College School

David Fuze F iuc z yns k i

Guitarist, Songwriter, Bandleader and Professor

PO Box 251 Worthington MA 01098 413-***-**** 413-***-**** fax

e-mail: ****@***********.*** www.torsos.com

Education:

Primary Education in Germany

1983 1985 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

1985 1989 New England Conservatory, Awarded a Bachelor of Music degree in 1989 with Special Recognition for Performance

Teaching Experience:

Full-Time Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, Boston MA 2004 Present

Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, Boston MA 2002 2004

Private Instructor in New York City and Boston 1989 Present

Private Instructor at The New School/Mannes School of Music, New York City 1996 2002

Touring Clinician for Ibanez Guitars with Gary Willis and Simon Phillips

Clinics/Master Classes: Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA; Cal Arts in Pasadena, CA; New School/Mannes in New York City, NY;

Burlington Music Conference, Burlington,VT; National Guitar Workshop, New Milford, CT; New England Conservatory, Boston, MA;

University of N.Texas,TX; and in The Netherlands, Switerland, France, Spain, Italy and Mexico

In addition to a strong professional performance, theoretical and conceptual background, David s teaching emphasizes composition,

melodic development, developing musical identity and expanding creativity. He teaches a variety of improvisational methods that can

be utilized to play over changes, using simple pentatonic modes to very advanced modal harmony.This can greatly increase the impact

of a student s writing and soloing, and helps to develop an individual musical voice.

David also has a number of special interests that he utilizes in his teaching. He is extremely interested in using modern rhythms, and

his ensemble teaching utilizes current popular drum grooves as well as more traditional styles. David is also immersed in the sounds

of other cultures: Asian, Indian, Arabic, African and Eastern European musics. While he has a deep knowledge of the standard rock,

fusion, funk and blues canon, his unique combinations of these styles are challenging, exciting and useful for students in the modern

music business.

Related Experience:

Major-Label Recording Artist for Warner Bros. Records and RykoDisc

Screaming Headless Torsos, Lunar Crush with John Medeski

Released Nine Recordings as Bandleader and Principle Writer, 1994 present

Own Record Label, FuzeLicious Morsels, with ten solo titles released and worldwide distribution

Recording,Touring and Performing Musician from 1987 present (selected discography/collaborators in attached biography)

Performed on two Grammy Nominated Recordings: Me'Shell Ndeg Ocello s Plantation Lullabies and Peace Beyond Passion

Featured and reviewed by most major music publications (selected publications in biography)

Personal website, www.torsos.com, which has had over 350,000 hits

Endorser of First Act Guitars, Campbell American Guitars, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Ernie Ball Pedals & Sonic Cord Amps

Performed at many of the world s top jazz festivals, including Montreaux and Wien Jazz, Switzerland; North Sea, Netherlands;

North Sea Capetown, South Africa; Umbria Jazz, Italy; Saalfelden, Austria; Pori and Tampere, Finland; World s Fair in Seville, Spain,

Banlieues Bleues Paris, Nice and Jazz Vienne, France; Skopje, Macedonia; Edinburgh, Scotland; JVC Jazz New York,

Knitting Factory/New York Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz & Discover Jazz Burlington, USA; Montreal,Vancouver, Quebec City,Toronto

and Victoriaville, Canada; and many others

Awards and Accolades:

1999 Nominee for the Herb Alpert/Cal Arts Pasadena "Genius" Award for outstanding musical achievement

2005 Berklee College of Music Fellowship Grant

2004 Berklee College of Music Faculty Devolopment Grant

2004 Berklee College of Music Recording Grant

Special Skills:

Fluent German

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