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Wayne Connaughton

About Me

Im from a town in the middle of ireland called portlaoise. Not much goin on there really................ except for one of the biggest high security prisons in Europe, but ive now moved to waterford so WEHEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im 24 years old. Ive been playing guitar since i was ten. I have been in a few bands here and there, the most intimate one being a thrash metal band from portlaoise called supplicium. I'm not in any bands at the minute. Right now im in college in waterford studying music hopefully getting an honors degree in performance and minoring in composition at the end of four years. I write and record my own music from my pc in my bedroom. The 5 tracks you hear on my page were composed, performed, arranged and mixed by myself (except for vocals and lyrics on 'Another Time', which was written and sang by Adrian 'O Shaughnessy) and i hope you enjoy. :) I listen to everything from blues, jazz, metal, funk and classical and the odd bit of country. Maybe some day i would like to make a living off the music i love playing and maybe play along side some of the people who have influinced me. Who knows?????????????????????????????????????????? My hobbies and interests aside from music are weight lifting, running, cycling, fishing, xbox and aquariums. Games: im a huge fan of halo 1,2 & 3, all the hitman games well basically any good shoot 'em up and also im a huge street fighter fan. Cant get enough of that game. Tv: I like any good comedy such as father ted, black books, the office, that 70's show, two and a half men and everybody loves raymond oh... and home improvements and also other shows such as the A-team and good fishing shows. Im not a huge book reader unless its guitar books and magazines and stuff. Id like to meet fun gals and guys to talk to and who have similar interests to me, and i think that about covers what im about. Also i wouldn't mind meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger, hes a real inspiration, even if he does some pretty bad acting.

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Member Since: 30/11/2005
Band Members: All music you hear is written, played, programed and recorded by me.
Influences: symphony x, steve vai, andy timmons, tony macalpine, allan holdsworth, buckethead, extreme, freak kitchen, jason becker, joe satriani, karizma, cab, pantera, paul gilbert, planet x, racer x, jeff beck, threshold, eamon dunne, foo fighters, vanessa carlton, dimebag darrell(r.i.p), steve lukather, guthrie govan, seamus o' brien, mike romeo, slipknot, mudvayne, tj helmerich, j.s bach, one minute silence, thomas hartery, jennifer hartery, liquid tension, system of a down, fear factory, tommy emmanuel, toto, van halen, vanden plas, yngwie malmsteen, frank gambale, uncle mo's space ranch, brett garsed, vinnie moore, michael lee firkins, alan silvestri, stanley jordan, shawn lane, albert lee, larry carlton, brett garsed, dave martone, ron thal, bumblefoot, pierre bensusan, marty friedman, liquid tension, jordan ruddess, john scofield, eric johnson, bb king, t.m. stevens, stevie ray vaughan, nuno bettencourt, impellitteri, chick corea, mark whitfield greg bisonnette, victor wooten, chad wakerman, aerosmith, ac/dc, dave weckle, jennifer batten, virgil donnati, primus,jennifer batten, gary moore, dennis chambers, john petrucci, mr. big, megadeth, metallica, john williams (composer) sepultura, uncle moes space ranch, jing chi, skid row, dream theater, pat metheny, mike stern, scott henderson, dylan bible(who is my jazz guitar teacher and probably my biggest influence at the minute as he is changing the way i think about music completely....life was a lot easier till i met him ha lol...).
Sounds Like: i dont really know. i think i sound like a lot of people thrown into a blender. i jus dont know. ye tell me:)
Record Label: None/ but i would definitely like one

My Blog

Another Time Lyrics

Hey everyone, this is the first time i've put lyrics on one of my tunes, well i didn't write them, a mate of mine in Portlaoise wrote them and sang them. He's a very talented singer called Adrian 'O S...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:39:00 GMT

Guitar for sale

Washburn wg-587v, 7 string with floyd rose system, metallic red, mint condition. No reason for sale, i just don't play it cause i cant put down my Ibanez. As good as the day it was bought. I will take...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:12:00 GMT

My gear

Ok, people have been leaving me comments and messages asking me what gear i use so i thought id write up a blog and clear it all up. Starting with my guitar which is a hand made Ibanez prestiege RGT32...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:53:00 GMT

Prized posessions

Any one got any cool gear from gigs or musicians they met eg.............Plecs photos or even autographs? Please show pics. :)
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:22:00 GMT

Show your guitars

Any one got any cool, weird, beautiful or strange or even any type of guitars of any sort maybe youd like to show them here. Any type, colourful, brand or shape. Please post your pics. That woul...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:14:00 GMT