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About Me

We Live Thinking We'll Never Die... We'll Die Thinking We Never Lived... Cut It Out!' - Jason Becker
Hey, My name is Adam Ironside and I was born in 1987 which at the time of writing makes me 19. I grew up and still live in Sunderland which is an industrious city in the North East of Engalnd famous for its coal mining and ship building.
At around 16 i bought a guitar and styarted playing simple metallica licks and the like, as a new player does, and it wasnt until the following summer when a friend of mine showed me the G3 in Denver dvd that i became interested in technical guitar. After seeing Malmsteen play the way he does i was amazed and thought 'this is definitly what i want to do.'
So from that day on i began to take guitar more seriously and started to teach myself through books, internet, and instructional DVDs the way of the shred guitar. As i went about learning new techniques and ideas i came across more and more players whose albums i purchased but none of these would have the affect on me that Jason Becker did.
After hearing beckers fantastic music and tone and learning of his battle with ALS i decided to take my instrument as far as i could. I wanted to be able to compose and play like Becker and so i started teaching myself music theory.
Another big influence on me was Michael Angelo Batio. This guy is unreal, his technique and accuracy is second to none and his phenomenal speed and musicallity grabbed my ear straight away. I eventually started hanging around his forum where i became a moderator and met some really helpful people.
At this moment in time I am working on a short demo album and studying music at Shiney Row College with two great teachers (Gary Dunn and Tony Wilson) and intend to never give up music! I wanna be playing live when im in a wheel chair and i want to be buried with a guitar!
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Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2007
Band Website: geocities.com/adamironsidemusic
Band Members: Unless mentioned otherwise i play all instruments and do all the VSTi programming and drum programming.

When i come to record tracks that require vocals i will put the name of the vocalists up here.
Influences: GUITARISTS
NEO-CLASSICAL
Jason Becker
Yngwie Malmsteen
George Bellas
Rob Marcello
Joe Stump
Vinnie Moore
Matthew Mills

ROCK and METAL
Michael Angelo Batio
Joe Satriani
Jorge SalÃ¡n
Steve Vai
Szekeres TÃ¡mas

BLUES, JAZZ and FUSION
Greg Howe
Shawn Lane
Magnus Olsson
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Brett Garsed
Guthrie Govan
Rory Gallagher

COMPOSERS
Hans Zimmer
Johann Sebastien Bach
Ludovico Einaudi
Fredric Chopin
Nicolo Paganinni
Harry Gregson-Williams
Sounds Like: Some Comments From Others:
''You Got Some Great Stuff!'' - Richard Lundmark
''You Have A Great Feel And Technique Bud, It's Great To Hear Good Guitar Playing Again!'' - Alan Williamson
''I Checked Out Your Video Fof The Competition (Shred Academy) Its' Brilliant!'' - Roo
''You Have Some Great Stuff Going On, I Wish You All The Best For Your Musical Future.'' - German Schauss
''The Song 'See You In Heaven' Is Very Beautiful.'' - David Luis

I like to make most of my music sound epic or storytelling. A lot of influence comes from classical music of all eras and styles. I like the way classical music can depict a vivid story stronger than any lyrics ever could. A prime example of this is Jason Becker's End Of The Beginning from his album Perspectives. Despite being my favourite piece of music of all time it tells a story that couldn't be expressed in a thousand pages of text.
However... i like a good old fashioned rocker too!
Record Label: My Own
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Song Almost Ready, Tribute To Becker

Hey guys almost all of my tribute to becker trakc is recorded. Jsut waiting on Ross to come over sometime and lay down a guest solo on the track, should be fun.Im not sure yet what to call the track, ...
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:00:00 PST

Second Place :)

Hey guys, I cam runner-up in a competition at Shred Academy. We had to play over some unusual backing tracks (unusual to me anyways as they are not the style i play in) provided by Richard Lundmark. I...
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:02:00 PST

Videos

Hey everyone. Though id make this post with links to all my videos on youtube so theyre easier to find. - Shred Academy Competition Entry / A Major Jam - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DD7jGPOAUs4 - Ha...
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:16:00 PST

Recording Has Begun

Hey guys, began recording this morning, have a rough version of Bach To The Future recorded. Busy finishing off the orchestral parts and arranging the drums. Most of the guitar is recorded but some bi...
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:41:00 PST

Promo Photos!

Hey, all of the promo photos are now up, check my view albums, or pictures or whatever it is to see them if your interested. Some pretty cheesey ones there.
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:27:00 PST

Manaing Zack Uidl's Myspace

I am now officially the manager of Zack Uidl's myspace web-page! Zack is a fantastic guitars and you should check out if you havent heard of him. He has been really cool to me and i was very surprised...
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Mon, 28 May 2007 03:10:00 PST

Looking For Guest Soloists

Hey everyone, just to let you know I am looking for a few (possibly three or so) guest guitarist to do a quick solo on my forthcoming demp album thing. If you are interested then please tell me so by ...
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:48:00 PST

Upcoming Demo

Hey everyone. After finally getting a recording studio installed in my home I've began working on good recordings of songs i have written. I am planning on creating a five tracks (possibly) demo EP wh...
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:31:00 PST

See You In Heaven

Writing this song helped me to deal with my grief when two close family members passed away inside three weeks not long ago. Its dedicated to them, and all of the good people that have ever died....
Posted by ADAM IRONSIDE on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:36:00 PST