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Erik The Barbaric

Amateurs do it 'till they get it right. Pros do it 'till they can't get it wrong.

About Me

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I'm one of the most down to earth guys you'll ever meet, anyone will tell you. I'm pursuing my musical dream, and nothing will stop me. I'm a guitarist of 10 years, it's my one true love and passion. I've been through some rough shit, so all of you fakers and whiners out there, stop complaining; you don't know what hell is. To everyone who supports me and my goals, thank you. I can't express to you how good that feels to know I have friends and fans that want me to succeed. I love you all, even those of you I don't know yet!
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^^^^Michael Romeo of Symphony X is better then you and Avenged Sevenfold.
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What kind of guitar do you play?(model, brand, acoustic/electric etc.): ESP F-400, MusicMan Petrucci 7 string, B.C. Rich Warlock, Fender Strat, Gibson Goth V, Gretsch BST
How long have you been playing?: 9 years
Do you have lessons or are you self-taught?: lessons
Who/what inspired you to play the guitar?: Weird Al Yankovick
What's the best thing you can play?: Uhhh...I don't know.
What do you wish you could play?: Anything and everything
How would you rate your guitar-playing out of 10?: 6
What's the best website for guitarists?: Tabit.net
What's the best magazine for guitarists?: Whatever one you like.
What's the biggest problem you've encountered with your guitar?: Practicing like it's my job, 8 hours a day.
Are you in a band?: Yes, Vektor and an un-named powermetal project
Who do you think is the best guitarist of all time?: There isn't a best of all time,
Which song has your favourite guitar solo?: Probably Fatal Tragedy by Dream Theater
Which song has the best guitar riff of all time?: Spastic Ink - Multi-Masking
Do you think you look cool when you play guitar?(sorry, just can't resist): Of course, who doesn't?
What's your dream guitar?: I already own it, but my other would be my own signature series ESP or something like that...
Can you play a song by ear?: Yes.
What's the easiest song to play on the guitar?: Any greenday song.
What's the first song you ever played ?: I don't rememeber, that was 9 years ago.
What's the last song you played?: Afterlife - Dream Theater
How many hours a week do you spend practising?: Depends on what's going on. 10-15 usually. I should be doing at least 25, but I have so much shit going on that I can't.
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John Petrucci
You are John Petrucci! You are the lead guitarist for Dream Theater, one of the most underknown and underappreciated bands of the past 15 years. You are a pioneer to progressive rock, and an incredible musical composer. You have one of the widest scale ranges of all guitar players.
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You scored as Power Metalist. You love power metal the best, fantasy and dream-like lyrics are for you, don't bother if people say you are gay, power metal really is loud!

Power Metalist


83%

Progressive Metalist


75%

Heavy Metal/Old School


73%

Black Metalist


60%

Thrash Metalist


60%

Non-Metal


45%

Death Metalist


35%

Funeral Doom Metalist


17%
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My Interests

Music, Guitar, Video Games, My band, lovely ladies, my family and my friends.

I'd like to meet:

Hell, I'd like to meet anyone on this site who's cool. I would like to meet Dream Theater again, same with Symphony X. They are amazingly cool guys.

Music:

Progressive Metal, Melodic Metal, Heavy Metal, a little funk, and acoustic instrumental bands. Bands such as: Dream Theater, Symphony X, DragonForce, Adagio, Cellador, Shadow Gallery, Acoustic Alchemy, Spastic Ink, 3 Inches of Blood, Threshold, Liquid Tension Experiment, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Children of Bodom, Opeth, Slayer, Old Metallica, Death, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, 311, Primus, Stratovarius, Incubus, Nile, Mastodon, Judas Priest, Weird Al Yankovic, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Magnitude 9, Evergrey, Black Sabbath, Dio, Bathory, Winds, Jason Becker, Yes, Rush, Trivium, Boston, Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse, Helloween, Ratt, Poison, and of course more.

Movies:

Saw, Team America World Police, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, the Waterboy, Big Daddy, Sixth Sense, Signs, The original Star Wars trilogy, The Fifth Element, Jurassic Park series, Pirates of the Carribean, Finding Nemo, Highlander, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret of the Ooze, The other two Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles movies, Robotjocks, Bambi (don't make fun of Bambi, he rules!), Duck Tales, Rescuers Down Under, the Terminator series, both Mummies, UHF, the Harry Potter movies, Predator, Total Recall, and wow a bunch more...

Television:

Ed Edd and Eddy, Most Exreme Elimination Challenge, South Park, Family Guy, Dexter's Lab, Stargate SG-1, I think that's about it.

Books:

Harry Potter, A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, Dinotopia, The Book of Metal AANNNNNNDDDDDDD the dictionary...not really.

Heroes:

My mom, my Dad, and John Petrucci (guitar player from Dream Theater) AND SHANE GIBSON!!! And Adam Anderson for this quote:"A fucking band takes lots and lots of time. No amount of touring and recording is enough to make it as a band. The most important thing about a band is having fun while loving music. Once that stops, there is no band. Fuck being a bussiness fuck all that, if your not having fun with your best friends and life partners, then dont even try."

My Blog

Starting a power/progressive metal band, who's in?

Who wants to start a power/progressive metal project? Somewhere along the lines of Helloween, Symphony X, Blind Gaurdian, and DragonForce style. No this doesn't mean I'm quitting Vektor, but I am star...
Posted by Erik The Barbaric on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:37:00 PST

Guitar lessons! WHO WANTS SOME?!?!

I've started giving guitar lessons and I'm looking for new students to teach!!! I focus on beginning and intermediate players. My specialties are Rock, Jazz, Metal, and Blues guitar (acoustic and elec...
Posted by Erik The Barbaric on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:51:00 PST