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Victor Yong

Stolen Moments

About Me

With over 20 years of experience under his belt, Victor is working as a session player locally. Because of his vast influences from all genres of music, it enables him to be extremely versatile. As a result he has played in music ranging from classic Latin to Jazz to Motown or Techno-Pop to Heavy Metal. He is available for hire for any session gigs - Live or Studio. Victor is known for his professionalism. He learns fast, reads music and possessed a very good ear but most of all, he is friendly, easy to get along with and accountable.Do catch his performances listed on this site and for more info, do visit his website:www.victoryong.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Website: victoryong.com
Band Members: Solo - Session guitarist available for Studio and Live work.
Influences: Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa, Sonny Rollins, Eric Johnson, Scott Henderson, Lenny Breau, Steve Vai, Paquito D'Rivera, Pat Metheny, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley, Shawn Lane, John Coltrane, Django Reinhardt, Jean Luc Ponty, Bird and Diz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Baden Powell, Yamandu Costa, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tony Williams, Chet Atkins, Tito Puente, Rosenberg Trio, Ed Bickert, Manhattan Transfer, 60's Barbra Streisand, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Billie Holiday, Elmore James, Ritchie Blackmore, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Winter, 70's Alice Cooper, Tower of Power, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Earth, Wind and Fire.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

In the night mp3

This mp3 is actually a video of Hard Rock band Live She Cries performing on Canada Day 2005. Unfortunately, the video cam was left on a stand far away without zooming in rendering the video useless an...
Posted by Victor Yong on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:52:00 PST

Recording (Finally!)

Hello,It's been that long but I have finally drag myself into the studio and got two songs down today. It's not perfect but as usual I learnt the mistake of not preparing myself well before recording ...
Posted by Victor Yong on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:25:00 PST

Vacation

Come May, I will be heading back to Malaysia for a nice but short vacation on the 4th and return on the 26th. It has been 3 1/2 years since my last visit. This will be an exciting trip as my humble pl...
Posted by Victor Yong on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:04:00 PST