Brad Strickland:
CLASS OF 1972
Maria Regina SchoolClass of 1972
Seaford, NY
Ludlum Elementary SchoolClass of 1968
Hempstead, NY
Brad's Story
Life
Let's see...well I ignored all advice and stayed
in the music biz...for better or worse! Ended
up at the Berklee School of Music (Boston)
then back to NY to play in innumerable bands.
also studied with some great guitarists. Pat
Martino, Lenny Breau...had a couple of "brushes
with greatness" in the RnR world... a series of
"close but no...." did a ton of studio work in NY
, yep.. that's me on a lot of Texaco commercials
in the 70's and early 80's plus many others..got
married in 81, moved to LA ended up in
Advertising, moved back to NY in 83 did more
playing and some studio work.. ended up in Â90
working for Korg, the synthesizer company
also with Marshall ...Expand for more
/Vox amps
as the Artist relations guy among many other
jobs..met a lot of well known music folks
folks and some of my heroes too. etc. stayed
there Ventura CA(where I still am now, don't
miss Long Island) worked another 5 years with
them and we had a mutual parting, Had my own biz for awhile
representing Parker Guitars and DiMarzio. I
live in Ventura CA with the missus and a cat and a dog
sorry.. Kids just weren't in the cards for
us...but we're fine..still stay in touch with some
MR folks who were and continue to be close
friends. Managed the band Little Feat for two years and traveled the world
gosh ..and now IÂm head of sales for a leading music software company.
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