About the artist:
Blue Dexter is a London-based guitarist with a puerile obession for symphonic instrumental guitar music. When he is not playing guitar, composing or referring to himself in the third person - which frankly he does an awful lot - he is playing with dogs, stroking cats and just generally being a lovely lad.
Former Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley
(he's done lots more than Whitesnake obviously, but that's where I know him best) said:
"Dexter's music gets your attention and doesnt give you a chance to stop listening. An impressive unsigned talent waiting to be discovered."
Which is darn nice of him, considering the man is a thundering powerhouse of chuggy riffs, stylish-as-heck solos and powerful vocals. Thanks, Mel!
http://www.myspace.com/survival2
http://www.myspace.com/electricsymphonia
- Survival are a Dutch prog rock band led by female vocals and dripping with heavy keyboards, guitars and general anthemic attitude. At their request, I recorded guitar parts on to a fair number of their songs. Their album "Crusader" is scheduled for release soon, and I'd recommend you buy it even if I had no connection with it at all.
http://www.myspace.com/tommykonline
http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/tommykonline
- my ex-flatmate Tommy K recorded a mellow acoustic album and I recorded all lead guitars (and some synth). It's a complete departure for me, musically, and goes to show that I can enjoy prog guitar AND clean reverby stuff equally.
My newest projects are here on this page - a slew of new or reasonably new songs, all instrumental guitar aside from Walk By My Side, a vocal song dripping with solos. Fans of cool atmospheric playing should enjoy most of this stuff.
I got a Roland guitar synth a couple years back, which I find useful for capturing all the cliched wang that my brain disgorges. It's darn useful. I play a Jackson, although the only technical information I can offer is that It Is Blue. And a tiny bass that my stubby hands can master, and an acoustic guitar What Are Green. The stuff I use to clean my strings smells a lot like petrol, and I'm pretty worried about it.
MORE MUSIC WHOREDOM:
If you squint down to my top friends, you will see a guy in a natty hat labelled "Survival". I have already mentioned this, way up there, but by now you've doubtless fucked off, so I'll say what I please. I recorded about eight songs worth of guitar parts for his album, which is now released through Musea Records. If you can imagine Jon Lord and Jordan Rudess kidnapping Abba, before subsequently joining Europe and thieving Brian May, Dave Gilmour and half of Eddie Van Halen's little finger . . . yes? Imagining that? Well, it's a bit like that, and it was ruddy good fun to record for. Happily, there are still plenty of people who like harmonised guitar solos, operatic-type female vocals, great chord sequences and shamelessly made-for-stadium chorii.
I think that's about it. I chase melodies, and that's just about all I need, aside from hugs and love. I will not tell anyone to "Rock on", even as a joke, but I don't know how else to end all this writing.
Oh, christ. Rock on.
Sigh.