Joe Livoti: Home
WELCOME TO THE JOE LIVOTI HOMESITE
Hello folks, and thanks for logging on and checking out my site. Some of you may already know me and just logged on for gig updates or 'cause you're really bored, others may have ended up here via my book or business cards, and still others may just be totally lost. Either way, welcome to the site, and I hope it's of some assistance.
I am a Bay Area guitarist and teacher, working out of House of Woodwinds in San Ramon. I have been a full time guitar instructor since 1986. I play and teach jazz, rock and blues, country and a little classical/flamenco. For information about lessons, please click on the "Lessons" link above.
I studied guitar privately in New York and my teachers included Ernie Arti, Joe Monk and Howard Morgen. I have performed in wedding bands, rock and blues bands, theater shows, fusion and jazz ensembles, acoustic duos, solo gigs, show bands and other stuff I can't (or would rather not) remember right now.
I have three books available; "Complete Scale and Chord Theory for Guitar", "Applications", and "How to Teach Guitar" The first two are instructional books geared towards intermediate and advanced players. All are available at Amazon.com.
I also have four CDs available. They can be sampled under the "Music" link, and purchased at "Books/Cds". Links to all CDs are at: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JoeLivoti
For folks who remember the Zeroids from the New Wave days back in NY, our Record Plant E.P. "Introducing the Zeroids", is also available for download. I also have a compilation CD which I will be glad to send you for just the price of the postage. This includes our Record Plant E.P. a full gig from Gildersleeves, and some rehearsal stuff.
In addition to teaching I am also available for solo and ensemble gigs as well as studio work.
My music has also been featured in the scores of a bunch of independent films. Look for Barista, Suburban Youth, Spare Parts, Five Days, Cross Country, Singularity, N.Y. On $15 a Day, Thrush T.V. on S.F. cable, Inside Joke T.V.
There are some performance videos posted on YouTube, also under the "Links" button at the top right of this page.
Good luck and Happy Playing!
(Photo by Weiford Watts)