Ronny North

Ronny North plays his own signature brand of instrumental guitar rock and is fast becoming a So Cal guitar hero. He won Best Male Guitarist Award at the 2006 All Access Magazine Music Awards. After the win Ronny was featured in a cool interview in All Access Magazine talking about his win. He has appeared in several national and international music publications and has been featured in ad campaigns and catalogs for his various sponsors. MTV licensed Ronny’s music from his last CD GOING PSYKO for their "Real World" reality TV program. The song "Race with Me" is featured on the Morley Compilation CD that is available free at all authorized Morley dealers or from www.morley.com. In April 2007 Ronny was featured in Guitar Player Magazine where GP magazine head editor Michael Molenda said some very complimentary things about Ronny’s playing. In May 2007, his DISCONNECTED CD was released. Ronny played a few highly successful guitar clinics during the year at various Guitar Centers and also one at Verde Valley Music in Cottonwood, Arizona. Ronny was also featured in their local paper, The Verde Valley Independent. The paper did a full-page article on Ronny with several pictures that were shot in Jerome, AZ. Ronny is also regularly sought out from music equipment manufacturers for his input on the development of new products. On top of all that, he writes a couple of very popular monthly columns for Guitar Jam Daily Magazine called "Adventures in Guitar with Ronny North" and "Chatting with the Pros". He also does live concert reviews and product reviews for the magazine. He has a philanthropic side as well: he has performed at the Special Olympics Summer Games for the last seven years and has played events for Toys for Tots, Support The Troops, Musicians in Need, and the Tsunami Relief. In November 2007, Ronny released his Christmas song “A Day in the Moment”. The song has been getting lots of airplay in both America and in Europe. In January 2008 Ronny performed at Winter NAMM (National Assiciation of Music Merchants) 2008. He kicked off the show on Jan 16th when he played on the NAMM stage with his band at the NAMM show kick off event. He then played everyday of the show for his sponsors Laney Amplifiers, Presonus Audio (where Ronny jammed with fellow Presonus endorser keyboard wiz Derek Sherinian at the booth on Jan 19th) and IK Multimedia. Ronny then signed on to endorse Tregan guitars and designed the new Tregan Ronny North signature guitar for the company. Ronny is currently featured in the company’s ad campaign that is running in Guitar Player, Guitar World and Premier Guitar Magazines. There are a couple of other signature products that are in the works as well. He’s been doing a lot of press including appearances on The Billy Moses Radio Show, VM Underground Radio, The Saturday Night Free For All Radio Show, Maximum Threshold Radio to name a few. He was also featured or interviewed in MMR Magazine, Performer Magazine, Music Connection Magazine, Flash Magazine (From Italy) and Fireworks Magazine in Europe in March 2008 (issue # 31) and is featured on the Fireworks compilation CD that comes with the magazine. In June 2008 Ronny performed at the Special Olympics Summer Games and at Summer NAMM in Nashville, where Tregan Guitars debutted the RN signature guitar to very favorable reviews. Did we mention Ronny just signed a new record deal with Eonian Records?? His first release under the new deal will come out in July 2008. If that wasn’t enough, Ronny will be playing all over the America and abroad this year. His next stops will be the San Diego Fair (July 6th), and the Music Fest in San Diego (where he is headlining the event) for the Navy and Marines on Sept 27th. He will also be doing clinics for several of his sponsors.

Not surprisingly, many manufacturers of music gear have pledged their support and he is endorsed by 39 different companies. Ronny currently endorses: Laney Amps, Presonus, Tregan Gutars, Shrine Clothing, Light Pick, AxeTrak, Digitech, Black Kross, Seymour Duncan Guitar Pickups, Carvin Products, Celestion Speakers, Coffin Cases, Docs Pro Plugs, Draven Shoes, Feiten Tuning Systems, Femme Metale Custom Jewelry, Floyd Rose, Freelok, Graphtech Saddles, AMT Pedals, Groove Tubes, MBrace guitar stands, Guitar Force Products, Guitar Wheel, Atomic Amplifiers, In Tune Guitar Picks, Levy’s Leathers Guitar Straps & Gig Bags, Morley Pedals, Music Star Wear Clothing, PedalSnake, Roadie Rench, Sik World Clothing, SIT Strings, Sustainiac Infinite Sustain Devices, TC Electronics, Tennessee Acoustic Guitars, Tone Pros Bridges, Wedgie Products, and Zaolla Cables.

Definitely check out Ronny and see what all the excitement is about. He’s tomorrow’s guitar hero today……