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Matteo Prefumo

Born: April 8, 1991

Guitarist and composer Matteo Prefumo was born on April 8th, 1991 in Genoa. At age of three, he discovered his love for guitar thanks to his father.

He started playing guitar at the age of 8 as self – taught, watching videos of Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and Jimi Hendrix. At age 15 he took private jazz guitar lessons with Alessio Menconi, and later on had the opportunity to study with world famous musicians, such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Antonio Sanchez, Peter Bernstein, Kevin Hays, Aaron Goldberg, Francisco Mela, Scott Colley.

In 2012 he won the international jazz competition Tiberio Nicola Award as Best Jazz Guitarist during the International Jazz Festival of La Spezia. 

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson is a soulful blues and jazz artist living and performing in Memphis. He writes smooth melodic songs with a swing and jazz feel ,drawing soulful inspiration from Memphis.

His sound has been influenced by a wide range of music : basically everything from Bobby Darin to The Staple Singers via Muddy Waters!

Performing live every week around Memphis-including venues on the historic and world famous Beale Street -PLUS recording all original tunes- he has become recognized as a familiar face on the music scene and Memphis FM Radio and TV.

His upcoming albums for 2024 were recorded at the famous Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis - recorded by Grammy winner Scott Bomar.

My Guitar

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
January 2, 2019

This Christmas marked a very important anniversary in the history of Your Own Personal Genius. Thirty years ago, I received a gift that would change the course of my life forever: a Korean-made Starforce Strat-copy guitar, along with a small Fender practice amp. I got with it a small book of basic blues scales, plus 12-bar ...