Dave Odegaard
Dave Odegaard, an instrumental guitarist in the vein of Jeff Beck and Joe Satriani. Dave Odegaard recently released a new CD, SECOND ATTENTION, on August 7, 200
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Anomaly Anomaly
An intense techno-rock pulsation of electric energy that weaves itself through weighty grooves backed by salacious solid beats.
Extreme Extreme
An exciting mid tempo rock instrumental track featuring guitars backed by solid bass and drums.
Lucid Lucid
Big riffs with unorthodox guitars and interweaving sonic textures backed by heavy drum groove with funky bass lines.
Hallucinations Hallucinations
SHORT SAMPLE ONLY. A mysterious slow/mid tempo rock track featuring big guitars with sythn bass and heavy drums.
Dave Odegaard is a guitarist/composer who has gained notoriety from his latest release, SECOND ATTENTION. Various songs from his cd can be heard in tv shows, dvd documentary and movies such as; ABC Family's #1 rated show WILDFIRE, Full Circle the Nate Adams documentary, Keen Footwear, This is the Sea 2, Red Bull Driver Search and various corporate videos.
On Second Attention, Dave imparts the ultimate mix of progressive rock, bleeding guitar ballads and a rocking alternative to toe-tapping, finger-snapping, head-banging jams that move the listener through an aural trip of impassioned imagery.
Currently, Dave divides his time by writing music for his next cd and music production libraries as well as performing with his own band and the band STILL, (Wade Biery), www.stillmusic.com
In addition to his solo release, Dave has released his old band's CD Arctic Fire. The cd is for sale at www.cdbaby.com/arcticfire .
Look out for the new solo CD in late 2006.
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The following interview was done with an Argentina web-zine called Nucleus on September 2004. http://www.nucleusprog.com.ar
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--------- EXTREME LUCIDITY ------ By Sergio Vilar
Interview with the guitarist Dave Odegaard, One of the big revelations of the year.
?? In the first place and for those that don't still know you, who Dave Odegaard is?
Hello everyone! Well first of all I'd like to thank you for this opportunity. For those of you who don't know me I am an instrumental guitarist/composer of many styles. I'm from the Los Angeles area in California and have been playing guitar for about 24 years now. I've worked with many local bands and worked as a session player throughout my career. In August 2004, I released my debut solo CD, Second Attention. I will be doing many shows in the US to support this album.
?? How would you describe your music?
Well the music on this album is an amalgamation of Rock, Metal, Techno, Blues, Industrial and Country. Throughout the album you will hear Techno and Industrial grooves which lay the foundation to most of the songs. The guitar playing in this album has a lot of focus on tone and spontaneity to the solos.
?? Which would you say that they are your more direct musical influences?
I have had many musicians influence me in a way that have developed me into who I am today. Just to name a few would be Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Pat Metheny, Steve Vai, Michael Landau and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
?? Second Attention a very varied album is as for its structure, was something premeditated or did it arise spontaneously? How did you work the part of composition of the tracks?
The songs on the album were somewhat premeditated. I knew that I wanted to fuse Techno/Industrial elements together with Rock. I wanted to also go back to playing guitar aggressively with a reckless abandon attitude. I feel that in the instrumental guitar genre, some of the guitar playing today has become extremely technical precision oriented and along the way guitar players have lost the attitude or edge. Shredding has its place and can be perceived as aggressive if done right but I believe to play a single note in a unique and personal way is far more impact full. For me personally, I like to hear players that have a "Just Go For It" mentality and not worry about if they are playing with accurate precision with each note. With that in mind, compositions for the materials on this album started out by jamming to drum and bass grooves that I had laid down and hit record to capture my ideas. From there I would take bits and pieces that jumped out at me and then try to recreate everything in more structured song format. Towards the end of the recording of this album I wrote this one particular song, Love & Compassion, on a Dobro guitar which was totally nothing like the others. It has a Country feel to it but I absolutely loved it and wanted to find a place for it in the album. I figured I should try to write something that segued nicely into that song. With that decision, I came up with this spontaneous intimate solo piece on slide guitar called, Remember. That was one of those magical moments where the melody just came pouring out. It's a good thing that I had hit the record button before I started playing.
?? Could you give me a brief description of each song?
Sure can. The first track, Anomaly, is a heavy groove driven song with dirty synthesizers and techno drums mixed with John Cardoso's drumming driving the tune. The guitars have this tweaked out envelope filter tone and has a quite a bit of slide playing in that song.
The second track, Extreme, is a fun song that has a lot of guitar licks constructed in a question and answer manner. The guitar solo to that song was taken from the early demo version. I had recorded many different solos but kept on coming back to the demo solo so I decided to relearn the original demo solo and go with that one.
Track three, Endless Journey, has a spacious New Age kind of feel to it. It has very big and spacious synth pads that underline the song. The guitars are very melodic during the verse and then during the B-section it just kind of goes wacko with a ring modulator and a wah pedal. The solo was totally improvised and I believe what's on the album is the second take except for the fast tapping run that I do at the climatic part of the solo.
Track four, Second Attention, the title track has an interesting story to it. Back in August 2000 my friends John Cardoso, (drummer who played on this record and will be performing with me), Stefano Valdo, (bassist) and I got together to work on some stuff I was writing at the time. We had our gear setup in John's garage and also had everything miked up so we would be able to record the sessions. We would typically start the day off by jamming for a while and get warmed up before we would work on my tunes. This particular afternoon I just started playing the opening riff and John and Stefano jumped right in with their parts and next thing you know we were writing this song spontaneously. It was pretty amazing. When we were done we all looked at each other and knew we had just done something really magical. What you hear on the studio version is basically a polished up version of the jam session version. The arrangement, drums, bass and segments of the guitar are the same.
Track five is Lucid. The song kicks in with John's double kick drum solo with big guitar power chords sliding in and out. The bass has some slapping going on to lend a funky vibe. That song harmonically is very static but the guitars have a lot going on with melody and counter melody thus giving the song movement.
Track six is Hallucinations. This song is a laid back heavy metal kind of song. It's got big guitar riffs that are very rhythmic and a wild solo section with an envelope filter and wah combined to get a nasty, screaming tone. The outro of the song just builds with the main guitar riff repeating and on top of that there's feedback, whammy bar fluttering and E- Bow guitars swelling in notes to a climactic ending.
Track seven, Remember, is an intimate solo piece with a bluesy vibe to it. That was played with a slide and envelope filter. Basically, I wrote this song as I was recording it. I was playing around with the main melody and decided to hit record and just wing it. Everything about that song just came naturally, it all flowed nicely.
Track eight is Love and Compassion. That song came about from just noodling on my Dobro guitar. I had the arpeggiated riff worked out so I recorded that first then over dubbed a melody that I came up with as I was recording. The song is very country and is nothing like the others but I had to put it on the album. I think it gives the album a nice contrast and gives the listeners ear a break from loud, screaming guitars.
Track nine, Ramblin' Cat is a futuristic blues tune. It's got a Techno groove underlying the song with Dobro and electric slide guitars playing a reoccurring riff/melody. The solo was done on the Dobro guitar with the mic set up on the 2nd floor of my house to pick up a natural room reverb. Wade Biery, a friend of mine and singer/songwriter of STILL, plays bass on this song and really gave the song the extra push and groove that it needed.
And for the final track on the album is Spectral Dimensions. This song is very groove oriented with a double stop riff as the main theme of the song. The guitar solo is a trade off solo where one section I play with a screw driver in place of a pick to get a squealing effect on the notes. Overall the song has a Matrix kind of vibe to it.
?? Were you looking for some sound in particular when you began to write the material?
I always found Techno and Industrial music to have interesting grooves and a unique sonic quality so I decided that combining that with some big guitars would make for an interesting sounding album. As for the sounds of the guitars on this album, like many guitarists, I was searching for new tones by trying out many different pieces of gear but always came up short. I always envisioned big fat guitar tones like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix. I ended up changing my string gauge from 10s to 11s to achieve a fatter tone. It definitely helped but boy was that painful for a while until my fingers got used to bending such heavy gauge strings.
?? Does an artistic or aesthetic concept exist in particular that you want to express through the music?
I would say that the most important concept that I want to express through my music is the uniqueness of ones self and having an identifiable voice. I believe that comes from really being in touch with your inner self. My belief is that if you look deep down inside, focus and listen, you can finBand/artist history
Born in San Diego, I moved to Japan at the age of 5, and came back to Los Angeles in 1988, where I attended G.I.T. After GIT I continued my musical career working with many local bands, and various artists. Working as a studio musician and sideman, I have had the fortunate opportunity of playing with many notable musicians such as Lex Lang (famous voice over/actor/musician), The Velvet Box, Ron Wikso (drummer with Foreigner, Cher, Richie Sambora, many others), Chris Frazier (drummer for Steve Vai & many others), Mark Zonder (drummer for Fates Warning), and Wade Biery (bassist/singer for Still, Leanne Rimes, Carlene Carter and The Turtles).Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes, mostly in New York and Los Angeles. I love to perform live, it really keeps you on the edge and I thrive off of the uncertainty of a live performance.
Your musical influences
Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Vai, Michael Landau, Joe Satriani, Joni Mitchell and the list can go on and on.What equipment do you use?
I endorse Fernandes Guitars, Morley Pedals and Ebtech Audio. For amps I use a Marshall plexi, Fender Twin Reverb, Peavey Wiggy, and 1950 Harmony Amp. I also use a variety of pedals and rack gear. For pics of my gear and studio goto my site at www.daveodegaard.com and click on Gallery.)Anything else?
If you are interested in purchasing my new cd, goto my website at www.daveodegaard.com and click on STORE.
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Comments (11)
Just Dropping by to Wish you a Great Holiday season. Cheers, from Todd and Agenda.
Hi Dave,
Thanks for your last message,sorry i've been away for a while working on new songs.hope you are still making your great music. Just to let you know I am asking all my SC friends to help me with a song competition I am In, that ends this week ! If you can spare a minute to play my song [Does it Really Matter] It's doing very well and a few more plays should win it for me. Please let me know if I can help you with anything now or in the future,if you would like to play the song, please go to this music site.
www.overplay.com/tammac
I really appreciate it
Tam..
Hi Dave, just heard oyur song 'Extreme' is one of the best things i've heard on Soundclick, love the production, nice tones of Jeff Beck, can't wait to hear your other stuff, EXCELLENT !!!,It would be great if you could check out our song 'Rush Hour' all the best Tam and the Giants.
WOW you rock majorly!!!!!!!! Just added "Anomaly" to my station and will listen to more too!
Excellent playing, amazing grooves!
Cyndee, electric violin
Really enjoyed listening to 'Anomaly'. Mightily mpressive fretboard finery!
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