Hailing from the American west coast of California, Zak Langford-Do is a
guitar/bass/band workshop tutor at Maunders School of Popular Music, with a strong
focus on instilling confidence in his students playing ability. In addition to instrumental
tuition, he offers music theory lessons and aural awareness training. Zak is a
professional guitar/multi-instrumentalist with a strong enthusiasm for music, fusing
together experiences of playing and teaching music in the USA and Norway. His playing
can be described as melodic, with bluesy/funky-undertones, fusing a multitude of
genres together.

Growing up in San Francisco, Zak first picked the guitar at age 9 following the discovery
of British Invasion bands, such as The Beatles, The Who and The Kinks, whilst also
strongly influenced by his parents’ great love for artists such as Macy Gray, David
Bowie, Shirley Bassey, Duke Ellington, Elvis Presley and Van Morrison. He continued to
expand his repertoire going into his teens, going on to play in the San Francisco Rock
Project’s very own band workshops, his high school’s jazz band, musical pit band,
orchestra and various original bands gigging notable venues around the San Francisco
Bay Area, including The Great American Musical Hall, Sweetwater Music Hall and The
Chapel.

In 2015, Zak took the next step in his musical journey moving to the United Kingdom to
study at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. He quickly built a portfolio and
reputation as an adaptive, flexible guitarist with great effects and tone, a
multi-instrumentalist, cowriter, arranger and film-composer for small films. He has
played with dozens of acts of varying genres, including Stephanie B, Ian Janco, Mutant
Vinyl and Skinner’s Lane. It’s seen him perform up and down the country at the likes of
the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, The Cavern Club, Camden Assembly as well as at
festivals including Liverpool International Music Festival, Sound City, Tramlines Festival
and BBC 6 Music Fringe Festival.

He also has built a strong reputation between Liverpool & Manchester as a successful
live music promoter and original music curator founding Happy Accidents Promotions as
well as working with the likes of Threshold Music Festival, Scruff of the Neck and Noisy
Neighbour Promotions. Still residing in Liverpool, he regularly travels to Manchester,
London and the rest of the UK for a combination of music tutoring, performing, studio
session, songwriting sessions and other projects. Currently he is working with
bands/artists The Memos, Alfie Erskine, Niki Kand and Penny Eau