A Change of Tempo

 Richard Green has been playing music for nearly as long as he could walk, with his first paying gigs being in his pre-teen years, even being invited to the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 10 after playing piano in a home town festival.  From his early teens, he's played countless shows as lead guitarist and vocalist in several bands, and served as a studio musician and session guitarist for many more.  Richard's solo projects include everything from programming tracker software for primitive computer music to progressive metal, and even full symphonic compositions.  Richard performs and programs all parts to his projects, though he prefers to collaborate with other artists.  In college, he performed both in the US and abroad as a solo classical guitarist and with chamber art groups, ensembles, and guitar orchestras.  It was during this time that he had the opportunity to meet, study, and perform with some of the foremost masters of the guitar, including the Romero Family, The LAGQ's Bill Kanengiser and Scott Tenant, Shingo Fuji, and the late Roland Dyens.  Richard was classically trained in piano from the age of 9 and has since learned to play a wealth of instruments including Organ, Violin, Erhu, Dizi, Bouzouki, Mandolin, Trumpet, Tuba, Percussion, and more.  He's been a professional composer and sound designer for video game soundtracks.  A music major, performer, composer, producer, and greatly experienced teacher, his relentless passion for music and sharing it with others is contagious. 

 David Head started drumming at 9 years old and has a fiery passion for all types of percussion, including drum set, concert percussion and marching band.  He has performed with the Lone Star High School band and multiple other groups at a variety of venues, including Six Flags Over Texas, Day 1 Dallas, Didi's Downtown, Frisco Freedom Fest, and the UIL State Marching Band competition at the Alamodome.  He's got extensive gigging experience over the last several years with the emerging rock band The Extremely Average.  Even at his age, David has performed for crowds in the hundreds and always brings an intense and entertaining energy to his performances.  David has been closely involved with Green Key Music since our founding and has been recruited based on his exemplary behavior as a talented and passionate musician.  He believes in life-long learning and growth as a musician and has an impressive roster of teachers and mentors.  As an instructor, David loves to ignite the wonderful, creative passion for music in his students, no matter what kind of music they prefer.  His focus is on beginner to intermediate-level students, covering all styles from ear-shattering rock beats to soothing and groovy jazz and Afro-Cuban drums, as well as marching and concert percussion.  His work with The Extremely Average continues to grow as they perform more and more and write original music. 

 Hedras Ramos is a young Guitar Prodigy, born in Guatemala City in 1992. Hedras is taking the world by storm with his furious shred and future-jazz stylings, bringing the instrument to an entirely new level.

Atoms & Space was his debut album with guests such as (Andy James, Jennifer Batten), Followed by The Impressionist in, Recorded in  2017 with guests Plini and Martin Miller on guitar, Anup Sastry on drums and Simon Grove on bass. Hedras is the man behind the Guitars of the latest Heavy Metal album (The Omens of Death) of iconic Hollywood star, Sir Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Dracula, Star Wars and 280+ movies). His original music has been featured in the Rock Band video game series, twice. Hedras has nearly 20 endorsements from great companies from America, Europe and Asia, including a current working relationship with Fishman Pickups and Cort Guitars, the latter of which collaborated with Hedras to design the X700 Duality and Mutility guitars, which are now his main instruments. The evolution of this process led to the upgrade of Fishman Fluence Pickups on Duality and Mutility models.

Hedras has performed on stage with the likes of the legendary Steve Vai and has played with other legendary figures like Paul Gilbert, and many prominent artists at the forefront of modern fusion guitar.

In 2020 Hedras released his third album Pagans, being this one his heaviest work including songs like Innate Behaviour and Pagans, in this album Japanese virtuoso Bass player Ayumu recorded Bass and Anup sastry recorded Drums.

In 2022 Hedras released his 4th album titled “Angels” this one being a creative exploration of guitar mixed with Trap, EDM and Reggaeton.