Andrew York: A close friend and amazing guitarist and composer.

Mind Chimes: Relaxing virtual chimes software created by Andrew York.

Matt Moran: An old friend and an amazing percussionist and composer.

Evan Hirschelman: Another great guitarist and composer.

Ruben Ramos: My neighbor in Sierra Madre and a great bassist and guitarist.

Andy Suzuki: A great sax player and composer I play with often.

Duozona: My old friend Charles Hulihan and his wife have a great flute and guitar duo.

AlmaNova: My friend Almer and his wife have another great flute and guitar duo.

Duo Varial: My Belgian friend Oliver's trip hop band.

God of Shamisen: My very talented friend Kevin from CalArts has a Shamisen Funk / Metal Band.

Psoma: My old friend Justin's rock band.

Human Hands: My cousin Jeff and friend Juan's rock band.

Fingerstyle Guitar: I write a column "The Global Guitarist" in this great guitar magazine.

Green Street Studios: My friends Paul and Rob do very high end video game scoring.

Los Angeles Classical Guitars: My friend Billy owns a great guitar store in Pasadena.

Trilogy Guitars: Another great guitar store, where I bought my Gerundino / Juan Miguel Gonzalez.

Mike Peters: A great Los Angeles based luthier.

Greg Brandt: Another great Los Angeles based luthier.

Beth Theodore: Pasadena based acupuncturist, great for playing injuries.

Neil Vance: A great photographer for promo and CD shots.