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Mark Phillipsis a former director of music at Cherry Lane Music, where he edited or arranged the songbooks of such artists as John Denver, Van Halen, Guns N Roses, and Metallica.

Jon Chappellis a multistyle guitarist, arranger, and former editor-in-chief of Guitar magazine.