User:Jamierobinson

Jamie Robinson (born Timothy James Robinson, July 14th 1989 in Ajax, Ontario) is a Canadian Guitarist, Composer, and Producer. Winner of the North American Rock Guitar Competition hosted by WNED, the youngest winner in the history of the competition, Robinson has been called "The Best Rock Guitarist on the Continent". While attending Musician's Institute on the first full scholarship ever given out by MI, Robinson scored the gig as top composer for Paramount Picture's production company, Base Productions. Composing for their TV shows on networks including A&E, Spike, G4, and Fox.

Early Years
Jamie was introduced to music from a very early age. Being given his first guitar from his Grandfather for his 7th birthday, Jamie started learning chords and simple melodies. Continuing on with private instruction at a local music store, Jamie studied with teachers including Anthony Ristovski, and Darren White. Having found a pure passion for music and the guitar, Robinson's education for music excelled a very high level, playing Van Halen's Eruption for his 6th grade talent show and playing Joe Satriani's Surfing with the Alien for his 7th grade talent show. By the age of 13, Robinson was practising 8-11 hours a day for months at a time.

North American Rock Guitar Competition
In 2007, Jamie submitted his 3 song demo for the second time to the North American Rock Guitar Competition put on by WNED in Buffalo, NY. Jamie was selected as a top 6 finalist from thousands of submissions from all over the world by a panel of judges. Jamie the travelled to Buffalo to compete at the University of Buffalo. Jamie performed 10 minutes of his original music and a solo spotlight infront of an top industry panel of judges including John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie), Beth Marlis (Director of G.I.T), Frank Johns (Gibson Guitars), and more. Jamie won 1st place that night being awarded a Gibson Les Paul Supreme, $1500, and the Tommy Tedesco Award in honour of the most recorded guitarist in history Tommy Tedesco. As the winner, Jamie performed a jam on stage afterwards with John 5 and the other judges.