It’s a new year and Musicians Institute alumni are already making headlines in the news!
Musicians Institute alum Mateus Asato was featured in a piece on Forbes.com, hailing his innovative talents with guitar and social media, titled: Mateus Asato, Instagram Rockstar, Is Changing Guitar Forever.
Here are some things we learned in his profile:
He Has Not Yet Released An Album Or A Single
Yup, all that love he’s gotten has been mostly all through social media.

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He Does Plan On Releasing One in 2019
He says, “I want to have a whole band with me. I want to put this in a bigger picture.”
He Is a Huge Fan Of Fellow Guitarist, Melanie Faye
He considers the young John Mayer approved guitarist “the anointed one.”
MI Helped Him On His Path to Social Media Fame
He says, “At Musician’s Institute…Instagram was part of my homework,” and a way for him to show off what he was learning in school.