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Yngve

The official page, not a fan page...unfortunally..

About Me

English:
Hi, and welcome to my corner of MySpace! My name is Yngve and I'm a guitar player/ teacher born and bred in Norway. I live in Rouen, France with my wife (who's french) where I work as a guitar teacher at the district's largest private music school (see link, in French).
A little background info: I started playing when I was 12, and I've been playing ever since, a lot for certain periods, somewhat less other periods. I started taking lessons from day one, and I've done music studies in Norway and in France. I listen to lots of different stuff. I started out listening to rock and metal, but discovered blues, jazz and classical music pretty soon. Now I listen to anything I like, regardless of style.
I've been on and off in several bands during my guitar playing years - some pop, some rock, some metal, some prog, some top 40 and a little bit of jazz, blues and reagge. I've been giving guitar lessons for about 15 years now, full- and part time. I've also been giving quite a few bass lessons and I love to play the bass from time to time, even though Mr. Clarke, Sheehan, Hamm and Myung needn't fear anything.
The songs I've listed have all been made on a Boss BR 864 8 track recorder; all drums are the integrated drum machine, all bass is me playing either a real bass (4 or 5 string), a Gretch baryton guitar or in the worst case a Boss bass modeler with a standard guitar. Hope the songs are kinda enjoyable and that the sound isn't TOO bad... Feel free to comment, but bare in mind that it's not recorded in a professional studio and that it's basically just me having fun and making bricks out of straws...
Anyway; feel free if you want to drop a comment, discuss music and equipment, introduce me to your own music or invite me to a concert/ event. And if you live near Rouen and need a guitarist or a guitar teacher do not hezitate to contact me! If I'm not the only one, I'm certainly one of very, very few guitar teachers in Normandy who speaks English (not to mention Norwegian...).
Français:
Salut, je suis un guitariste/ prof. de guitare d’origine norvégienne, et j’habite à Rouen. Je travaille comme prof. de guitare dans l’École De Guitare De Rouen, www.apprendrelamusique.fr
J’ai commencé de prendre des cours de guitare quand j’avais 12 ans (et ça ce n’était pas hier, j’ai 34 ans), et j’ai donné des cours de guitare depuis 15 ans maintenant, plein temps et mi- temps. J’aime bien beaucoup des styles différents, et j’ai joué dans des groupes du rock, pop, métal, fusion, blues reagge et un tout petit peut du jazz.
Les chansons que j’ai affiché ici sont des bêtises que j’ai fait avec mon huit pistes Boss BR 864, donc ce n’est pas des enregistrements « professionnelles ». Mais n’hésite pas de me dire qu’est ce que t’en pense.
Sinon, si t’as besoin d’un guitariste/ prof. de guitare autour de Rouen, n’hésite pas de me contacter !

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/22/2006
Band Website: apprendrelamusique.com
Band Members: Just me
Influences: Guitar players who's influenced me one way or another during my life:

Jeff Beck
Brett Garsed
Jimi Hendrix
Pat Metheny
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bill Frisell
Steve Lukather
Hiram Bullock
Ace Frehley
Marius Müller
Al DiMeola
Steve Vai
Frank Zappa
Andy Timmons
Joe Satriani
Jimmy Page
Gary Moore
David Gilmour
John McLaughlin
Vinnie Moore
Zakk Wylde
Robin Trower
Kenny Burrel
Richie Blackmore
Jim Hall
Joe Satriani
Joe Pass
Steve Morse
Eddie Van Halen
Paul Gilbert
Keith Richards
Mark Knopfler
The Edge
Michael Landau
John Scofield
John Petrucci
Alex Skolnick
Nils-Olav Johansen
Terje Rypdal
Paco DeLucia
Eivind Aarset
Larry Carlton
Ronnie LeTekro
John Jorgenson
Jerry Donahue
Will Ray
Eric Johnson
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Scott Henderson
Adrian Legg
George Benson
etc...

Sounds Like: Crap
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Blade Texas Standard Pro

Just bought a new guitar, a Blade Texas Standard Pro, and wanted to share my opinion.Blade is a Swiss guitar mark established by American guitar maker (and innovator) Gary Levinson. Innovator because ...
Posted by Yngve on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:24:00 PST

Merry xmas!

Merry christmas and happy new year to everyone!!!
Posted by Yngve on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:36:00 PST

New song -

Hi! For anyone who might be interested, I've finally managed to post a new song, with the descriptive title "Slow & Boring". It was, as usual, recorded on my Boss BR - 864, using only my nice - so...
Posted by Yngve on Fri, 11 May 2007 05:02:00 PST

Yamaha

Just bought a new guitar, a Yamaha Pacifica 612V. Beautiful, black transparent finish, alder body with flamed maple top, a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge (with split - function), Grover locking tuner...
Posted by Yngve on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:06:00 PST

Michael Kelly Guitars

... anyone tried them? I recently tried a couple of them, and I must admit that a part of next months salary is in huge danger!!! Beautiful to look at, lovely to play, great sound, stayed tuned, and s...
Posted by Yngve on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:06:00 PST