al - Guitars,
al- Bass,
al - Drum Programming,
al - Synths and fx, - Everything Really.
Influences
All Sorts Of Music! The essential guitarists and bands - Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Slash, Guns N' Roses, Richie Sambora, Tony McAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson, SRV, Zappa, John Petrucci, Billy Sheehan, Jason Becker, Al di Meola, Allan Holdsworth, Neil Zaza, Bruce Mathiske, Yngwie Malmsteen, Most guitar Virtousos. Red Hot Chili peppers, Rory Gallagher, BLS, Gordon Giltrap, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Dream Theatre, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, Damien Rice, - yes he is my cousin and yes he is great guy! ...Neil Young, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Racer X. Most other 80's/90's Stuff that falls into a similer genre as the above; I really love Classical Music and composers, Most powerfull music from the heart with feeling or purpose... All sorts, anything that I like.
Well... My Names Al, I'm, 21 and from Dublin, Ireland. I like guitars, beer, boobies and most of all music. I've been playing guitar the last 6 years and since then obsessed with music! I have only been recording for the last year or so, writing and recording my own instrumental stuff aswell as a few tracks for a band situation - mixing all my favourite influences and most importantly myself into my music + im always learning more and more about recording. Ive been in bands and done gigs but mostly concintrating on my own Music - Which means everything to me. I like to get involved with lots of styles and many musical genres, Im trying to get a live act together for my music and always willing to work with musicians. Im also open for some session work. Feel free to leave a message, comment or visit my website @ alanmckenna.com
al uses... (and abuses)
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Well new news! Im in a new band now playing guitar - good ole' rock n roll music and also started rehersing with a band for my own stuff, so I got a lil' band thing together... it's goin pretty well. We got a few tunes down, so hopefully I'll have my own music being gigged by the end of Summer too :)
Hey Everyone! Hope all is well. Just stopping by to say hi and let you know that my CD Cosmic Playground is Now Available! Keep rockin’ and keep in touch!
Hey al! It's theollieb from vai forums... Anyway I just listened to your music, and man, If I didn't know better, I would've thought you WERE vai. And dude, you have your own custom strat? It's really cool lookin man! I LOVE your music, keep on rokin!
Just stopping by to say hello. Hope all is well. I am in the process of recording my debut CD and plan to have some rough mixes up in a few weeks. Hope you will check them out:)
Hey! How are you keeping? Yeah i've a good few proper tunes to go on...should be up in a week or so. The solo was a last minute thing. Your stuff is sounding really good. Are you playing much around at the moment?
Good news to share!! tomorrow Monday my nephew Nicholas will born! ill be at the hospital with my sister and bro in law waiting, praying and being happy to welcome him to the world! Read from you then, ill appreciate the good wishes Cata Aunty
