Cliff's Project
I am a guitarist, songwriter, and (not trained) studio guitarist. My wife and I colaborate on some songwriting, and I play guitar on many recording projects of almost every genre of music except for country. My wife writes Christian based lyrics for all of our music but I play on almost everything that I'm asked to as long as it's not really offensive.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Been playing since I was 19. I now teach guitar to about 10 students and do a lot of studio work.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I used to play in a Christian Metal band and played about 80 shows but as a family man, it was become too much of a strain on my family and my finances.
Your musical influences
I'm a huge fan of instrumental rock such as Steve Vai, Satriani, and more. I also like bands such as Megadeth, Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, Sevendust, Disciple, POD, and Pillar.
Also, I like some blues like Clapton, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Buddy Guy. I love 80's Pop and Hair Metal, but also modern Emo, Metalcore, and just about everything but Country. I even like Jazz, Reggae, and Techno.
What equipment do you use?
Peavey Wolfgang, Peavey Odessy, Epiphone Les Paul, and Ibanez acoustic.
Peavey and Line6 amplification with many effects from Boss, Rocktron, Digitech, and Line6.
Anything else?
Right now I am absolutely in love with Line6 products. All the tracks on this site were done with a Line6 FlextoneII amp direct lined in. These are only scratch tracks but I was pretty pleased with the tone I achieved with basically no time spent on trying to get a great sound. Most of the Rhythem guitars were an Epiphone Les Paul with EMG pickups and most of the lead stuff is the Peavey Wolfgang.
