CHRIS'S BIO

Hi, Im Chris Beltran and I've been playing the guitar since I was 12 ( I know, late start). My mother was a piano player and minor'd in music education while my father was a self taught spanish guitarist. Music has always been in me since I was small and can be sen in many of my childhood photographs. I started with piano lessons at a young age but as soon as I picked up my first guitar I knew this was the instrumnet for me. 
 

Since then, I did everything I could to learn all that there was to guitar playing. I took formal lessons in the guitar which included music theory. I pestered my mom for knowledge on theory and application. I bugged my dad on how he played. I learned from other guitarists in the community and friends who played for tips and tricks. I bought numerous books and instructional videos and locked myself away for hours at a time with them. In the end, I think what benefitted me the most was reaching out to all these resourcs vs limiting my self to strictly one or even two. This goes very much the same for my playing. I have played many differnt styles from Pop, to Rock, to Metal, to Dance, to Reggae and feel this has only broadend my ability.

 

I have been part of many different bands with my most recent success in a local Portland, OR band - When Vanity Kills. We released our debut album in 2013, did a mini tour, and opened for notable acts like rockers P.O.D. I have also done independent and solo work and competitions. I competed in 2001 at the Guitarmaggedon competition held by Guitar Center and made in to the Local Finals for Las Vegas, where I was living at the time.