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- Last Activity:
- Jun 22, 2011 at 02:00 AM
- Member Since:
- Feb 2, 2010
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Interests
- Interests:
- Guitar.A and G harmonicas.Writing music or scenarios inspiring me to compose music.Psychology.Esoterism and symbolism.Yoga.Animals.Creating concepts.Meeting musicians all the time, even when the work is a h**l, as I love when a team overcome something looking like impossible.
- Hobbies:
- Late BBQs jamming.Being an eternal passionate kid.Obsession of taking little notes each time a feeling or situation inspires a sound or melody.Laughing and being a clown.
- Television:
- I'm not so fan of that crazy box.
- Movies:
- I love David Lynch, Woody Allen, other ones for sure but not in mind right now.., Roman Polanski(the ninth gate is one of my top 10 movies)
- Music:
- impossible to name them all.Son House, Doctor Ross, John Coltrane, Johnny Winter, Arvo Pärt, Pink Floyd, Frank/Dweezil Zappa, Black Sabbath, Steve Vai, Janes Addiction, Type O Negative, Dead Can Dance, King Diamond, Joy Division, Ozzy Osbourne, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Miles Davis, Paco De Lucia, motorhead, Ennio Morricone.Er, let's stop here!
- Books:
- Swâmi Vivekânanda.Book of Secrets by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.Tolkien.Anton LaVey.Greek, Egyptian, African and Norse Mythology.Robert Bloch.So many others...
- About me:
One life, one labyrinth.
Blog Posts
a link to an unexpected acoustic & electric guitar solos session..Explanation..
Chris Menta wrote on Feb 14, 2010 at 07:18 PM
There is something that I will never understand. I of course cannot generalize, so I will speak about this curse that is in my own country :Rock'n Roll is about freedom. You hear them claiming about breaking all musical dogmas, however they replace them by other ones. I make music to reflect my moods, my theatrical dreams and fantasies.A kind of music is a mood, you are different every day. React differently than them with those mediums and you will be the black sheep. This is o...Read more
Guitar Solos link from a demo. I never wanted to use GuitarRig,but tonight...
Chris Menta wrote on Feb 9, 2010 at 05:21 PM
"Yeah right, gimme some tubes and turn off that @!!$#?!# !!"
That's approximately what I was saying each time :D ..Except 2 hours ago..
The story starts with a big rush. The band I've made a session with had to send the demo to their record label, and time was so short. When they called me, all I had was my guitar and a jack, this was impossible to run back to my studio and record the parts in the right timing.
I felt what they were going to propose me, and they felt I was going to b***h a...Read more
Presentation of myself, and a tribute to teachers and mentors
Chris Menta wrote on Feb 3, 2010 at 02:52 AM
Howdy everyone !My name is Chris, I am French living in the south-east part of France, moving soon to Texas.The story and constant 'quest' of my life is about materializing the deep passion into art, and this is a pleasure to have registered to this excellent website!I play guitar for 20 years, and I will share with you what brought me to my personal path. I'm in a writing mood, here's my story :I was a 15 years old shy kid,basically learning by myself,playing by ear with my favorite tapes li...Read more
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Hi Chris, if you are interested in being kept updated about our new recording projects (Zonic Entertainment - various Zappa alumni: Tommy Mars, Arthur Barrow, Don and Bunk, the Fowlers, Vinnie Colaiuta, etc), just drop me a line to join our email news bulletins: jon.larsen@getmail.no
Yours,
Jon Larsen
guitar/composer/producer
Thank you Chris I really appreciate that
Have you and your best friend Marlboro made it here safely??
the only thing I fear about that flight, is to cannot speak with my best friend Marlboro ! :D
Chris,
I know you are super busy but just wanted to tell you to have a safe journey tomorrow and I welcome you to our diverse and lovely country!
peace~~Mars xxx ?????????????