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DON ZIEGLER

About Me

As a guitarist, I have been making the rounds of coffee houses and open mic nights as a hobby. The styles of music that I perform and record are acoustic finger-style, world music, jazz, fusion, classic, and rock. I guess Indie would some up all of these linked together. I give a special thanks to Devin Johnson for setting me up on Myspace and helping to upload the music and introducing me to Mijam drum gadgets that I use for some of my recordings. I'm originally from Virginia Beach, but I have lived in the Northern Virginia area for several years. Thanks also go to Aaron Holloway who pushed me to get this site going. My sister Patty is also an inspiration by introducing me to some really cool music over the years.In the last six months or so I’ve been rehearsing with vocalist Charles J, who independently produced and released a CD of lyrical standards, “Charles J-Crooner Classics;” http://www.cdbaby.com/charlesjcd . Though I did not perform on the cd, “Charles J--Crooner Classics” and lyrical standards are not my preferred style, this experience has expanded my knowledge of jazz melody and chord progressions that I incorporate into my own styles of music.On Valentine's Day 2009 I performed with Charles J and we entertained the crowd with some classic lyrical standards. A friend with a basic home video camera took some amateur videos and we decided to take advantage of YouTube and post a few. I hope you enjoy; http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query =Don+Ziegler&aq=f..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/04/2008
Band Members: i am a solo performer and recording artist. i compose, perform, and produce my own recordings. I incorporate my own percussion instruments and drum gadgets into the recordings producing a full group sound.
Influences: The question is, who am I not influenced by. I love the music of The Beatles, Crosby Stills and Nash, Mama's and Papa's, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Yes, Vince Guraldi, Al Di meola, Phil Keaggy, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Andrew York, Tommy emmanuel, Lawrence Juber, Pierre Bensusan, Michael Hedges, Preston Reed, Peter Finger, Peppino D' Agostino, Kotaro Oshio, Kaki King, Sergio and Odair Assad and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Badi Assad, David Grisman Quiintet, John mclaughlin, Larry Coryell, Larry Carlton, Earl Klugh, Steve Morse, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Carlos Santana, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, Andre Segovia, Julian Bream, John Williams, Recordings of the Tarrega International Guitar Competition and American Guitar Competition winners, Pete Hutlinger, Ralph Towner, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Dereck Trucks, Peter Frampton, Adrian Legg. maneli jamal pablo ziegler, quique sinesi, don alder, magic brooks, jaimie ricketts, thomas leeb, danny gatton, joe pass, kenny burrell, strunz & farah, california guitar trio, elephants appreciation day, shawn askins, shaun daknis, jim dowl, steve franks, and scott friscius. If i left anybody out..... S O R R Y !!!!!!!!
Sounds Like: my music are all guitar instrumentals of various styles from classical to latin fusion, from rock to soothing fingerstyles. i incorporate alternate tunings to adding my own percussions to multitrack recordings.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

i would like everybody to.....

i've been hoping that a good friend of mine would get his music on myspace for a long time now. he's a blues guitar instrumentalist and have been listening to his music for a couple of years. he's ins...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:29:00 GMT

note to self

check out flamenco guitarist serge lopez. if hard to locate, he is listed as a top friend under pierre bensusan.
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:51:00 GMT

FINISHED NEW MUSIC

having finally finished my new music in time for the holidays. I burned my cds and sent them out in the mail-2 days before christmas to family and friends. So they will be arriving late. hopefully b...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:38:00 GMT