Gary Mitchell Layton (a.k.a Mitchell) is a guitarist from New Jersey and a current student of the guitar program at Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles, California. He specializes in rock and metal genres, but is also skilled in blues, country, pop, and alternative music. He's been playing guitar in bands for a decade, and was the lead guitar player in a variety of different settings. His skills include rhythm playing, lead playing, song writing, transcribing, recording, and all aspects of both the acoustic and electric guitar. Mitchell has gained performance experience in a handful of genres at Musician's Institute, and has achieved honors level grades in all his performances. He is also a published author and poet, and has written for several different magazines.