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Rusty Cooley is a self-motivated and driven musician/guitarist currently based in The Woodlands, Texas (U.S.A.) who denotes his playing style as instrumental hard rock with a bit of neo-classical metal and a large dose of 7-string insanity, as one might want to hear on his most recent recording, "Rusty Cooley".  His workhorse guitars include an Ibanez RG7 and an Ibanez UV777 BK. Cooley has been playing guitar since 1983, and truthfully shares his career objective, "In 5-10 years I hope to have released many instrumental CDs as well as music from OutWorld, my band."
When the attempt was made to uncover his definitive or preferred effect for the guitar, Cooley purposefully responded with, "Delay," and then volunteered his musicial goals, "To constantly get better every day." He keeps open the possibility to, at some point, study theory, classical composition and master jazz improv (but in the context of his own music), and is at the moment listening to George Bellas, Symphony X, Magnitude 9, Todd Duane and lots of classical music. His most important gratification? "Seeing the results of hard practice paying off, like a new lick that was physically impossible finally becoming usable," he muses emphatically.
 Cooley winds up by detailing long-term and forthcoming endeavors insightfully, by saying, "I will be appearing on the Guitar 2001 and Ballbuster compilation CDs. But most importantly, finishing up my solo record and starting to work on the material for my band OutWorld."
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Rusty Cooley to guitarists such as Buckethead, Francesco Fareri, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Michael Angelo Batio, Michael Angelo, John Abercrombie, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Eric Clapton, Tom Hess, Doug Aldrich, Michael Romeo, George Bellas, Shawn Lane, John 5, Gianni Rojatti, Marty Friedman, Carlos Lichman and others.
Cooley's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes several solo albums ("Rusty Cooley", "Rusty Cooley With DVD") and participation on a number of other recordings (Sean Baker Orchestra "Baker's Dozen", Book Of Reflections "Book Of Reflections", Derek Sherinian "Molecular Heinosity").
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
