Nothing But North in the Press!

I ran into guitarist Ronny North whom I’d met at Winter NAMM 2006 in Anaheim, California. He was in a crowd watching a young kid of about five pummeling a drum kit, a bit awkwardly but the little guy was cute and into it. North’s a superb guitarist and full of enthusiasm that’s as infectious as it is genuine. He’s now endorsing Tony Guarriello’s Tregan guitars.

Ronny North with a Tregan guitar at the 2008 Summer NAMM Show. Photo by Rick Landers.

Premier Guitar Magazine (www.premierguitar.com) Daily News Summer NAMM 2008 Wrap Up

Ronny North fired up his new Tregan for us, as did Rob Marcello with his new Paradise guitar and Danny B. Harvey with a killer James Trussart.

Tregan Guitars 2008 Catalogue

AMT Electronics Summer NAMM 2008 Postcard

Buzz Feiten Ad in Guitar World Magazine, June 2008 Issue

Music Connection Magazine, 5/12/08-5/31/08 Issue

Tregan Ad in MMR Magazine, July 2008 Issue

Tregan Ad in Up Beat Magazine, Summer NAMM 2008 Issue (6/20/08)

Tregan Ad in Up Beat Magazine, Summer NAMM 2008 Issue (6/21/08)

From Premiere Magazine, June 2008 Issue

Summer NAMM Preview: New Guitars from Ibanez, Tregan

by Premier Guitar

Rumors of an Ibanez reissue, plus a Ronny North Signature Guitar from Tregan

Nashville, TN(May 23, 2008) -- With less than a month until Summer NAMM, news is starting to pour out of Nashville. First up, we have it on good authority that Ibanez is planning to roll out a high-end re-issue in the RG family. Though that's about all we have to share at the moment, we'll keep you updated as the details come in, and look for videos with Ibanez from the Summer NAMM floor.

Confirmed for June is the Ronny North Signature Guitar from Tregan Guitars. The long-time Southern California instrumental rocker chose Tregan Guitars to create his signature guitar due to the company's reputation for exciting new designs and reasonably-priced quality instruments, along with luthier Greg Back’s ability to tweak a guitar to fit the player perfectly.

With its lightweight body, super fast neck and great looks, the guitar will offer features unheard of on guitars in its price range, including an original Floyd Rose Tremolo, Buzz Feiten tuning system and custom Ronny North Monster Tone pickups hand-wound in the USA by Performance Labs. The guitar will also feature a mahogany body with a maple cap and flame maple top, and a bolt on maple neck with a birds-eye maple fretboard and custom inlays. The pickups have been custom-designed for Ronny North’s Signature guitar and offer the perfect blend of tones so each note rings out true and clear. MSRP is yet to be determined.

Ronny North will be demonstrating his signature guitar in the T. G., Inc. booth #1436 at this year’s Summer NAMM. Also Demonstrating Tregan Guitars in TGI’s booth will be Flash Bathory and Skunk from Quartershackle. For more information, visit treganguitars.com, ronnynorth.com, and gregbackguitars.com.

Remember, Summer NAMM is from June 20-22, and we'll be there bringing you ongoing coverage of everything new.

Tregan Ad from Premiere Guitar Magazine
March 2008

Flash Magazine, March 2008 - Issue #227

Fireworks Magazine, Mar/Apr 2008 - Issue #31

From MelodicRock.com, Wednesday, February 27, 2008:

FIREWORKS MAGAZINE #31 - MR SHOWCASE OPEN:

The hard copy of Fireworks Magazine #31 has sold out! Yes indeed... The Fireworks office is fresh out of copies, but if you would still like a copy, please search the stands at Borders stores in UK as well as specialist retailers www.destinyrecords.uk.com or www.aorheaven.com.

Or....even better - purchase the Digital PDF version right here...right now!
FW31 PDF Online Version is the same as the print version - 96 pages, including interviews with the following: Helloween, WASP, Dee Snider, Doro Pesch, Ted Poley, Gamma Ray, The Poodles, Work of Art, Bobby Kimball, Tyla, Pagan's Mind, Richie Kotzen, Rob Rock, Rik Emmett, Big Cock, Crystal Ball, Tomy MacAlpine, Jordan Rudess, SAHB, Epica, Xandria, Sonic Syndicate, Sieges Even, Lechery, Ronny North, Far-Less, Angel of Eden, To-Mera and Laura Kaye.

Also included via MP3 (@192.kbps) is the following tracks:
Catz N' Clawz - 1. Shauna Young - Given Enough, 2. Tarja – Ciaran's Well, 3. Jaime Kyle – World Of Crazy, 4. Imperia - Norway, 5. Glitzy Glow - Black & Sunny Day, 6. Sofia - Hangover, 7. Xandria - Save My Life, 8. Kelly Padrick - Sometimes, 9. Eilera - Fusion, 10. Vanity Ink - Someone Else, 11. Rott - Out Of Time, 12. Toni Rowland - I'll Be Waiting, 13. Clandestine - My Lord, 14. Skytah - Gypsy Mentality, 15. Barbe-q-barbies - Escort, 16. Vice Squad - Voice Of The People, 17. Blind Shot - Haunted Heart, 18. Alexx Calise - Give It To Me, 19. Mystic Jayyd - Girls Night Out, 20. Jaded – Lies.

The Rock Disk - 1. House of Lords – Come To My Kingdom, 2. Last Autumn's Dream – My Alibi, 3. Avantasia – Shelter From the Rain, 4. Draconia - Seasons Apart, 5. Work of Art – Why Do I, 6. Laura Kaye – Under a Cloudless Sky, 7. Circular Logik – Welcome Home, 8. Brant Pethick – It's Your Fight, 9. Angel of Eden – The End of Never, 10. Atrocity – Smalltown Boy, 11. Ronny North – A Day in the Moment, 12. P:O:B: – Promises, 13. Diablo Swing Orchestra – Poetic Pitbull Revelations, 14. S.E.X. Department – Revenge of Vampires, 15. Manzana - Falling to Pieces, 16. Vindictiv – Caesar's Commentaries.

The Roll Disk - 1. Leverage – Stormchild, 2. Lechery – Your Fate, 3. Sandalinas – Fly to the Sun, 4. Glyder – 'Dark Meets Light', 5. Biloxi – Here Alone, 6. Sieges Even – Eyes Wide Open, 7. Overdrive – Chasing Highways, 8. To-Mera – Inside the Hourglass, 9. Redline – King of the Mountain, 10. Mattson – This Is Our Time, 11. Arthemis – Angels in Black, 12. 3 Wishes – Two Young Hearts, 13. Madron – Ever Remember, 14. The Bonesmen – It's All Right, 15. Three Quarter Stone – Full Moon, 16. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge.

Minarik Guitars NAMM 08 Global E-Letter, February 2008

RONNY NORTH

This years show actually had its beginning on Wednesday Evening when the stages at the Hilton began jumping and none other than our own Ronny North was there to get them going in earnest. For anyone who has been attending NAMM for any amount of time, Ronny has been a fixture at the booths around the show, doing demos for the benefit of virtually every component manufacturer. However, he had never been given the chance to perform on the Main Stages until this year, when the powers that be realized their oversight of previous years and brought Ronny and his band to the forefront. I believe you all know how dynamic a stage performer Ronny is, so I will let the pictures below speak for themself. It will suffice to say that the place was PACKED!!!! All pix below are courtesy of Arlene Ferrar.

Verde Valley Independent May 16 - May 22, 2007

Family tie draws national recording artist to Cottonwood

As an added bonus there will be numerous giveaways and Ronny will sign autographs. Anyone is invited to attend this clinic but space is limited so reserve a spot in advance by calling the store at 649-0901. Those who sign up will have first priority.
"This marks the first clinic hosted at Verde Valley Discount music," says owner Ted Karstadt.
"It's something I can offer the community, which is one of the reasons I have the store here", he explains. "This is something that happens at the mega guitar stores. It's exciting to bring it here to Cottonwood."
The shred clinic will feature light to hard rock sounds with a dash of heavy metal for good measure. Switching between two of his Minarik guitars (He has nearly a 100 guitars), Ronny will demonstrate simple exercises he created to help players increase their accuracy and speed, as well as techniques to make it easier to play like a pro.
"I'm far from a natural musician", Ronny confesses. "I have to work at it daily. I hate practicing but I have to do it."
The hour-long clinic will benefit anyone who wants to be better at playing guitar, he ads, regardless of skill level.
"It's very user friendly, not music theory", he states, "and you'll gain basic insight to strengthen your hands."
There's another reason that brings Ronny to the Verde Valley. It's his second home, his mother was born in Jerome and the family owned a house there for 30 years. In fact, his grandfather Baldo Nunez lives in Clarkdale. He has fond memories spending summers up on the hill since the early 70's. It's his affinity for the town that draws him to hold his photo shoots in Jerome. His new CD cover provides an excellent example.
Ronny's hectic schedule keeps him hopping. In July he's slated to play at Summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) in Austin, Texas. Later this summer He plans to kick off his "DISCONNECTED in AMERICA 2007" tour as well as release Acoustify, a CD containing all acoustic tracks including one called "Arizona Sky". You can read more about Ronny on the Web at www.myspace.com/ronnynorth. He also writes a monthly column for Guitar Jam Daily Magazine (www.guitarjamdaily.com) Called "Adventures in Guitar with Ronny North".
Ronny is donating his time for the Cottonwood clinic and footing his travel costs. But he Says it's worth it, "I love Arizona and I love doing this stuff. Hopefully the clinic will enlighten them on the art of playing guitar."

Music Connection Magazine 12/7/07 through 1/6/08

As the music industry continues to morph, and the internet looms larger every day with independent artists seeking success on their own, the number of Southern California signings is slightly down from last year. Music Connection received reports of just over 60 signings in 2007. It should be noted that responses to our quest -- especially from the majors -- were notably subdued this year. Once again, we can't help but notice that the majority of signings were indie deals. Additionally, the same factors that generally get acts signed were in play: driving ambition, great songs, the right connections, and a strong live show.

The New Minarik Ad June 2007

Ronny is on the Buzz Feiten Systems Website (May 2007).

Ronny is in the March 2007 Issue of Guitar Player Magazine.

Ad for Guitar Wheel 2006

The Flyer for Ronny's first Shred Guitar Clinic at Hot House Studios, March 2006.

Music Connection Magazine, July 14, 2005

Ronny's ad for sponsor Minarik Guitars was featured in the July 14th, 2005 issue of Music Connection magazine.

Guitar Player Magazine, February 2003

Ronny's ad for sponsor Zaolla Cables was featured in the February 2003 NAMM issue of Guitar Player magazine.

Guitar One Magazine, May 2004

Ronny's ad for sponsor Morley Pedals was featured in the May 2004 issue of Guitar One magazine.

Music Connection, March 1, 2004

Interviews and Reviews

Take12Radio.com Interviews Ronny North

Radio Basile in Italy - DISCONNECTED CD Review

All Access Magazine, November 15th, 2006

The Award Goes to...
Ronny North,

Best Male Guitarist

RN: Well thank you. I am so honored that I won the award. It really has inspired me to turn it up a notch and become the player I know I can be. It really was fun attending the 2006 All Access Music Awards Show. It was my first award show and to get a win the first time out was just incredible!! I am actually working on a few things right now. I am currently finishing up my new EP DISCONNECTED. It is a collection of much heavier material than I have ever released. I plan to have it out before Christmas. I wrote a bunch of heavy dark songs after I had some bad stuff happen to me earlier this year. Since they did not fit in with any of the other material, I decided to put them all on one EP. We have been playing the songs live now for a couple months and the fans have been digging them. I am also working on my acoustic instrumental CD titled ACOUSTIFY. It is completely acoustic and I think people will be surprised by my acoustic playing. I really do dig playing acoustic guitars. The CD will even have one song with a guest vocalist. Last year I did a small acoustic tour throughout LA and San Diego and I tried out a lot of the songs. It was very rewarding but hard. After getting a great response from the shows, I decided to make a CD. That’s how ACOUSIFY was born. Last but not least, I will be releasing a guitar instructional DVD titled PSYKO GUITAR that I am very excited about it. The DVD shows a lot of the exercises and licks that I have thought up that have helped me with my dexterity and speed. The DVD will be available at hothousestudios.com, and set for release before Christmas. I have seen some of the footage and it looks great!

RN: Both my parents are musicians but neither of them ever in a band. My mother plays piano and my Dad plays guitar. I started playing piano at age seven. I really was not into it and the lessons were boring. I actually went to Yamaha Music School back when they had the schools everywhere. Eventually, I got kicked out because I beat up the kid next to me. (He deserved it!!) My Dad then made my brother and I take guitar lessons several years later from a guy a cross the street. Well, once again it was useless. Finally when I was 13, I got KISS Destroyer for Christmas, and this changed my world. I immediately wanted to be Ace Frehley. Then in May I got a copy Les Paul and a small practice for my B-day. Then, that summer my dad took the whole family to see KISS at the LA Forum during their Love Gun/Alive II Tour. This was in 1977 when KISS was at their peak. It was the greatest concert and I was hooked! I progressed pretty quickly and on a related note, my brother also got a drum set and we would jam in our garage. We had a bunch of bands and I actually played the world famous GAZARRI'S on the Sunset Strip for the first time when I was 14. After that my brother and I performed at all the clubs in the area. Opening for WASP, GREAT WHITE and tons of other local big bands of the time. I like to note that my parents were very supportive of me being a musician. I think that was a very important factor in my musical growth when I was young.

RN: I had a blast in Arlington for the show. My good friends from Bergeron Guitars flew me down to play at their booth even though they do not endorse me. They are great people and since none of my endorsers were doing the show, I was glad to be able to help out friends by playing at their booth. They really are great people and they make a very unique all-metal guitar. My demos were packed throughout the show. I signed so many autographs and took so many pictures with fans throughout the show. It was great!! I also gave out some pointers on how to shred a bit. It is always great to be able to help out young players if you can. It never gets old when I show someone something and they grasp it right away and it immediately helps their playing. That makes it all worthwhile to me. I also met a lot of my Myspace friends at the show. I have done so many trade shows this year that people are starting to know me. We only took two steps in the Arlington Convention Center on the first day where the show was being held and a woman recognized me who had seen my clinic at the Chicago show. Texas really does rock and the people are so cool and way into guitar. I met so many great people at the show and Larry and his wife Teri Briggs who run the show are just the coolest and have actually become friends of mine since I see them all the time when I play all their shows. I was also fortunate enough to be invited to perform on the first night of the show. I had a blast going up and jamming and the crowd went nuts. It was cool to be invited to play. I jammed a couple songs and got to use both a Bergeron and a very cool Warrior Isabella guitar that my friend Dran at Warrior Guitars was kind enough to let me use for the jam. Great guitar! It was a crazy few days in Texas.

RN: I'm really excited about my cable show! My band actually appeared on my friend's show on the station (The Billy Mo Show). After the show I asked Tony Cantillo, who runs the studio and in charge of all the taping, if we could meet and talk about some ideas I have for a cable show. I wrote up a show treatment and we had a meeting a few days later. Tony liked my treatment and we were off. I did have to take a course at the studio first to learn about how a cable studio works that was very educational. Then we started working on the show in the summer. It got a little side tracked for a bit when the station was taken over by Time Warner. But, I was recently told we’re on again. The show is going to be a Music/Action Sports Show. I will have guests and a monthly guitar instructional segment called PSYKO GUITAR. This will teach players how to shred with exercises I have come up with. It really has been a learning experience seeing how cable shows are made. The whole editing bay thing is just nuts. On that note, everyone at the station has been really cool to me especially Tony Cantillo, who has been a great help. The show was supposed to start running in the fall but with a few delays, we're now shooting for early 2007. It will definitely be worth the wait. We have already shot some great stuff and have some great guests planned. It will air on Time Warner Cable in Bellflower and in surrounding cities. Check my website for more details. I am definitely cable ready!!

RN: Yes, we are talking with the Navy about going overseas in the spring. I am honored for the opportunity to go over to play for the troops who are fighting for our way of life. If I can make their life a little easier for a bit with my music then I am all about it. I cannot wait.

RN: High points: The top would have to be winning the award for Best Male Guitarist at the All Access Magazine Music Awards Show. Another, all the press I have recently been getting. I am starting to finally get a name for myself in the industry. I am definitely getting recognized way more these days. Another would be traveling all over and the great opportunities that I get all because I play guitar!

Low Points: Well, there are always people who are all of a sudden your "best friend" just because they saw you in a magazine or something. I recently went to a high school reunion and people who would not give me the time a day when I was in high school back in the day, were now trying to be my buddy. I am so not into that. There is also the thing where people try to take advantage of you. And the dark side of so called "fame" with let's just say over zealous people..

RN: My band is drummer/ great guy, Nick Horn, who is the best drummer I have ever had in my project. I met him from an ad I ran looking for a drummer. He came in and just blew us a way immediately and I hired him after the first song. We played our first show a week later. As for a bass player we've currently auditioning bassists. We are looking for someone who can play and get along with everyone. They also have to have the drive to make it! Oh yeah, I am the guitar player in my 3-piece instrumental project, in case you haven't figured it out.

RN: I have been a Minarik endorser for a few years now. I met them at the Santa Monica Guitar Show. One of my friends was playing at their booth and took me over to meet the Minariks and to try out their guitars. I thought the guitars played and sounded great but at that time the models they had weren't what I was into. The body styles were a little crazy for me. A year later, Bill Minarik approached me at the LA Guitar show. He introduced me to their new Diablo model guitars. Then a few days later, I got the guitar in the mail and it was just great right out of the box. A bound mahogany body, 22 frets, a Original Floyd Rose and Duncan pickups. It is a great looking guitar. Just recently at Summer NAMM, we put my Minarik Diablo against a friends $3,000.00 custom guitar and mine blew it away. My guitar sells for under a $1,000.00! Great stuff!! People are always amazed that my guitar is stock. As for Jacksons and Fenders... everyone plays them and truth be told, I own a few of them as well. Great stuff, but I like to be different and it's hard to beat the Minarik Guitar. That being said I'm a proud endorser and it's been a blast working with Bill and Mark Minarik. I've also been fortunate to be featured in some of the Minarik ads that have run in a few of the Guitar Magazines. My Diablo has become like my trademark and I regularly get asked about the guitar. You would be surprised how many times people have asked to get a picture with the guitar. Recently the Minarik guys gave me one of the brand new Lotus models. It has a very cool flame top, Duncan pickups and Grover tuning pegs. It's a great guitar and I have been using the guitar almost exclusively for the recording of my new CD Disconnected that I'm currently working on. Definitely check out the Minarik guitars if you get a chance.

RN: We were offered to play with Yngwie by the venue and it was quite the adventure. I'm a major Yngwie fan so I jumped at the opportunity. It was great to play to a sold out crowd and we definitely held our own and tore it up! Let's just say Yngwie definitely didn't make it easy on us in any way. If you ever heard any of the Yngwie stories, you'll know what I mean. On that note, we have played with tons of national acts that were nice to the opening bands.

RN: I am scheduled to perform everyday at NAMM 2007 in Anaheim for several of my endorsers. I'll also be playing at the Mills Acoustics NAMM showcase. I believe I'm headlining. I'm also going to perform in both Russia and Taiwan in the spring of 2007 as well as playing for the troops. AMT Electronics will be coming out with a Ronny North PSYKO DRIVE Distortion/Overdrive Pedal in January of 2007 and WB Guitar Pickups will be coming out with a signature Ronny North set of guitar pickups. They will have Black and Purple bobbins. I'm very excited about both products and it's a dream come true to have signature products. I'd also like to thank my crew: my girlfriend and photographer Arlene Ferrar, my assistant Karen for everything she does, my manager Annie Miller from Big Z Entertainment. (As soon as she came on board, stuff-started happening!!) This is Team North. My endorsers and of course, my band! Thank you to all my fans. You are so important and the reason I can do what I do. I appreciate all your support.

I've had the chance to meet my fans from all over America this year and everyone has been nothing short of great. Most importantly I want to thank Debra Stocker from All Access Magazine for all her support through out the years. It was great to win at the 2006 All Access Magazine Music Awards Show. See you next year! Visit me at RONNYNORTH.COM and myspace.com/RONNYNORTH

IndieGuitarists.com October 2006

1. You had your own cable show called "In the Now with Ronny North". Describe the experience. What was the format of the show? Guests? Live performances?

As for my cable show, right before we were going to start production the cable company was purchased by Time Warner. This put us a little behind. We have a bunch of stuff already but we haven't finished any shows yet. I'm told my shows will air but because I've been so busy, we're looking to start airing in early 2007. My show "In the Now with Ronny North" will be an action/music show. It will have both Music and Action Sports guests and there will be occasional musical performances. I will also be doing a segment called PSYKO GUITAR to give lessons on how to shred. I'm very excited about the show and hopefully it will do well once it starts airing next year. It's really been fun working with everyone at the cable station getting my show together and I have learned so much about how cable and TV shows are made.

My current CD GOING PSYKO was released in January 2006. It has done really well and has received a ton of airplay and exposure. It was also written up in a bunch of guitar magazines. The CD was recorded entirely in my home studio. I produced and engineered it myself. It was mixed by Jim Deccinco at Pyram Axis Sound. I think the CD represents a good mixture of what I'm about in my playing. Some poppy stuff, some heavy stuff, and some acoustic stuff. I think it came out great. The CD cover and all the art work was created by my assistant Karen Barrezueta. I think it looks awesome. You can purchase the CD on my website www.ronnynorth.com.

I'm currently working on a brand new EP called DISCONNECTED. It consists of some very heavy material that I had that just didn't fit on my regular CD's. All the guitars are down tuned on all the songs. I felt it would be better to put all the songs on one EP where it would be a more cohesive package. Basically, when I'm writing for a new CD, I demo all the songs by myself in my studio, do a rough mix and make CD's for my band. I then have my band learn the songs off my demos. They add their spin to the songs and we record them in my studio. When recording, I track the drums first, which is a breeze with my drummer Nick Horn. Sometimes Nick plays along to the demo with the drum machine and sometimes we play all together with both the guitar and bass running direct and everyone listening with headphones. We do record everything but the bass and guitars are just used as guide tracks for when we start doing overdubs. My main concern is to get a great drum sound. Once we dial in the drum sounds, he's done in nothing flat. Most of the time he'll nail it on the first take and we just do a couple of other takes because we feel guilty that we finished so quickly. After the drums are down, I have my bassist put down his tracks. Then I do all my guitar tracks by myself. I hate to have people around when I'm doing my thing so I can concentrate on my playing and getting a great sound and trying out various pedals, amps, guitars and effects. After I do my guitars, I make some rough mixes and listen to all the songs in my car for a couple days. If everything is good, I then take the tapes to my friend Jim at Pyram Axis Studios for mixing and mastering. We mix in Pro Tools. What Jim does is he works on the songs for a couple days and dials everything in. After that I come in and we tweak everything the way I want the songs to sound. Usually Jim has it 99% there already and it's only something small that we fix like raising the level of the guitar solo one notch.

I was just offered these opportunities and I took them. I feel very fortunate that I get the exposure that I get. I don't take it for granted.

Both the songs "Remember" and "Race with Me" made into the top 10 on High Octane Radio in Texas. This was after no promotion at all, which really surprised me. Texas is so cool and I really seem to do well there.

I'm shooting to have Acoustify out before Christmas this year. I think people will be surprised to hear me acoustically. The CD will even have a song with guest vocals on it by my close friend Michelle Casilas from the band Angelspin. The song is called "Reason". It's definitely a very mellow CD.

I am looking to have DISCONNECTED out in January of 2007. The CD is the heaviest music I have ever recorded. The songs are all very dark and are all down tuned. They were all directly inspired by some very bad that stuff that I had to deal with this year. I was definitely venting and it felt good to get it out in my music. It will be available on my website.

I have been lucky to have been invited to be a judge in Guitar Center's Guitarmageddon Guitar Competitions. Basically any up and coming guitarist can get up and do his thing playing to the Guitar Center backing tracks that they provide all the players. They have a choice of 10 songs to solo over. It really is great to see some of these players do their thing and to judge them and give them pointers if they want advice. I just feel honored to be able to participate in the event. It's always great to be able to help out up and coming players if you can.

I was approached by the production company that provides the music for MTV and some other networks. They felt my music would work for some of the MTV shows. It has given me some great exposure.

My new signature AMT PSYKO DRIVE Pedal is a collaboration between my ideas and AMT electronics (www.amtelectronics.com). I am definitely in on the design of the pedal. I'm very excited about it and it's a great honor that AMT believes in me enough to put out my Signature Pedal. The Pedal will be switchable between overdrive/boost mode and distortion mode. It will have a real detailed EQing functions so you really can dial in your sound. I've been a proud endorser of AMT Pedals for several years now. They really do make a fine product. I actually used my AMT pedals for all the distorted guitars on my new DISCONNECTED EP. As for my signature guitar, unfortunately the company that I was working with ran out of steam and couldn't get it together. I gave them every opportunity to get everything going, but they just couldn't do it. Ultimately I was worried that the guitar with my name on it would not be up to my standards. After I terminated my relationship with the company, I was approached by a few other companies about signature models, but I'm still thinking it over. I have been working with a cool new company called Brazen Guitars (www.brazenguitars.com). I've been using a couple of their Dynasty models for my main stage guitars lately. Great stuff and the owner of the company Steve Tsai is such a great guy. It really has been fun working with him. The quality of the guitars is great and best of all they are really affordable. The guitars I use have mahogany bodies with maple tops. The necks feel like a 60's Les Paul. The guitars are very Les Paul-like in tone but are much more playable... I also use Minarik guitars as well (www.minarikguiatrs.com).

I do open up for a lot of national acts. It really is a great thing because the shows are usually sold out and I get to go out and just do my 1/2 an hour set. There are several limitations and the bands and their people aren't always nice to the opening bands, but we deal with it. Just the chance to get some exposure on the shows is a great opportunity. It's also a great challenge to win the crowds over. I especially enjoy meeting everyone after we play. After our set I go out and hang at our merch booth and talk to everyone and sign stuff if they like. It's great to talk with people that just found out about you and want to know where you came from.

We are going to be playing in Iraq, but they're still getting everything together and so it looks like we will be going early next year. It's so great to be able to play for our troops that are out there defending our way of life. If I can bring them just a little bit of joy, it will be all worth it.

When I track rhythm guitars, I usually just use a Shure SM-57 and find the best sounding speaker on one of my various 4x12 cabinets. I usually put the mic a couple of inches away from the speaker with the grill cloth removed from the cabinet. Sometimes I put it directly in front of the cone and other times I'll put it about 2'oclock on the speaker. On that note I just got this new speaker cabinet from Mills Acoustic (www.millsacoustics.com) called the Afterburner 412B. It's a 4x12 cab and it sounds amazing. It's loaded with Celestion speakers. For some reason the cabinet just sounds better than all my other cabinets. I've just recently became an official Mills endorser and couldn't be happier. I record at very loud volumes. Currently I'm using a Carvin V-3 100-watt tube head. I put the cabinet in our guest bathroom on the other side of the house and I stay in the control room with the amp and play my parts to the monitors. You be surprised how much difference just moving the mic a hair will make to your guitar sound when you're recording. The mic is run through an Aphex Tube Essence Mic Pre into an Alesis Black Face Adat. I usually double my rhythm guitars with two different guitars and sometimes two different amps. Another trick I do when you want super heavy guitar tracks is do two tracks where I split the signal with a Morley ABY box into and amp and run a separate direct signal simultaneously into two different tracks. For the direct signal, sometimes I use a Marshall JMP-1 preamp that has speaker emulated outs and sometimes I use a Groovetubes Speaker Emulator. This plugs into my amp just like a speaker cabinet would. I have been doing more and more recordings using the emulator. You really can make it sound like speakers with way more control. Last but not least, sometimes I use an Axetrak unit (www.axetrak.com). This is a small box that has a 6" speaker in it. It has plugs into your amp like a speaker cabinet and has a built-in microphone that you plug into your board or as I do, into the mic pre. I had Jeff the owner of Axetrak tweak mine and this thing rules and I have been using it forever. It really does sound like a great Marshall cabinet and is my secret weapon. When I combine the signals, I'll take two passes. On pass one I'll use say the Carvin V-3 plugged into a 4x12 cabinet on one track and one plugged into the Groove tube speaker emulator. On the second pass I'll run the Carvin into a 4x12 cabinet and into the Axetrak. That gives you 4 tracks of guitars. You have the 2 tracks of speaker cabinets that give you the air and then you have the various direct signals to give you the bite. This really does fill out the frequencies. When you're mixing you can really taylor the sound how you want it. It never hurts to have options.

For drums I keep it very simple. I use 4 mics. I use a Shure B-52 on the bass drum plugged into this little connector plug thing my friend gave me from Shure. It was made in the 60's and is basically an attenuator that is basically a pad so you can get a good clean recording. I use a Shure 57' mic on top of the snare and two Octava mics for the overheads. The over heads are run into my Aphex Mic preamp and the others go into a Presonus Blue Tube mic pre amp and to tape. I try to use as little EQ as possible. I'll position the overheads while my drummer is playing to get the best blend.

When we have a say in the shows and are headlining, I usually take a walk around the venue and see where all the exits are and check out the stage and dressing rooms to make sure everything is cool.

After just doing the Arlington Guitar Show in Texas on Oct 21-22nd, I am done doing trade shows for 2006. I am now going to get to work on finishing up my new CDs and start gearing up for Winter NAMM in January. I will also be doing a few shows in So Cal to finish up the year. I will have an guitar instructional DVD coming out called PSYKO GUITAR. It will be out in time for Christmas 2006 and will be available online @ www.hothousestudios.com. I'm very excited about it...

My publishing company is called Terror Kitty Music and my record label is called Nothing But North Records. I created all this solely to get my music out there. So far it's working.

I have basically always wrote music but never really got credit for it until I went solo. I now have control of everything. I decided to stop waiting around for the record companies and to just do it myself. It's really funny because sometimes when I do get approached by record companies, they're all well we can do this and this for you. Then I come back with well I'm already doing all that and getting a bigger piece of the profits. The only benefit to being signed to a label at this point would be tour support and distribution. When the right offer comes along I will take it, but until then I'm doing all right.

I have consulted with a few legal friends a couple times for some situations with my music and luckily we were able to work it out without me having to go any further.

To this date I've never really had to get a lawyer but I have got some legal advice on a few occasions. On that note, I do believe in having an Entertainment Lawyer and I will be looking into getting one soon. On that note, my bassist is a lawyer. How cool is that????

My current band is Nick Horn on Drums and Jorg Schroeder on Bass. This is definitely the best band I've ever had.

I'd also like to say that I couldn't do it without my crew: my girlfriend, Arlene, who takes all my pictures and gives me her support; my assistant, Karen Barrezueta, for handling a lot of my business stuff and taking care of my website as well as creating all my flyers, posters, and promo material; my manager, Annie Miller, for making it happen; and last, but not least, my great band Nick Horn on drums and Jorg Schroeder on Bass. They really do rock. I'm out front but it really is a team effort... I call it Team North!

Ronny is also mentioned in the April 2004 issue of Rock City News in the Metalshop column.

Metalshop #60

I go to a lot of shows and events and I am still amazed at how many bands have no promotional or biographical info with them. I always ask if they have anything and if they don't then I give them my contact info so they can forward me some. Probably nine out of ten times the band never contacts me so I have nothing to say about them. If your band is in this situation then take to time to make some business cards and a short bio. Usually when I go to check out a band I will watch a couple of the others and include them in the review so having some info on hand is to your bands benefit.

Someone who doesn't have any problem promoting himself is Ronny North. I am on his e-mail list and I can see that he plays some great shows all over SoCal. I caught up to him at the N.A.M.M. Show were he loaded me down with a press kit which included a 3-song demo of a new instrumental project he is working on. Ronny has been tearing it up for quite awhile now and has received extensive airplay, sold CDs in the US, Japan and Europe, and recently MTV licensed his music for their Real World TV Show. Along the way Ronny has accumulated quite a long list of sponsors including Italia Guitars, Ashdown Amplifiers, Morley Pedals, Groove Tubes, DR Strings and more. It is his high skill level that gets him recruited to play clinics and trade events for these same sponsors. The songs on the sampler CD are all quite different from each other and all are done well. Track one "Remember" is a happy tune with a few interesting time changes and nice solos reminiscent of Satch. Track two really caught my ear, as I haven't heard any classical style acoustic in quite awhile. Very intricate fingerpicking that was burning up the fretboard on this one. The last track, "Dawn of Hope", is a little mellower song done with a lot of feel. It kind of makes you feel like you're at the beach, or at least want to head there. Ronny works hard at his craft, which is starting to pay dividends with the increased attention by the music industry in general. I'm sure that we'll all be hearing from Ronny North in the future. To find out more on what's going on in the North then log on the www.ronnynorth.com.

Ronny did an interview for www.indieguitarists.com. Below is that interview:

1. Describe the early years of your musical roots and how your talent was nutured.

I actually started playing piano at age 6 and took lessons for a while but found it very boring. A few years later, my father made my brother and myself take guitar lessons when I was 10 and my brother was 6. I really wasn't into it because skateboarding, playing football and baseball seemed to be much more fun at the time. Plus the teacher was a guy from across the street that really didn't know what was going on. When I was 13 I received a KISS Record (Destroyer) for Christmas. I actually got my first good guitar (a Les Paul copy) for my 14th birthday a few months later. My mother got me a cheap guitar at first to see if it was something that I would stick with. Well the guitar never left my hands.

Seeing KISS live in 1977 at the Forum on their Love Gun Tour was definitely an eye opening experience. I also watched lots of music on TV and we always had music playing in our house. As far as guitar players that I'm into I started out wanting to play guitar because of Ace Frehley then Van Halen 1 came out and I've been into Eddie ever since. I really like Warren Demartini for his feel and choice of notes. I'm very lucky that I actually know him so I've seen him play more than anyone and I'm always very blown away by his playing at every one of his shows. I also like George Lynch a lot. I recently played an industry event for Seymour Duncan and I went on after George played. As I was waiting to go on I was standing on his side of the stage so I got to see George's technique up close and it was really inspiring. His command of the instrument is something to see. He really does have his own sound . All the great players have an identifiable sound. I'm also a major fan of Satch, Vai, Nuno and Mr. Malmsteen and I always listen to everything. Lately I've really been into techo/trans music. I'm very into today's current pop music.

Currently my live rig is an older Randall RGT Tube 100 watt head. The head has been heavily modified by amp guru and good friend Mark Cameron at Cameron Electronics. Mark completely reworked the EQ section and added a depth control for added low end. He's tweaked all my tube amps. Basically live I use whatever 100 watt tube head is behaving that week (usually a Randall or Laney tube head) into either one or two 4x12 cabinets with Celestion 65 watt speakers wired at 4 ohms (for added low end). I also use an Atomic combo amp that is pretty cool for smaller shows. My pedal board is by Black Kross and is loaded with a Morley Bad Horsie Wah and a MXR Phase 90. There is also a switch for the channel switching on my amp and a switch for my rack. In my rack I have an old Rockman Stereo Chorus and a Zoom Choir Pedal for a little echo. It's all powered by a Furman power conditioner. All cables are Zoalla. As for guitars I use Tipton and Italia guitars. My current main guitar is a white Tipton Custom. It's made of mahogany, has a maple neck, Seymour Duncan pickups and an original Floyd Rose trem. I've been endorsing Tipton guitars for the last year and couldn't be happier with them.

We're now planning on releaseing the Forever Young CD in June 2005. We're running a little behind in the release date because I've been so busy and becuase we're really taking our time making sure the art work looks like it did in the 80's when it was originally released.

Over the years people have always asked me where they can get the Forever Young CD. Well as luck would have it I ran into Paul Gold (singer & co-founder of FY) at the 2005 NAMM show in Anaheim. Well we got to talking about the FY CD and decided it would be fun to rerelease it. Well Paul had the CD masters and had everything ready to go so it made everything much easier for us. All we had to do was to recreate the art work like the original. The CD is definitely from the 80's and it sounds like it in a good way.

This year we are planning on playing everywhere. I was even offered some stuff in Europe so we need to look over the offer to see if that is feasible. I do sell a lot of CD's and get press over there so it could be a good thing. I'd also like to get to Japan since I get airplay and sell CD's there as well. I will be doing some acoustic shows and of course I'll be doing some rocking shows on my Psycho Barbie Tour.

The Forever Young CD was actually recorded at Jeff Pilson's studio. Jeff produced the CD so it was a no brainer to use his studio. You have to remember the CD was originally recorded in 1990. Paul had the tracks remastered a while back. The CD was recorded on two Akai digital 12 track machines that Jeff was using at the time. The tracks were mixed by Jeff and his bassist Tommy Erikson. On a related note, all the songs were written by Paul and myself. On the guitar front, I recorded all the FY tracks with either a Washburn G-5V or a 70’s Les Paul. I also used one of Jeff's Alvarez acoustics for the acoustic stuff on the CD. For amps, its all the Randall RGT-100 tube head that I still use to this day. I ran it through one of my Laney 4x12 cabs with Celestion 65 watt speakers.
These days I have my own small studio in my home and have made all my CD’s there for the last ten years. I use Alesis Adats for my recording format. I have a ton of outboard gear and even more guitar gear. I'm really into the recording process and I engineer everything myself. I usually do rough mixes myself and send out the stuff to be mixed and mastered to a couple people that I trust. I let them do their thing then I come in and listen and we tweak few things to my taste.

As for my endorsements I basically just went after all the companies that made the gear that I used. Even though I was getting some free gear back when I was in FY, I actually got my first official endorsements in 1996 at the Anaheim NAMM show. To this day I'm still so greatful that my endorsers believe in my talent enough to give me their support. I'm always getting asked about my endorsements and to give advice on how tho get them. Well in my mind it has always made sense for an up and coming musician(s) to get endorsements to help them get going. The thing is what most people don’t realize is that it really is a lot of work to maintain your endorsements. You have a responsibility to your sponser to get out there and use thier gear in the best light possible. It's also great to keep them updated with pictures of me with the gear. I'm currently endorsed by twenty-four different companies.

As for my philanthropy work, I really believe in helping out great causes if you're in the position to do so. As for the Special Olympics, I saw first hand what that did for my little sister Jennifer. She's been competing in the games for years and it really has made a big difference in her life. After I saw what it did for her and everyone else who participates in the games I knew I had to get involved in this great cause. Well, I talked with the people who organize the games to tell them I wanted to get involved and now I’ve done several events. On that note, I've also done several benefits for Tsunami victims and for the troops as well as a few things to help out artists in need. I feel very fortunate that I have the talent to play guitar and I'm able to use it to help others. Definitely a great thing! It really is all about Karma.

My musical ambitions are to be known and respected by my peers and in the industry. If I sell a few records along the way all the better!

I started playing piano when I was five years old. On the demos I do for the band I play all the instruments and use a drum machine for all the drums.

We will be performing some big shows this year and I will be traveling internationally to play some stuff for Tipton Guitars. We will be doing the Special Olympics in June and we'll also be doing some other big stuff as well. I'm planning on really getting us out there in 2005.
In closing I'd like to thank all my fans who have given me support all these years. They definitely keep me going! I'd also like to add that I couldn't do my thing without my crew. Without them I couldn't be me. My girlfriend is responsible for taking care of me. Next we have my assistant Karen who definitely makes my life so much easier by handling all my web site stuff and designs all my flyers and CD artwork. Last, but definitely not least, my band: drummer, Jason Lee, and bassist Mike Nunez. They have been the best guys I've played with so far and they're fun to hang out with as well. My name is out front, but it's definitely a team effort. You're only as strong as the people you work with.

For more info on Ronny North visit www.ronnynorth.com or see the male rock category in the database.

In March 2005, Ronny did an interview for www.tormentedvhfans.com. Below is that interview:

I'd like to introduce you guys to a great LA area guitar player named Ronny North. Ronny does gigs all over the Southland, and has recently done numerous charity events including Special Olympics, Concert For Unity (Surfrider Foundation), and two Red Cross shows for tsunami relief. He has another Red Cross show coming up in April. Visit his website, www.ronnynorth.com, for details on upcoming shows.

Where were you born/raised?

I was born in Downey California at Downey Community Hospital. (It's now a Condo Complex!) I grew up in Norwalk and graduated from Norwalk High School.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Biggest pet peeve? Neurotic Lead Singers, Stupid People and Posers (Aren't they one in the same??)

If you were stranded on a deserted island, what 5 CD's would you bring with you?

I'd say RATT "Greatest Hits", Marvelous 3 "Hey Album", Kate Bush "Greatest Hits", Steve Vai "Passion and Warfare", Anything from The Chemical Brothers!

When I have spare time which is rare these days, I like to Torch Guitars with a blow torch, Skateboard, Surf and Golf. When I grow up I want to be a PGA Pro!!!

On Jan 8th, what happened was a 75 year old lady came across the yellow line into on-coming traffic floored it and tagged us head on!! Well she hit us so hard that we actually spun around 3 times. The police said that they estimate that we hit at a combined speed of 75 mph! Well my Montero was totaled and my girlfriend and I got messed up and have been seeing a doctor 3 times a week ever since. I just recently got a new car last week and we're still a long way from getting the case settled!! I guess it's great that we were able to walk away. (The old Lady had to be cut out of her car by the Fire Dept!) It takes a lot more than a Kamakazi crazy old lady in a Saturn to stop me!!

I do try to play golf as much as possible. I have recently started to go to the driving range again to get my golf chops back. (My back injury from the accident has made it difficult to swing a golf club but I'm getting back into it slowly!) I really do love the game and have actually been playing golf longer than I have been playing guitar. I used to be very good when I was a kid and did quite well in tournaments. (My friends and I would regularly ditch High School to play golf!) I used to worship Jack Nicklaus and wanted to be a pro golfer in the worst way. I can definitely hold my own and usually win. I would like to start playing in tournaments again sometime soon but to be great in golf it takes a lot of practice and time is not something that I have a lot of these days. I do play with my Dad on holidays and I also manage to play with a few friends. (We have a golf group!) We play every now and then when our busy schedules allow. We have a great time and talk about all the latest industry gossip. (Most of them are in the music industry from various major music companies!) I also play in the two tournaments a year that my Mom's bar sponsors (So far I haven't done well in any of them!) and I do go to the driving range when I get a chance just to stay in my groove. My friend Mark is a PGA pro so he gives me pointers from time to time. I use Taylor Made everything. My gear is all pro stuff all I need to do is start playing like a pro. On a related note, I've beat a lot of big rock stars on the course!! On that note, I was approached by MTV to do a rock and golf pilot. They want to do a show where the host would play a round of golf with whatever Rock star they had on the show and they would interview them during the round while they were playing. I was going to be the stand in Rock star for the pilot so they could interview me and ask me about my musical stuff. They're even talking about possibly having a little jam at the end of each episode! Truly a great game!!

Crazy stuff? I'd say that going to traffic school was pretty crazy as are any family functions (The Holidays!). My girlfriend and I went to her friend's wedding a few years ago and this 40 something year old fat cowboy married a 25 year old skinny cute girl. The Groom sang during the ceremony (He couldn't sing!!) After they were married they went on their honeymoon with her parents and then moved in with them! Is that crazy or scary?

Probably a little of both. What would people be most surprised to know about you?

People would probably be surprised that I'm actually a very private person when I'm not doing the band thing. Another thing that might surprise people is that I always listen to current pop, rap and dance music. I also really like the current Spanish rock stuff!

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was a kid I really wanted to be a pilot for some reason. I had tons of toy planes. As you can see I definitely chose a different career!

What was the first concert you ever attended? How old were you?

The first concert I went to was KISS at the LA Forum during the Love Gun Tour. I was 13. Cheap Trick was the opening band. The Alive II record was actually recorded during the LA shows on that tour. My Dad took the whole family to the show. It was very cool!!! I also managed to see Van Halen at the Golden West Ball Room in Norwalk and Randy Rhodes with Quiet Riot at the Starwood. On a related note, I had just started playing guitar earlier that year!!

I actually started out playing piano at age 6 but quickly got bored and eventually got thrown out of music school because I beat up a stupid kid. (He was asking for it!) These days I can play piano and bass as well as guitar. I'd also like to mention that my parents were a big part of why I play today. My Dad actually got my brother and I to take guitar lessons when we were very young. Well, I really didn't take to it, since at that point I was really into sports. Both my parents were very supportive. My dad would actually take my brother and I to gigs since both of us were years away from being able to drive. (My brother is a drummer so we grew up playing together!) He also let us jam in the garage with our various bands. This is really where I got my chops together. On the gear side of things, my Mother really backed us as well once she saw we were serious about playing. She bought my brother a drum set and got me my first guitar and a cool half stack once I started getting better. Having our parents behind us definitely helped. My guitar influences when I was starting out were Ace Frehley and then Eddie Van Halen after Van Halen 1 came out. Eddie's playing was a major influence on my playing and still is to this day. His playing on the Roth era VH records is amazing!! I was also into Joe Perry (He looked so cool!), Michael Schenker, Alex Lifeson and Neil Giraldo. When we were young, we used to play UFO and RUSH songs at Back yard parties.

Were you a lot of bands before you started your own instrumental group?

When I was young I was in all kinds of little bands with my brother on drums. We did the whole back yard party thing which was a lot of fun and even managed to play some clubs around OC. I played Gazzari’s on the Sunset Strip when I was 14. It was my first time doing the Hollywood thing and meeting Bill Gazzari was definitely an adventure. After that I was in a few Hollywood bands such as Jade, Kidd Comet and Forever Young. My band NORTH was actually getting airplay all around the world before I put the project on hold to do my instrumental thing. I also managed to do a couple of high profile auditions over the years as well. In the end I decided I was much better off doing my own thing my own way.

So you’ve been around Hollywood for quite a while...Any funny celebrity encounters you can tell us about?

Celebrity encounters? My girlfriend and I have a bunch since we often go to industry functions. There are a couple that come to mind…one is Bringing in the new millennium at a private party that Poison was playing at. I toasted in the New Year with my friend Robbie Crane from RATT. It was also cool to hang with my buddy Rikki Rocket. Everyone was at the party!! Then there was meeting the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer backstage at Marilyn Manson. On that note, I was actually invited to go outside and hangout by one of the female cast members!! I passed…. Another memorable moment would be when I was meeting some friends for dinner at the Rainbow and our booth was between Vince Neil and his harem of blondes on one side and Kelly Osbourne and her Friends on the other. Well Vince was very cool and would chat with us between him playing with his chicks. On the other hand, Kelly just yelled at the restaurant staff the entire time complaining about everything and basically just making a big scene in front of everyone (Great Girl!!)

What's the weirdest thing that's ever happened at one of your gigs?

Weird stuff on stage? We've had a few over zealous fans and the usual flying girl's undergarments but nothing out of the ordinary!!!

The Rock and Roll lifestyle is definitely what you make of it. When I was younger it was all about doing shows and ruling the Sunset Strip and living the lifestyle. (Girls, girls, more girls and parties until dawn 24/7!) Now days it's about going out and tearing it up on stage and having fun. I also really enjoy meeting all the fans as well. These days I rarely drink and I really don't go out if we're not playing. When I do go out it's usually to see one of my friends play. These days I'm much more business minded. Boy, times have changed!!!

I feel that in Life you really have to go for it since it only comes around once!!!

In 2005, I will be putting out 3 new CD's In April. I'll be releasing Acoustify. It's my first acoustic instrumental CD. In May I'll be releasing Saturn Suicide Live. It's a live EP with songs from both my current and upcoming CD's. Last, but not least, I will be putting out the long awaited follow-up to Smeared. The CD is called Psycho Barbie. The first single "Benihana Breakdown" will be released in April.

The future for my band is that I will keep doing it until it's not fun anymore!!!

Anything else you'd like to mention that I haven't asked about?

I'd like to close by saying that I couldn't do anything without my crew. First, and foremost, I'd like to thank my girlfriend. She definitely keeps me going. I'd also like to thank my assistant Karen who takes care of all my business stuff and definitely makes my life a lot easier!! Last, but not least, I'd like to thank Tim Mahoney my Production Manager. He keeps all my gear going and makes sure I have everything I need when I'm playing. He's also a great friend and he puts up with me. (Not easy by a long shot!!!) I'd also like to mention my drummer and close friend Jason Lee who has stuck with me through thick and thin!!! I'd also like to thank all of my sponsors for all their support and for believing in me!!

Music Connection, July 28, 2005

A review of Ronny's show at the Special Olympics is in the July 28th, 2005 issue of Music Connection.

Musicianship: North’s impressive axe handling includes his expertise in the use of effects. In fact, the bass and drums serve as a platform to launch his guitar skills. North uses a variety of guitars to capture the essence of rock and metal without the annoying lyrics that can never be heard over the loud music anyway. His guitar riffs compare with those of Ox Fox of Stryper and Harold Faltermeyer of “Top Gun” fame.

Performance: North was the perfect choice to wake up this special event –– he was full of energy, running around the stage, and assuming all the classic rock guitarist poses; and his music was played very loud. Besides the compulsory rock ballad, North tried his hand at some blues, which, although technically good, lacked the soul and passion of a professional blues musician.

Without a set list, North’s show was done with “seat of the pants” style. Under the circumstances this did not present a problem, but will need to be tightened eventually. After performing “Dawn of Hope” North closed the set in classic metal style with a hard rocker complete with all the things one loves about metal music –– fret playing, driving drums and bass, and lots of hair.

Summary: Although North’s music speaks for itself, he felt compelled to comment on it. Despite his skills on the guitar, North is no public speaker. His repetitious use of the phrase “There you go” was the perfect example. His music is a winner –– he just needs to perfect the stage show to be a real contender.

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