Guitar Player Magazine - Guitar Hero Competition
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Episodes
Edward Degenaro Interview
December 01, 2006 22:28We spoke with Ed before the show about his playing history, his fretless guitar, stealing Jaco licks, and burning cellos!
Joe Cefalu Interview
November 29, 2006 00:49Here's our exclusive interview with contestant Joe Cefalu backstage at Guitar Hero 2006.
Trey Alexander Interview
October 25, 2006 16:24Interview with Trey Alexander before the Guitar Hero Competition. He talks about his influences and playing style and his Father's inspiration.
Trey Alexander Performance - Winner
October 10, 2006 21:04Trey Alexander has always had a love for music, but he never expected the guitar would completely change and inspire his life. The first guitar he played was a decorative picked up by his father for their home. The old guitar provoked curiosity, and he picked it up and began to play. It didn't take long before he started playing melodies—as well as for his parents to realize he had a natural ear for music. Alexander entered his first guitar competition a few months later, and won first place....
Patrick Woods Performance - 1st Runner Up
October 10, 2006 21:03Patrick Woods is an instrumentalist and composer who specializes in fingerstyle guitar techniques. Based out of Winona Lake, Indiana, Woods has played to all types of audiences, from pre-schoolers to senior citizens. He has also opened for national and regional acts such as Guy Davis, Katie Reider, and Michael Kelsey, and enjoys sharing the stage with award-winning guitarists and icons such as Jason Dennie, Brian Henke, Jim Volk, and Eric Loy.
David Powers Performance - 2nd Runner Up
October 10, 2006 21:00Born and raised in the suburb of Westchester on the outskirts of New York City, David Powers has been a part of the tri-state music scene for quite some time, and has performed more than 500 gigs at some of the area's best venues. With influences that include everything from Stevie Wonder to Steve Vai to Led Zeppelin to Creed, Powers has become well-known and highly respected for his melodic and articulate, yet heavy guitar style. While floating in and out of various projects, Power's dream ...
Nathan Hahn Performance
October 10, 2006 20:58Nathan Hahn began playing guitar at age 13, trying to sound like the rock bands he heard on the radio. His parents bought him his first electric guitar for his 14th birthday, and he spent a good deal of the next few years learning various alternative rock songs by ear. A teacher at a local music store introduced him to lead-guitar playing, and although he stopped taking lessons after a few months, he had already gleaned the valuable basics of scales and improvisation. Hahn noodled around for ...
Sergei Roudzinski Performance
October 10, 2006 20:56Sergei Roudzinski was born in Leningrad, USSR, in January 1964. He first picked up guitar at the age of four, but really got interested when he was 16—practicing for up to 20 hours a day on his timing and picking technique. There were no method books or teachers to learn from—just a handful of enthusiasts who “discovered” certain things and shared their knowledge with friends. In 1992, Roudzinski played with one of Russia's national acts—Vladimir Rekshan's St. Petersburg—and recorded a CD wi...
Anton Tsygankov Performance
October 10, 2006 20:51Anton Tsygankov was born in Moscow, Russia, and is the son of an accomplished composer. He started to play music when he was 4, and began playing electric guitar at 14. In 1996, Tsygankov entered Gnesin's Musical College, and graduated in 2001 as a guitarist and singer. He also graduated from Moscow's Modern Art University in 2006. Tsygankov has been a nominee and prize winner in various competitions between 1999 and 2005: Third place winner in Buffalo's North American Rock Guitar Competitio...
Ron Locurto Performance
October 10, 2006 20:49Ron LoCurto has been a student of the guitar for more than 25 years. Cutting his teeth on heavy, guitar-driven rock—and studying jazz and classical guitar in college—he has forged his own unique style that encompasses all types of music from around the globe. Some career high points include recording Kaleidoscope (a fusion CD with some of the area's best musicians), performing with avant-garde drummer Bobby Previte and his Voodoo West ensemble, and partnering with Ravi Padmanabha to release W...
Joe Cefalu Performance
October 10, 2006 20:47Joe Cefalu was born in quiet suburbia on Long Island, New York. When he was 11, however, his family moved to the mean streets of Brooklyn, and into an apartment above a nightclub owned and operated by the mob. Cefalu witnessed many strange and interesting sights from his second story bedroom window—such as bar fights that spilled onto the sidewalk, brazen gun play, and random beatings. One night, his older sister and mother were accidentally dragged into a street brawl while returning home, a...
Edward Degenaro Performance
October 10, 2006 20:46Edward DeGenaro is a fusion guitarist whose “Nude Guitars” sound—a unique mix of bebop and metal stylings mixed with a whole lot of the DeGenaro personality—has been compared to the works of Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, and Steve Vai. DeGenaro's journey in music began in Germany, where he was born and raised. He studied cello at an early age, but quickly picked up the guitar as his instrument of choice for venting his artistic expression. After receiving a degree in Performance and Teachin...
Joshua Karickhoff Performance Video
October 10, 2006 20:38Joshua Karickhoff is not your average 15 year old. The guitarist/vocalist for the band Bluefire, Karickhoff is the oldest of three boys, and is an A student who has been home schooled since the first grade. In 1998, Karickhoff picked up his first guitar, and immediately had the desire to tear it up with monster shredding, amazing solos, and unheard-of techniques. He asked the names of the best guitarists in the world, and began to study players such as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, ...