Hello there.
My name is Jelena, pronounced YELL-ena. I was born in Belgrade, Serbia (Beograd) and I came to the states at the age of 7.
I am 23 years old and have been playing guitar since I was 12. My big brother Mirko taught me how to play and bought me my first guitar. :-) I grew up in Los Angeles, CA listening to classical music, folk, and was heavily into thrash, death and black metal, mainly when I was a hormonal moodswingy teenager. :->
I always loved Steve Vai and Joe Satriani but I didn't fully begin to appreciate them until I began listening to Dream Theater at the urgency of my best friends and former bandmates of Grimoire . That is when I began to "see the light" and was catapulted into the world of progressive music, particularly prog-metal, which is my most current interest and ultimately my goal as a musician to be labeled as such.
In 2005 I met my soulmate Matt Roberts , who happened to have the exact same interest in Steve Vai, Dream Theater, and a freakish obsession with IBANEZ guitars as I do, so we closed the 3k mile distance between us and started a band together named PSYAXIS (myspace under construction).
I created this page to put up my own music however the recordings I have up at the moment are nearly ancient and don't really reflect my ability right now. Soon I will have new songs to upload but for now you will have to deal with these. :-P
ENJOY
