David Valdes was born in the city of Malaga (Spain) the 14 of May of 1977. By causes of work of its parents they had to be transferred to Tarragona. It began to take his first steps like musician to the 13 years. Discovering an acoustic guitar in the closet of its father, it was become fond of to the guitar and music. Of not knowing how to play, David was able to discover what serious its passion, that was to play the guitar. David obtains his first amplifying and electrical guitar to the 14 years, at that time the music that it attracted to him was death metal and thrash, mounting its first band of death metal called WITCH. In the following David years it discovers the magic of Yngwie Malmsteen and its influences of J.S.Bach, Mozart, Beethoben and Chopin, next to brilliant they the Marty friedman and Jason Becker that made change him of style radically, next and putting each time but in this guitarristic style, discovers two essential videos of education for its race like guitarist which they were Vinnie Moore and Paul Gilbert, being become fond of thus to the style shred. At this time advancing musically, its Witch group went improving and got to make concerts by territory and part of Spain. David records his first demo in study with this group. After this time with Witch in its musical race since has collaborated with bands like OUIJA and BETWEEN THE FROST of style black metal. To part of these groups it has touched with bands of its city like NORDHIMEL, MEI DEI, WITCH and some projects. After discovering some styles but I show preference for heavy instrumental metal.
In 1994 first scale model his with records band WITCH, which recorded in their premises with micro and a cassete. Later this, it inter in band NORDHIMEL that style thrash metal, which they recorded one demo in a homemade study. While it play with NORDHIMEL he enter in another band called BETWEEN THE FROST of style black-death, in this group play the bass one was the first time that David recorded in a professional study and next the guitarist of the group leaves the band entering David like guitarist, doing enough shows by the zone.After to have sent its disc to but of 40 discograficos seals, completes sent copy went to stop at hands of the company Heavencross Rec. which has published the disc "Paradise Lost". David has left all the projects and groups that it had and have been centered in their great project like David Valdes.This CD is the one that David has recorded in its homemade study and also has been sending to all the label radios and magazines that have arrived at their hands. When Heavencross Rec. decides to publish this CD, it proposes changes to David, that were that the brilliant guitarist David T.Chastain masterized the recording and that in addition recorded a one more song so that the CD was a little but complete. David records a new song and it titles "Cacophony" dedicating to it his gods Jason Becker and Marty Friedman. This CD contains many influences of these two geniuses of the guitar, David Valdes has known to study very well this style being created licks and riffs of guitar leaving itself to influence totally by these guitarists. The seal Heaven Cross, proposes to David to participate in the second cd tribute to JASON BECKER in which David composes and records in study with the collaboration of Toni Castilla to drums, a song of 4 minutes for his god called "Temple In The Cellar" very influenced in the masterpiece of Jason Becker "Perpetual Burn".
yes 3 live shows to year, i like it is very very big moment for me
Well, groups to that I listen now are MESHUGGAH, KORN, COAL CHAMBER, MNEMIC, PANTHER, DAMAGEPLAN, SYMPHONY X, between others, and guitarists .. those that moore listen are GEORGE BELLAS, YNGWIE, MACALPINE, GREG HOWE, VITALIJ KUPRIJ, occasionally the " Perpetual Burn " JASON'S BECKER and already not moore because I do not have time
Power amp marshall 9200 100X100, Marshall cabinet stéreo 2x12 150W, preamp Marshall JMP-1, Efects Yamaha FX 900, efects Pandora PX3, Guitars Yamaha RGX-421 & RGX-420, Ibanez PGM-800, Kramer, ESP 7 Strings, Strings Dean Markley 09-42, Pics Dunlop U.S.A 1, 5mm.
David Valdes works at this moment in its new instrumental CD, 13 songs of pure technique and with overwhelming sound of guitar 7 strings, possibly it will be finished for end of September of the 2005.Finishes to film theCdactic DVD of David Valdes, in September the assembly in study will become and it calculates will be published at the end of this year. Shortly some fragments of the video were hung in the Web and a forum of questions will be opened.
