Carlos Alomar

Musician / Producer

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Carlos Alomar- Innovative guitarist, educator and producer was recently named by Guitar Player Magazine as one of the "50 Rhythm Guitar Gods".  He is best known as David Bowie's favorite guitarist and musical director.

Co-founder of the National Rock Movement of Puerto Rico and former National Vice-Chairman of the board of Trustees of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (The Grammys). Carlos has been influencing the music industry for many years, his credits read like a who's who of our generation.

Carlos is the recipient of 32 Gold and/or Platinum Albums/CDs. Over the years he has loaned his special flavor of guitar playing to such greats as David Bowie, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Nine Inch Nails, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Yoko Ono, Bette Midler, The Bee Gees, Cyndi Lauper, Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Prefab Sprout, Scissor Sisters, Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Luther Vandross, Liza Minelli, Deborah Cox, Whitney Houston, James Brown, and the list goes on…

A pioneer in the field of guitar synthesizers Carlos recorded a solo album entitled “Dream Generator”. But Carlos Alomar’s fame is not just about music history … he’s about the future of music. While remaining active on the music scene, working with contemporary artists like Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys, Alomar has also become a cutting-edge figure in the worlds of music education and music technology.

As the Distinguished Artist in Residence at Stevens Institute of Technology, Alomar is pioneering the use of digital technology as a means of giving young musicians the tools to change the way music is made. And he’s doing it at a university that is uniquely positioned to allow its students to do just that: Stevens has a 140-year tradition of combining academics, research, and hands-on, real-world experience in the fields of science, engineering, and entrepreneurship, earning its reputation branding as 'The Innovation University'. “Technology is the future of music,” states Alomar, his teaching program - a “hands-on, get-it-done” approach, has proven so popular at Stevens that the University is expanding the Music & Technology program, with Alomar as its first-ever Distinguished Artist in Residence. The facilities for the newly expanded program will include a Sound Synthesis Research Lab-with Alomar as its Director.  It is scheduled to open in January 2012. It’s all in the service of arming students with new approaches to technology and learning music, so that they can make a difference in the music world.