Tolga Guven
A one-man project focusing on instrumental rock.
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Flight of the (Metal) Bumblebee Flight of the (Metal) Bumblebee
This is a personal (and heavy sounding) guitar arrangement of the famous work by the Russian composer N.Rimsky-Korsakoff.
I have been playing the guitar for 20 years as of 2008. I have been involved with various amateur (and sometimes semi-pro) hard rock/heavy metal bands playing cover tunes and/or original material in Istanbul, Turkey. My influences are diverse, ranging from melodic rock to classical music and from traditional Turkish music to jazz, but I mostly write and play rock-based instrumental material. What you will hear is a small part of my output (hopefully it will grow larger) as a guitar player/composer. My tunes are usually in the vein of Satriani/MacAlpine etc.Band/artist history
No band history, this is a one-man project that has evolved mostly in the digital recording domain. Please see above.Have you performed in front of an audience?I do not/ can not perform my original material live due to lack of musicians willing to perform instrumental rock music in Turkey. I have played live with different projects for various occasions in the near past.
Your musical influences
As long as rock music is concerned, I have mostly been influenced by 70s-80s players such as Ritchie Blackmore, (Gary) Moore, Randy Rhoads, Y.J. Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, (Vinnie) Moore, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Reb Beach ,Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Alex Skolnick, Joey Tafolla, Patrick Rondat, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Richie Kotzen, and Greg Howe. Recently I also enjoy and have been influenced by Guthrie Govan, Kiko Loureiro and Michael Romeo. Other influences include almost all Baroque and Romantic era composers from Bach to Chopin, bebopers like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Wes Montgomerry, Django Reinhardt, Jimmy Raney, Chuck Wayne, fusion players like Frank Gambale and "flamekeepers" like jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno or trumpeteer Arturo Sandoval.What equipment do you use?
Various guitars by different brands including Ibanez, Cort and Washburn. I play electric, acoustic and classical guitar and a little bass guitar as well. I mostly record direct with digital modellers (Digitech), but when I am playing live or while practicing, I prefer to play through my Mesa Recto preamp. I have a number of other preamps, analog stompboxes and effects processors.Contact
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