BIO
VANCE MARINO is an experienced teacher as well as a seasoned singer, guitarist, bassist, ukulele player, songwriter and composer who began his professional music career at the age of 16. He started teaching guitar and bass at the former Tradways in Ramona. In 1998, he began teaching music at Ozzie's Music in Poway, switched to at Nick Rail Music in Poway in 2016, and now offers lessons online.
A native Hawaiian, Vance learned how to play guitar when he was 10 and became proficient on many different instruments while attending Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawaii's Leeward College. By the age of 16, he was playing and singing in many country, rock, and blues bands in Hawaii, Arizona, and California.
Vance became fascinated with recording when he was in junior high school and now composes and produces music for film & TV along with his wife, Tracey Marino. To learn more about their story and their music, click HERE. To hear an interview with them about licensing their music, click HERE. They have several holiday songs published in guitar and piano instruction books available from Piano Press. To purchase the Christmas book, click HERE. To purchase the Halloween book, click HERE.
In 1989, Vance formed a popular San Diego blues-rock band "Four On The Floor" and was the lead guitarist, singer, and arranger. The band performed at the (Del Mar) San Diego County Fair, Balboa Park annual summer concert series, and many other local venues. From 1998 to 2009, Vance played classical guitar for the weekly Saturday afternoon high-tea hour at the famed Rancho Bernardo Inn & Resort.
Since 2009, Vance and Tracey have been judges for the annual "Musicpalooza" contests at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar each summer. For more information, click HERE.
Vance teaches: the basics of writing lyrics, rhyme schemes, song structure, writing hooky melodies, chord patterns, and how all of these elements support the overall message of a song.
A native Hawaiian, Vance learned how to play guitar when he was 10 and became proficient on many different instruments while attending Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawaii's Leeward College. By the age of 16, he was playing and singing in many country, rock, and blues bands in Hawaii, Arizona, and California.
Vance became fascinated with recording when he was in junior high school and now composes and produces music for film & TV along with his wife, Tracey Marino. To learn more about their story and their music, click HERE. To hear an interview with them about licensing their music, click HERE. They have several holiday songs published in guitar and piano instruction books available from Piano Press. To purchase the Christmas book, click HERE. To purchase the Halloween book, click HERE.
In 1989, Vance formed a popular San Diego blues-rock band "Four On The Floor" and was the lead guitarist, singer, and arranger. The band performed at the (Del Mar) San Diego County Fair, Balboa Park annual summer concert series, and many other local venues. From 1998 to 2009, Vance played classical guitar for the weekly Saturday afternoon high-tea hour at the famed Rancho Bernardo Inn & Resort.
Since 2009, Vance and Tracey have been judges for the annual "Musicpalooza" contests at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar each summer. For more information, click HERE.
Vance teaches: the basics of writing lyrics, rhyme schemes, song structure, writing hooky melodies, chord patterns, and how all of these elements support the overall message of a song.