I am a Christian song writer / guitarist. I like all styles. You can hear a little bit of everything in my music. Hope you like. Feel free to leave comments or send messages, would love to hear any feedback.
Thank You,
Howard Kolb
Where do I begin. I have been playing on and off for a long time. (More off than on). In 1984 I played in a "metal" cover tune band, which was my first chance to play some leads. Then in 1986 I went on to play bass for Dethtoll, we were ahead of our time, very fast, lots of time changes. There were two official releases, we hit the top 10 in Frances metal charts. The music still holds up today. Members of Dethtoll went on to play for Gwar, Porn Flakes, and Social Decay. I started playing guitar in Groud Zero which quickly turned into Social Decay when I also took on the vocal job as well as one of the dual lead guitar slots. Social Decay played for three years with one offical release and many unofficial ones. It was at this time in 1995 when I started my engineering career. In 1998 when opening Indian Ridge Studios out in Delta, Ohio. I played bass for long time friends Kindred Idol. Great musicians. I had alot of fun playing with those guys. In 1999 I moved to Phoenix to open a studio with a buisness parther. Worked on various projects, Trench, Skippity Spank Jam. I worked on a bunch of electronic stuff for the next couple of years. In 2004 I was baptised as a Christian and wanted to be able to help reach people, so I picked up the guitar again. This time working on chops and theory. I am a big Yngwie, Jimmy Page, and Stevie Ray Vaughn fan so you can hear bits and pieces of them in my playing.
I did play with my church's children's ministry. But now that my daughter is here, that may have to go on the back burner for a while.
Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Al Dimeola, Larry Carlton, Billy Gibbons............
Mackie Traction
Reason 2.5
Soundforge 8.0
Waves 3.5 Platinum
Line 6 Tone Port UX2
Cad E-100
Cad E-200
Rode NT1000
Carvin C90E's
Its been a long time since I have felt the ability to write and record music. I know for a fact this is a gift from GOD. He keeps putting the right people in my path. Because of this I have decided to record a Christian Rock / Blues CD. I have no delusions about being a "rock star", but if my music reaches one person, then I've done something worth while. More to come.........
