Insane Guitar of World Jazz Master Andreas Oberg

Biography

Born: August 6, 1978

Swedish guitar virtuoso Andreas Oberg was born in Stockholm on August 6, 1978.

At the age of 18, Andreas made a name for himself on the vibrant Swedish music scene performing with many of Sweden's top artists and he was also admitted to the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm.
During recent years Andreas Oberg has been working with his own projects as well as performing with artists in many different styles such as Les Paul, Toots Thielemans, Bireli Lagrene, Larry Coryell, Barbara Hendricks, John Pisano, Martin Taylor, Stuart Hamm, Danny Gottlieb, Jimmy Rosenberg, Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Ulf Wakenius, Joey DeFrancesco, Mark Murphy, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, and Florin Nicolescu just to name a few.

Petrucci Fever

Demam musik yang disebarkan oleh John Petrucci tampaknya semakin memberikan perkembangan positif bagi Industri musik dunia. Hal itu  terbukti setelah digelarnya sebuah event besar di Eropa 2009 silam. Dengan mengusung Petrucci Fever "Soundtrack of Summer" Guitar Contest 2009, Guitarified Productionmemulai acara ini pada pertengahan 2009 dan ditutup pada tanggal 1 Juli 2009. Diikuti sekitar 122  peserta yang kebanyakan berasal dari Amerika Latin dan sekitarnya seperti Spanyol, Argentina, dsb.Mekanismenya adalah, para peserta mengisi sebuah solo guitar pada soundtrack  lagu yang telah ditentukan, kemudian di rekam pada sebuah video (untuk membuktikan keasliannya), dan selanjutnya dikirim serta diseleksi panitia. Juri ada sekitar 8 orang yang sudah sangat mumpuni dan dipercaya di bidangnya.
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Paul Gilbert still amazing and cool in his aging

Paul Gilbert is the guitarist of Racer X and formerly of Mr. Big. After he parted ways with Mr. Big in 1996, Paul pursued his career as a solo guitarist and has evolved into a successful solo artist/singer/songwriter.
Gilbert composes music in a wide variety of styles including pop, rock, metal, blues, jazz, funk and classical, but is perhaps best known for his versatility and speed. His guitar work is characterised by his floating right hand contrary to the more common anchored right hand that guitarists like Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour favour. He is also considered to be one of the best proponents of alternate picking