Hi, my name is Bagus Nugroho and my Influences are Greg Howe, Jason Becker, Joe Satriani, Tony Macalpine, Joey Tafolla, Steve Vai, Marty Friedman, Michael Lee Firkins, Todd Duane, Darren Housholder, Shawn Lane, Steve Morse, Allan Holdsworth, Brett Garsed, Guthrie Govan, Yngwie Malmsteen and many more. It may come as a funny story to tell. Thinking back at it makes me laugh like a loony. I started playing guitar due to the frustration I had in my job that time. I was an amateur in a football club I joined since I was still 12. It was a tough competition to go to the first team and signed professional since there was a culture of those with talent and skills (like me) may not be selected if they have not enough money to "contribute" to the coaches. It changes me, I started playing guitar then. I can only borrow an accoustic guitar from a friend, I learned to play guitar without any desire to be a big-named guitar player since I cannot play guitar at all. I just tried to do my best in it, for me or others to enjoy hearing the play. Then I joined a band during my highschool days, we tried to play rocks by rust, helloween, Yngwie, Megadeth, Extreme, and other genres like Incognito, etc. Now, I'm still into guitaring and continuously learning to play despite working on days and attending college study at nights. I try to allocate at least an hour or two to play the guitar everyday. Until now, I recorded 4 demos. It was out of nothing, with no certain desire. Just because I wanted to hear my play. It appears that I still need a lot more to learn, hahaha.... Maybe in the near future I would record ALL demo or maybe i will release my own cd. Wish me luck!!
