Guitarist, Guitar teacher/instructional author, TV Show host and recording/ performing artist.

I have played on over 35 albums some of the artist include:
Derek Sherinian
Austrian Death Machine
After The Burial
Rings of Saturn
George Kollias
Michael Angelo Batio

I’m also a guitar teacher and instructional author with over 33 years teaching experience and released 10 instructional DVD’s/books with:
TrueFire - Rusty Cooley's Lickopedia
Chops From Hell - Shred Guitar Manifesto, The Art Of Picking, Extreme Pentatonics,
Rockhouse Method Fretboard Autopsy, Arpeggio Madness
Cracking the Code.
Mark Tremonti’s The Sound and Story

I have have written columns for Guitar Player magazine (Metal Guru) and Premier guitar magazine (Fierce Guitar) and have been featured in:
Guitar World
GuitarOne
Young Guitar
Guitar Techniques
Total Guitar

I have had the pleasure of teaching at John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe along side of some of the greatest guitarist and musicians on the planet.