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Stijn Norga

About Me

Things that changed my life : Singing songs and playing music with my mom and dad, and brothers and sisters ::: Playing in high school bands like Schrale Troost and Shemozzle with Dimitri Leue and Teun Verbruggen ::: Stevie Ray Vaughan Unplugged on MTV 1990 ::: BB King Live at Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp ::: Studying @ Jazzstudio, Antwerp with Pierre Vandormael and meeting soulmates Yannick D. and Fredje Bas ::: Metallica Live @ Flanders Expo, Gent ::: My dear Ibanez JS-4000 ::: Going to Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA in the summer of ‘93 ::: Tribal Tech Live @ Melkweg, Rotterdam ::: Studying @ Royal Conservatory Brussels with Raph Schillebeeckx, Peter Hertmans, Dirk Schreurs, Kris Defoort ::: Prince Live @ Vorst Nationaal, Brussel & Flanders Expo, Gent ::: Buying my first PC (256 mb RAM, 1.2 gig Pentium3) ::: After graduating in 2000, I returned to the States to follow a Masterclass with Scott Henderson at G.I.T. in Los Angeles, CA and made a road trip from LA to San Francisco to Las Vegas to Phoenix to San Antonio to Austin to Houston, through California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. Lost my heart there, never felt the same since ::: A few months later, someone stole my Paul Reed Smith Custom 24, an incredible instrument that had helped me a lot in becoming a better musician ::: Muse Live @ Beach Rock, Oostende ::: Anneke ::: Working with sincere people and beautiful musicians like Yannick Daems, Henk De Laat, Teun Verbruggen, Rik Van Geel, Fred Vandemoortele, Danny De Coninck and Stef Huybrechts, Sam Vloemans, Louis De Bij, Bert Embrechts, Sterre De Raedt, Werner Pensaert, Jef Aerden, Dimitri Turcott, Franky DSVD, Geoffrey Burton, Wouter Berlaen, Dani Caen, Dirk Schreurs, Bruno Meeus, Steven Mintjens, Pietro Ramman, Roman Korolik, Steven Van Looy, Koen Vandendriessche, Florejan Verschueren, Guy Huygen, Neeka, Hans Verhulst, Pieter Van Malderen, Kyo Van Hoecke, Maarten Weyler, Menno Van Riet, Nico Manssens, Yves Peeters, Herwig Scheck, Anton Walgrave, Pallieter Van Buggenhout, Tim Van Roy, Tijl Corremans, Toon Offeciers, Wietse Meys, Peter Thys, Peter Ploegaerts, Jan-Kris Vinken, Tom Peeters, Joost Vandenbroeck, Frank Deruytter, everyone @ Studio100, Joop van den Ende, hetPaleis and MusicHall ::: Antwerp, my hometown ::: Buying my recent PC ( custom built DIVA w./ 2+ gig RAM, dual processor 2x2.2 gig and everything on it... ) ::: Sweet ‘n’ Sexy Software like ProTools and my RTAS plugin collection, some video and photo editing softs ::: My dear Larrivée D-10 Rosewood Deluxe, thanks to Jan Meyers @ Strings and Things :::
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/09/2006
Band Website: www.lomacs.be ::: www.myspace.com/lomacs
Influences: :::::::Guitarists : Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Joe Satriani, Tommy Emmanuel, Scott Henderson, Slash, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Harry Sacksioni, Jan Akkerman, Al DiMeola, Bill Frisell, Dan Tyminski, Jerry Douglas, Ron Block, John Frusciante, Kim Tahjil, ... :::::::Artists : Burt Bacharach, Peter Gabriel, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Mike Patton, Simon & Garfunkel, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Elvis Costello, Sting, Dave Grohl, Michael Brecker, George Michael :::::::Games : I confess, I'm a player ; ) Guild Wars, Call of Duty 2, Company of Heroes, Max Payne, Medal of Honor, Age of Empires, Unreal, Metal Gear Solid, Icewind Dale, Microsoft FlightSimX, Myst, IL2-Sturmovik, Grand Theft Auto, Operation Flashpoint,... Oh by the way, I'm always in for a few hands of Texas Hold'em Poker, wanna play? :::::::Movies : Heat, Heroe, House of the Flying Daggers, The Lord of the Rings, the Matrix, C’est arrivé pres de chez vous, ...basically anything with a lot of CGI, cool set designs and überheroes :::::::Books : Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ( Pirsig ), The Lord of the Rings ( Tolkien ), The Advancing Guitarist ( Goodrick ), The Artist’s Way ( Cameron ), Thorgal ( Rosinski & Van Hamme), XIII ( Vance & Van Hamme ), Slaine (Mills & Bisley )
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

...about the new tunes

Hi there, It's been a while since i posted new stuff, so I thought i'd put some new improvs online. Life had it's strange way of being very good and really bad to me, lately. Sounds familiar, anyone?...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:56:00 GMT

Hold On/ All that I've had

Hey, "Hold On" and "All that I've had" are two songs i play with my band Lomacs. Since a few weeks i'm rehearsing them with a new line-up ( vox, ac. guit, el. guit., bass, drums ). We're also wor...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:31:00 GMT

... about the tunes

"Gottaplayeveryday" is basically me sitting down, pushing the red button and playing whatever comes to mind. Like it says in the title, that's something I try to do every day. Same thing for "I'm shu...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:10:00 GMT