Bio

I am a guitar teacher by profession, as well as a guitarist/composer, currently forming a band. If you are in the area, and play an instrument, and are interested, please feel free to contact me, or, if interested in GUITAR LESSONS, please send an e-mail to: [email protected] My musical background: I began playing the guitar at age ten, but did not get remotely serious/motivated/inspired until age 17, when, owing much to a rigorous 5 hour daily practice-routine, I finally progressed to playing some leads and composing more intricate music by incorporating newly acquired knowledge of various scales, techniques and concepts learned through taking lessons, practice and experience, not to mention multi-tracked experimental recordings. For as the noble Frederic Chopin once said, "Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two..." Shortly thereafter, I took up classical guitar lessons, partly in preparation for music school, but mainly out of, honestly, a long-procrastinated interest to play classical guitar. But all of that, it appeared, would soon change, at least for the time. For on June 14, 2005 I literally woke up with symptoms of nerve damage (precisely one day after commencing my first music class at Music-College, I kid you not). This medical condition was soon to affect both wrists and both elbows (bilateral cubital tunnel as well as carpal tunnel syndromes). I am currently amidst a process of physical recovery and, hopefully soon, complete recovery. Hence, I still have some physically challenges/difficulties as relates to guitar-playing (unfortunately), but the good news is that it appears to be gradually (and very slowly) improving. These demos were all recorded entirely on ANALOG tape (before being transferred to cd/mp3/etc. via a computer) --yes, that means there was no digital editing, cutting and pasting of parts or anything like that--everything you hear is genuinely as it was played. For those interested in learning more about guitar lessons, please send an e-mail to: [email protected] For updates, be sure to go here: [link="http://www.myspace.com/gladiusmusic"] www.myspace.com/gladiusmusic [/link] Thanks for listening and for the support! Andrew Connors