Dean DiMarzo is a guitarist and pianist in the Hudson Valley. He began playing guitar at the age of twelve, in 2003. Taking lessons from teachers such as folk guitarist Helen Avakian and local legend Vito Petroccito, he quickly progressed beyond the limits of power-chord rock, and began to explore more challenging applications of music.

An interest in the instrumental guitar-rock of the 80s, and an intensive study of the playing style of guitar hero Joe Satriani led to an explosion of techni...