Monte Pittman

Published: Jan. 10, 2013, 2 a.m.

Monte Pittman is no stranger to the craft of guitar playing.  He was a teacher at Guitar Center when his third student ended up being Guy Ritchie who received a guitar from then girlfriend, Madonna.  Soon after, Madonna was a student of his.  She then invited him to tour with him starting in the 2001 Drowned World Tour and has been touring with her every concert since.  He released his own album, The Deepest Dark, in 2009 and scored the #1 spot on the Best Selling Acoustic Albums list on CD BABY.com  He also dazzled the Adam Lambert world by touring with his Glam Nation Tour and being his creative director during that tour of Adam's.  Monte then released, "Pain, Love and Destiny" which hit the charts of #1 rock and #1 pop album and cracked iTunes Top 200 it's first week making it first album by indie artist in iTunes history. He is currently touring with Madonna on her MDNA tour.  His latest EP, "MP3: The Power of Three: Part 1" is now available everywhere.  For more information please go to http://www.montepittman.com