Rick Mals

Rick Mals is a blistering and exciting guitarist whose compositional style has been described as, "Frank Zappa meets Steve Vai after hanging out with Alan Holdsworth." A music teacher for over 15 years, and a student himself of everything from Zappa to Stravinsky, Rick gained critical acclaim in the mid '90's for his then cassette EP, "Rhythm Museum" in all the guitar magazines. Guitar Player magazine called his music "impressive." Billboard labeled Rick a "guitar virtuoso," while Guitar World magazine described his music as "brilliant... utterly original." He has had the pleasure of opening up for such contemporaries as Steve Vai, Steely Dan and Steve Morse.