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Carl Roa is a seasoned and consummate axe wielder currently based in Long Beach, New York (U.S.A.) who represents his playing style as instrumental rock, as a listener can readily appreciate on his most recent recording, "Heavy Meddle".  His most utilized guitar is a Fender Stratocaster (modified). Roa has been playing guitar since 1980, and straight from the shoulder discloses his career objective, "To compose, record, and perform my own music."
When asked to finally make public his ultimate effect for the guitar, Roa unflinchingly stated, "Delay," and continued by outlining his musicial goals, "With my compositions I try to tell a story, each tune should have a unique identity. With instrumental writing the listener is free to conjure up their own meaning to the music, so the song can mean something different to each listener." He eagerly hopes to, at some point, study engineering and production ("I'd like to get into hard disc recording"), and is presently listening to great music from Guitar Nine. His principal gratification? "Playing a gig and having people enjoy the music. It's a great feeling to be able to share the music with people and stir up an emotional response," he explains absolutely.
 Roa wraps up by mentioning current and approaching endeavors enthusiastically, by saying, "I'm in the process of writing music for the next record. We hope to start recording early in the new year."
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Carl Roa to guitarists such as Steve Morse, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Alex Lifeson, Eric Johnson and others.
Roa's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one solo album ("Eternity") and participation on a number of other recordings (Matt Cafissi "Heat Of Emotion", Matt Cafissi "All The Little Things", Music Of Hendrix "The Spirit Lives On Vol. 1", Michael Knight "Mechanica Diablo", Magic Elf "Heavy Meddle").
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
