Magazine, and was the featured artist of the week for Underground Artists Live out of New York.

Tyler Reese has produced 2 CD’s. The first “Risus21” Released June 2010 with his rock band, Risus21, was an exploration of progressive rock with moderately dark heavy riffs and a lot of high energy guitar. His second CD, “Because I Can”, recorded in the spring of 2011 at the age of 17, with the Tyler Reese Group, is a series of contemporary, 21st century, arrangements of traditional jazz standards with aspects of funk, rock and blues.

In August 2012, Tyler spent a week with Pat Matheny at a master’s guitar workshop in upstate New York, including spending personal time with the jazz master in individual instruction. Tyler is currently a second year student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and is available for both session work and live performance.