The Gathering was formed by students of Tom Hess's Music Careers Mentoring Program. These artist are from all over the world, USA, South Africa, Germany, UK and Japan! David Bereuther is a singer / songwriter from Germany. David has acoustic / blues / pop influences. JB Andrews is a rock / metal guitarist with NeoClassical influences from Louisville, Ky, USA. JB is an up and coming virtuoso guitarist who is currently studying under guitar virtuoso Tom Hess of the band Rhapsody Of Fire. George ShredKing is a rock / metal guitarist with NeoClassical influences from Vredenburg, South Africa. ShredKing is an up and coming virtuoso guitarist who is currently studying under guitar virtuoso Tom Hess of the band Rhapsody Of Fire. James Sheasgreen is a guitarist / songwriter with rock / blues / grunge influences from Greensville, SC, USA. Zoltan is a metal guitarist from Japan. Zoltan has influences from RPG video games and is currently producing his album. Jake Andrews is a guitaris / electronic artist from Buffalo, Ny, USA. Jake is the lead guitarist of the band, The Bunny The Bear. Allen Zobian is an up and coming guitarist from Union City, MI. Stephen Quinn is a up and coming rock guitarist from the UK.