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Mark Miner began playing guitar where he grew up in Grass Valley in the late 80's. With the assistance of his first guitar teachers and support from his parents, Mark was in love with playing guitar from the beginning. Mark began playing in high school bands with friends and later in the Sacramento scene throughout the 90's and in the 2000's. After working in music retail for several years, Mark began to pursue his love of teaching private guitar lessons. He currently teaches close to 60 students per week! Forever the student himself Mark studied and continues to pursue his music studies in both college courses and taking private lessons when his busy schedule allows. Mark has a high regard for all types of music and musicians of various styles. A rocker at heart, his main influence has always been Randy Rhoads. Mark even took lessons where Randy taught privately at Musonia School of Music on his frequent visits to Los Angeles. The lessons did not come from Rhoads himself, but former students of his. He also sights Gary Moore, John Sykes, Paul Gilbert, Ywngie Malmsteen and others as influences and inspirations. "The list goes forever" he says. "I just like to play, period. If it were about the money I would have quit years ago. The music business is unfortunately only about 5% music and 95% business. You have to really love that 5% by giving it your 100%". As VLS continues to evolve, Mark continues to write and co-write with his partners in the band while always being an entertaining showman as well.