Jan Cyrka is probably best known for three solo albums full of meaty guitar playing: ‘Beyond the Common Ground’, ‘Spirit’ and ‘Prickly Pear’. However, Jan's career began in the 1980s when he was guitarist-in-chief with cartoon biker band Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction, supporting Guns n’ Roses on extensive tours of the US and Canada. He now composes and records music for a variety of clients has had his music appear on TV shows and movies such as Friends, Hi Fidelity (with John Cusack), Saturday Night Live, America's Most Wanted, Wife Swap, I'm Alan Partridge, The Jeremy Kyle Show, Absolutely Fabulous, Bargain Hunt, Flog It, Graham Norton Effect, The Bill, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Escape to the Country, Homes Under the Hammer, Oprah Winfrey Show, Malcolm in the Middle, The Jamie Foxx Show, Ten Years Younger, A Place in the Sun, American Idol, The One Show, James May 20th Century and many others.

Jan has worked with many of the world’s finest players in his studio, including Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Mick Taylor and Zakk Wylde.

When Jan is not working he is sleeping.

www.jancyrka.com

Adrian Clark is a freelance guitarist, transcriber and writer. He has worked for Guitarist magazine since 1994, writing hundreds of transcriptions, technique articles and product reviews, and was Music Editor for several years. He has interviewed and ghost-written columns for a variety of big-name players, including Edward Van Halen, Brian Setzer, Ronny Jordan and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Adrian's transcription work has also appeared in a variety of other publications, most recently a book for Wishbone Ash. He has been teaching guitar, both in person and in print, for over a decade, combining his abilities for the book Legends. His recordings cover a range of material, including product demonstrations, tuition material and music for TV commercials.

www.spaghetti-factory.co.uk

Steve Norton has been a graphic and web designer for so long that he can remember working with pens, board and glue! Always one to move with the times, he embraced the dawn of the computer era with great enthusiasm in the Eighties and has never looked back.

A guitar anorak since an early age, it was Seventies Glam Rockers Slade and T. Rex that prompted him to pester his dad for his first instrument. A southpaw since birth, he taught himself to play right handed as there were few left handed guitars back then. Steve is also a fountain of knowledge when it comes to guitars and amps of yesteryear. Ask him about a 1962 Gibson Les Paul SG Junior or 1969 Fender Telecaster Thinline and you'll be bombarded with too much information!

Steve joined our team last year and since constructing this site and our previous one, our success has multiplied by an enormous rate. So much so we made him a Director and part owner of the company. Nice going!