Dave Martone is a Canadian fusion guitarist and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. Over his career, he has performed alongside artists such as Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

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, Jennifer Batten

Jennifer Batten

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, Greg Howe

Greg Howe

Gregory "Greg" Howe is an American guitarist and composer. As an active musician for nearly thirty years, he has released nine studio albums in addition to collaborating with a wide variety of artists.-Recording career:...

, Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy

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, Michael Angelo Batio

Michael Angelo Batio

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, Chester Thompson

Chester Thompson

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, Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert

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, Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman

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, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Billy Sheehan

Billy Sheehan

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 to name a few. He obtained a recording engineering diploma from Fanshawe College

Fanshawe College

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 in 1990, and graduated from Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

 with a performance major in 1995. To this day, he still conducts clinics at Berklee, which he has been doing since his graduation.

At the moment, Dave's solo project, Martone, which is composed of him, Dave Spidel, and Daniel Adair

Daniel Adair

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, is signed to Magna Carta Records

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. He has worked for Tom Lee Music

Tom Lee Music

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 and National Guitar Workshop as an instructor, and continues to instruct through clinics worldwide. He has been directing the Tom Lee Music

Tom Lee Music

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 School of Rock program in Vancouver, British Columbia since 2003, and has hosted the 'Satch Zone' guitar instructional online lessons alongside Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

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 through Workshop Live.

From 2001 to 2011, he was a bi-monthly columnist for guitar9.com, writing about production, recording, equipment, and playing techniques. Dave is endorsed by Parker Guitars

Parker Guitars

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, Vox (musical equipment)

Vox (musical equipment)

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, GHS (strings)

GHS (strings)

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, Digitech, Cakewalk (company)

Cakewalk (company)

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 and Electro-Voice

Electro-Voice

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. He also owns and operates Brainworks Studio, located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

With Martone

Albums

Feel the Silence EP (1993)

Shut Up n' Listen (1995)

Zone (1999)

Synesthesia (2000)

A Demon's Dream (2002)

When the Aliens Come (2007)

Clean (2009)

DVDs

Martone (2004)

Live In Your Face (2007)