Tony Pasko
- Composer
For more than 25 years Tony has been a music Industry professional and session guitarist. His vast playing background and knowledge of musical products has given him the opportunity to work and perform with some of the greatest musicians in the world. He has had the opportunity to design market and sell products for the music industry's top leading companies.
His insight and perspective comes from working with manufacturers, artists, road crews and music instrument dealers. He has traveled the world performing clinics and assisting major tours, it's this real world experience and knowledge that he brings to any situation. While at Peavey Electronics he was involved in nearly every aspect of the business including product design, in store-clinics, product training, market research, manufacturing and artist relations. He worked directly with the gear needs of Lynard Skynard, NickelBack, Duran Duran, Black Stone Cherry, Joe Satriani, Warrant and Poison to name a few.
At U.S. Music Corp., producers of brands such as Washburn Guitars, Randall Amplifiers, Eden Amplifiers and Parker Guitars, he traveled the world conducting clinics & in-store product training seminars and product design. As a musician he has shared the stage with the P-Funk All-Stars, Vince Neil, Jack Bruce, Gary Hoey, David Ellefson (Megadeth), Black Stone Cherry, Johnny Hiland, Bobby Rush and many others. 2012 Tony signed to Downboys Records owned by legendary rock band Warrant and released his debut EP "Noise" worldwide in May and a Christmas CD "Band of Elves" in October with sales and distribution in over 22 countries.
Tony writes music for T.V. shows on A&E, Spike TV, Discovery Channel, MSNBC & Syfy. He currently has music featured on A&E's No.1 rated TV show Duck Dynasty with a viewership of over 11.8 million for the season 4 premier also breaking a cable television record for the most viewed non-scripted T.V. show EVER... An average of 3 million daily viewers for DD re-runs. He was recently awarded a proclamation from the state of Mississippi for his contributions to the arts and performs regularly for the Epilepsy Foundation.
Tony has a song In this Moment featured in the independent short film Dear Dad being released in select theaters in Chicago and the Sundance Film Festival.
Current T.V. shows and networks: Reef Wranglers/ Weather Channel Duck Dynasty/ A&E Porter Ridge/ A&E Pitbulls & Parolees/ Animal Planet Lock-Up/MSNBC Shark Week/ Discovery Channel Wicked Tuna/ National Geographic Fat & Furious/ Discovery Channel Savage Family Diggers/ Spike TV Auction Hunters/ Spike TV Wahlburgers/ A&E Donny Loves Jenny/ A&E Hollywood Hillbillies/ Reelz Boss Hog/ Discovery Channel Night Watch/ A&E The Road In between
Tony is also proud to be an endorsee of Gibson Guitars and has his own signature guitar pick-ups SwampBuckers with Lust 4 Tone Pickups.
Tony appeared in Premier Guitar Magazine for their January 2015 issue and in Guitar Player Magazine's April 2015 issue.
His insight and perspective comes from working with manufacturers, artists, road crews and music instrument dealers. He has traveled the world performing clinics and assisting major tours, it's this real world experience and knowledge that he brings to any situation. While at Peavey Electronics he was involved in nearly every aspect of the business including product design, in store-clinics, product training, market research, manufacturing and artist relations. He worked directly with the gear needs of Lynard Skynard, NickelBack, Duran Duran, Black Stone Cherry, Joe Satriani, Warrant and Poison to name a few.
At U.S. Music Corp., producers of brands such as Washburn Guitars, Randall Amplifiers, Eden Amplifiers and Parker Guitars, he traveled the world conducting clinics & in-store product training seminars and product design. As a musician he has shared the stage with the P-Funk All-Stars, Vince Neil, Jack Bruce, Gary Hoey, David Ellefson (Megadeth), Black Stone Cherry, Johnny Hiland, Bobby Rush and many others. 2012 Tony signed to Downboys Records owned by legendary rock band Warrant and released his debut EP "Noise" worldwide in May and a Christmas CD "Band of Elves" in October with sales and distribution in over 22 countries.
Tony writes music for T.V. shows on A&E, Spike TV, Discovery Channel, MSNBC & Syfy. He currently has music featured on A&E's No.1 rated TV show Duck Dynasty with a viewership of over 11.8 million for the season 4 premier also breaking a cable television record for the most viewed non-scripted T.V. show EVER... An average of 3 million daily viewers for DD re-runs. He was recently awarded a proclamation from the state of Mississippi for his contributions to the arts and performs regularly for the Epilepsy Foundation.
Tony has a song In this Moment featured in the independent short film Dear Dad being released in select theaters in Chicago and the Sundance Film Festival.
Current T.V. shows and networks: Reef Wranglers/ Weather Channel Duck Dynasty/ A&E Porter Ridge/ A&E Pitbulls & Parolees/ Animal Planet Lock-Up/MSNBC Shark Week/ Discovery Channel Wicked Tuna/ National Geographic Fat & Furious/ Discovery Channel Savage Family Diggers/ Spike TV Auction Hunters/ Spike TV Wahlburgers/ A&E Donny Loves Jenny/ A&E Hollywood Hillbillies/ Reelz Boss Hog/ Discovery Channel Night Watch/ A&E The Road In between
Tony is also proud to be an endorsee of Gibson Guitars and has his own signature guitar pick-ups SwampBuckers with Lust 4 Tone Pickups.
Tony appeared in Premier Guitar Magazine for their January 2015 issue and in Guitar Player Magazine's April 2015 issue.