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Tom MacLean

Guitar teacher based in South-East London

About Me


ADD THIS BAND!

ADD THIS BAND!

I made my myspace layout using Pimp-My-Profile.com

..How I wish I'd been there...Uk tour:http://a998.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/60/m_1228 5bd5f1e127eea27b4422febf44bd.jpg

My Interests

Music and brains.

I'd like to meet:

Free spirits from all over the globe.

Music:

Aievea, Angra, Bal-Sagoth, Biomechanical, Michael Brecker, Bumblefoot, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Daylight Dies, Debussy, Vince DiCola, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dimmu Borgir, Dixie Dregs, early Dream Theater, Electric Brother, Elfonia, Emperor, E.S.T, Fantomas, Farmer's Market, Fell Silent, David Fiuczynski, Marty Friedman, Frantic Bleep, Gentle Giant, G'n'R, Christophe Godin, Guthrie Govan, Gruvis Malt, Allan Holdsworth, Holst, Greg Howe, Charlie Hunter, Interlock, Ion Dissonance, Jaga Jazzist, Keith Jarrett, Katia Labeque Group, Liszt, Tony Macalpine, John McLaughlin, Meshuggah, Pat Metheny Group, Wes Montgomery, Mr. Bungle, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Pantera, Planet X, Porcupine Tree, Queen, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Rhapsody, Jordan Rudess, Ruins, Nitin Sawnhey, John Scofield, Derek Sherinian, Sikth, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Strapping Young Lad, Symphony X, Tesseract, Textures, Devin Townsend, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Zyklon...

Movies:

Lots of Japanese things.

Television:

No.

Books:

Anything by Ian McEwan or Zadie Smith.

Heroes:

..

My Blog

Best of 2007 (according to me)

Compared to 2006, which witnessed such monumental releases of "Death of a Dead Day" by Sikth, "Drawing Circles" by Textures, and "Erotic Cakes" by Guthrie Govan, 2007 was a little on the bland side, b...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:41:00 PST

Something different

I've recently acquired the album "One Sweet Life" by a boy/ girl duo called Brotherly. I'd loosely describe their music as "tech-soul". If you think Meshuggah are the masters of bad-ass...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:02:00 PST

Recording of album 2

On Monday the recording of the new To-Mera album will commence and I have to say I'm super-excited about it. I'm so eager to show the world how much our music has developed since Transcendental. All t...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:34:00 PST

The Greatest Show On Earth

and I missed it. Been a bit slow on the uptake with this one, but I've just intercepted a transmission which led me towards a secretly filmed recording of Anchorhead doing battle at the Star Wars Cele...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:58:00 PST

Recent musical experiences

Just got back from seeing Textures at the Underworld and WOW!!! They are one finely tuned machine. This band is so tight they split atoms with every note, Stef Broks (their drummer) is quite possibly ...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:13:00 PST

Status update

First of all, sorry to all of you who received any spam concerning ringtones. I've been the victim of a hacker. Hopefully it won't happen again. Recently my life has been very busy. I'm a science tut...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:38:00 PST

Check out Haken

Check out the new demo from the ueber-talented youngsters of Haken: http://www.myspace.com/hakenmusic   Some guys have all the talent eh? ;)...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Mon, 21 May 2007 08:30:00 PST

Myspace messaging

For some time I've had difficulty in replying to messages sent via Myspace and now it seems I can't reply to any at all. I'm not sure what the source of the problem is but in order to avoid misunderst...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:51:00 PST

The saviours of live music

I had the immense pleasure of witnessing Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's debut European show at the Headway Festival on Easter Saturday, and I have to say, it was unlike any musical experience I've had be...
Posted by Tom MacLean on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:04:00 PST

The Metal

You can't kill the metal. Metal will live on. No-one can destroy the metal. The metal will strike you down with a vicious blow.
Posted by Tom MacLean on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:27:00 PST