C. J. Tywoniak
C.J. Tywoniak (born February 20, 1990) is an American electric guitarist and Paul Green's student.[1]
Tywoniak was born in San Mateo, California. He stood out in the rock music documentary film Rock School as a "guitarist who can play better than most of the guitarists seen on 'Saturday Night Live.'"[2] As a 12-year-old in the movie that was filmed in 2002-3 and produced in 2005, he played riffs from Carlos Santana, Frank Zappa and The Kinks.[3] He has studied with Joe Stump and has played with Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Ike Willis, John Wetton, Max Johnson, Brad Roberts, Peter Frampton, Alice Cooper and Eddie Vedder.[4] He has received a scholarship offer from the Berklee College of Music and was accepted at the University of Miami.[4] As a result of the movie he was invited to perform on MTV's Total Request Live.[4] Roger Ebert suggests he could have been destined for the Juilliard School.[2] He is currently[when?] attending the University of Miami and teaching at the Paul Green's School of Rock in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, in his free time.[citation needed] He also appeared in the 2012 film Rock of Ages. [5]
References
- ^ Moss, Corey (June 1, 2005). "'Rock School' Kids Tell Off Their Teacher". MTV Networks. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ^ a b Ebert, Roger (June 2, 2005). "Rock School". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ^ "Rock School: An Interview with Director Don Argott, Producer Sheena m. Joyce, Founder and director Paul Green, and student C.J Tywoniak". BlackFilm.com. May 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Homepage". CJ Tywoniak. 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ^ "C. J. Tywoniak". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
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