Steve Mac (US)
Steve Mac is a guitar player who plays acoustic primarily,rarely playing his electric. An extreme self taught technician, he uses six different techniques on guitar and touches upon eight different musical styles on this cd. A solo acoustic,creative,spontaneously recorded and concieved effort, his cd has twelve original,instrumental songs with four double tracked songs.
It is happy upbeat music that's fast paced and energetic. All tracks were done in one take, including the lead guitar tracks on the duets. Much improvisation is used, showing his ear for creating over a set of chord changes. Steve applies jazz improv skills to a variety of musical styles.
Guitar players will be impressed and stimulated to thought while listeners will enjoy a raw, honest, free-style and highly energetic blend of music.
A "fusion" of styles, his cd has elements of jazz,rock,bluegrass,blues,pop,metal,flamenco and classical. The different techniques include fingerpicking,alternatespeedpicking,sweeppicking,tapping,index-thumb duo and indexfingernail pick-sweep-&strum. It's like a lesson for guitar players but also a fun listen for all, an acoustic journey to the mountains hearing "high tech hillbilly fusion". The cd is titled "Acoustic Fusion in the Mountains". It's available on cdbaby.com. Some mean guitar playing here for sure. This is his debut recording of all originals.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I have no official band history, but I have jammed with some extremely talented and accomplished musicians over the years such as: jazz drummer Frank Pinto, one man band-Allan Chapman, guitarists Dave Caram, Al Pinto, Kevin Binder, George Haviland, Craig Stevens and keybourdist Henry Pico.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Have played at some parties and just starting to set up some dates.
Your musical influences
Guitar monsters of 60's and 70's rock and jazz rock fusion of 70's and up.
my biggest influences have been Les Paul, Jimi Hendrix, Buck Dharma, Ted Nugent, Randy Rhoads, and later John Mclaughlin, Al Di Meola, Allan Holdsworth, Frank Gambale, Stochelo Rosenberg, Leo Kottke,Doyle Dykes and Stanley Jordan to name just a few!
What equipment do you use?
A Yamaha FG-420-C cutaway acoustic primarily. I also have a superb quality electric Fernandez Stratocaster and an old 1965 Univox bass.
Anything else?
I can play guitar, Bass and drums but I'm best at guitar.
I'm currently improvising fast leads over jazz standard chord progressions.
I encourage "fusion" guitar playing, mixing whatever styles you love.
A solo acoustic player can be very impressive and musically thought provoking. Go indie musicians! persue your goals!Steve
