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Mike Hidinger

Global? I'm Galactic

About Me

I am a guitarist and vocalist in upstate New York. I've been playing music for a long time. I started off with 5 years of lessons from master guitarist Matt Smith. My first band was the Kneedles with Jason Martin (check out his current band EVOLUTIONREVOLUTION). I played lead guitar for hard rock bands in high school and briefly attended Berklee College of Music. I dropped out of the music world for a few years in the 90s to help hold the universe together. Then I slowly started getting back into the scene and that's where I am today. In recent news, my song "Magic Triangle" has received airplay on RadioParadise.com and I've had 7 songs featured on EQX-Posure over the past few years.LAST NAME PRONUNCIATION: hide (as in hide and seek), ing (as in ring), grr (like a little growl)

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Member Since: 3/4/2006
Band Website: mikehidinger.com
Influences: The Beatles, Grateful Dead, the Police, Joan Jett, Sarah McLachlan, Foo Fighters, Indigo Girls, lots of other people too. As a guitarist my influences include Andy Summers, the Edge, Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Carlos Santana and many others.
Sounds Like: My influences can be heard in my music. A couple people have said my guitar solos sometimes sound like Carlos Santana. One friend said some of my songs sound like the Cure and Jane's Addiction. Hopefully I sound like myself too!
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Van Dyck Ghost Story

A few winters ago I had a strange experience at the Van Dyck.  It happened during an exceptionally cold stretch in January.  The weather was so cold that there were warnings in the weather r...
Posted by Mike Hidinger on Mon, 22 May 2006 08:41:00 PST