Vee Maurice Bishop has opened for a range of artists such as Natalie Cole, B.J. Thomas, Amy Grant, and Sting while securing Nashville studio work for some of the greatest R&B legends. He plays a generous selection of stringed instruments: Classical Guitar, Bass Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin, Banjo, and Sitar.Whil at the University in St. Louis Vee performed and recorded with Gahu, Big House Train, Voodudes, Hoosier Buddy, Sharrett, Country MC's and Molly Irene. He continues to extend his talents towards philanthropic tours with voices from Afar (Music for Healing). Some of Vee's greatest influences are Leonard Cohen, Itzak Perlman, Dimitri Shostakovich, Gladys Knight, and Michael Finnegan.

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     Vee Maurice, from Nashville, TN, began his study of guitar at the age of eight. He left home 10 years later to make his living traveling the United States, Canada, and Australia playing Contemporary, R&B, Modern, Indie, Rock, and Classical Music. Between his time spent performing with various artists and bands, Bishop taught guitar and attended University classes on a full music scholarship. While living in St. Louis Vee became a serious student at the University of Missouri intent on his bachelor's degree in Classical Music. His most influential instructor was Alan Rosenkoetter (the Paris Conservatory graduate, guitarist and head of guitar at the University of Missouri in St. Louis and Washington University). Bishop recieved his degree in 2003 with honors along with a virtuoso classical guitar as a gift from the University of Missouri in St. Louis and the Buder Foundation. During several points in his adult years, Bishop lived in Nashville, TN and developed meaningful and important relationships with like-minded  musician friends there. Soon after his graduation form the University of Missouri, he returned to Nashville to play with new artists with Sony, RCA, and Arista Records. In early 2006 the opportunity arose to write and record "Presence", a collections of 12 of his original songs (with hidden vocal track). Bishop declares his carefully composed soft intrumentals as "a musical diary" (songs that came to him spontaneously as expressions of his personal journey). Each song played through the discipline of classical guitar, is a contemporary inspiration of peacefulness that envokes serenity, strength, and hope. Listeners have expressed "each song universally touches the human heart with melodies and rhythms that bring to surface universal connection at the calmness it provides". The album was co-produced with Mike O'Neil at Serenity Hill Studio.