Me, and thats it. I'd love to work with a fine drummer that doesn't need to redo everything ten times over. Recording drums is a nightmare as it is. I'm also looking for a great keyboard player.
Influences
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John Petrucci, Dream Theater, Guthrie Govan, Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, John Sykes, Al Di Meola, George Lynch, Richie Blackmore, Garry More, Al Rodriguez, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Reb Beach, Richie Kotzen, Brett Garsed, Mike Johnson, Toni Iomi, Mozart, Eddie Van Halen, Jake E Lee, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, George Harison, Vivian Campbel, Jan Hackerman, Marc Bolan, Steve Lukather, Neal Schon, Alex Skolnick, Marty Friedman, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rob Flyn, Davey Johnstone, Bernie Thorme, Steve Jones, Hank Marvin, The Edge, Alan Murphey, Tim Smedley, Glen Savage, Dino Cazerez, Dave Sharman, Ronnie Kayfield, Robin George, John Williams, Billy Sheehan, Angus Young, Scott Gorham,.................there’s more.
My greatest heroes ever are Jesus Christ, my Mother and Father and two Brothers Simon and Tom.
..25>MY FAVOURITE GUITAR PLAYERSGuthrie GovanJohn PetrucciAndy JamesShawn LaneAllan HoldsworthPaul GilbertMARCO SFOGLIZAKK WYLDEJOHN SYKES
Hi. Thanks for visiting my page.
I got my first guitar aged about 3 or 4. It was a plastic nylon strung guitar that I melted by leaving it too close to the fire side. I got my first electric guitar 28 years ago, and started to take playing seriously. I joined my first band aged 17, a Thin Lizzy covers band. I've been in bands of one kind or another most of my adult life, both original and cover bands.
I have far too many influences to list here. My favourite guitar players are John Petrucci, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, John Sykes, Zakk Wylde.
When I'm not recording and writing, I play in a Black Label Society tribute band for a laugh. I started teaching guitar in 1991. I am a registered RGT tutor, and I teach electric guitar courses run by the RGT up to and including diploma level.
As you've probably gathered by my choice of the people I have pestered to be my friends here, I respect and admire virtuosity and highly skilled musicians of all kinds, but it has to be musical. I'm not into using technique for the sake of it. Thats what I strive to be as a musician, musical and skillful, which is why I practice hard every day cuz I'm no where near it yet!!
The only reason I can think of not to practice is.....none.
I play any guitar that plays and sounds good. The tracks on my page are all my own compositions, and I play all the guitar and bass parts (yeah I know, my bass playing aint too hot). The drums, thats all Korg;-)
I do all my recording at home on a Korg D3200 which I am still learning to use.
Thank you for taking the time to read my page and to listen to my tracks. May God bless you.
hey mate, hows things?? need to come see sonic brew again!! was great watching you guys while doing sound for ya at masons a while back!! glad to see yer still going strong with sonic brew. what happened to sam then mate??
Cheers for the solo stuff, loving it Dude. Gonna need to book you in, to record up here with us sometime bro. You FKN rock. Can't wait for Yorkshire!!!!!!! Bring it on!!!!!
hey there big guy, how's tricks,the shed is gone..got bored of being kept up at night with all the scratching at the door!! got some german guy hooking me up with a wicked cellar, sounds pretty cool to me!!!
Hey Dave, Get compositions on your player, very nice indeed... Yeah about the MF350, I have a love/relationship with it... Not sure if I should waste my time to have it Modded out by replacing the Pre-amp tubes with something hotter or just try to find another head all together... The rest of my stack are Mode 4 Cabinets...
John Petrucci
Andy James
Shawn Lane
Allan Holdsworth
Paul Gilbert
MARCO SFOGLI
ZAKK WYLDE
JOHN SYKES
