Laurie-Ann Rapavi - Staff Member

I Grew up in New Jersey, and then moved to and lived for many, many, years on the beautiful island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

I am a Staff Member here on The Spotlight Zone, and my son, Tyler, is a guitar student of JJ Rocks, and was a member of JJ's student band St. Croix school Of Rocks. Tyler plays guitar, drums, Xylophone, Marimba, and trombone.

I love all kinds of music. My cd collection literally has everything from Classical, to Jazz, Heavy metal, Celtic music, alternative.... My favorite genres are jazz, Classic Rock, progressive, and progressive rock. I like anything that sounds intricate /complex.

Some of my favorite artists are: JJ Rocks, Joni Mitchell, Foo Fighters, Yes, Aranda, Iron Maiden, Jaco Pastorius, Bobby Jarzombek, Mike Portnoy, Rhandy Rhoads, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton,Pink Floyd, Dave Weckl, Steely Dan, BB King, The Beatles, Rush, Dream Theater, Frank Zappa, Incubus, Seether, 3 Days Grace, Fuel, Tori Amos, Wolf Stone, Halestorm, Incubus, Fates Warning, The Eagles, Adelitas Way, Alice In Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Avenged Sevenfold, Deep Purple, Shinedown, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, AC DC, Bob Marley, Billy Joel, Five Finger Death Punch, Genesis, The Police, Iron Maiden, Rage Against The Machine, RL Burnside, Stone Sour, Pat Martino, Ashley MacIsaac, Evanescence, Muddy Waters, Chic Corea, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Audioslave, Sound Garden.