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Clark Colborn is an expressive and adroit axe wielder currently based in Rockford, Illinois (U.S.A.) who represents his playing style as instrumental hard rock meets metal/progressive/neo-classical, as a music fan can now experience on his most recent recording, "Clark Plays Guitar".  His workhorse guitars consist of a Flying V and a beater Ibanez RG. Colborn has been playing guitar since 1968, and putting it simply, divulges his career objective, "I'm working toward being able to consistently sell 10,000 to 20,000 CDs per year, with a new one every 18 months or so. I am also working very aggressively toward filling medium sized venues (1,000 to 5,000 seats) in several overseas markets whenever we tour."
When asked to finally make public his favorite or most used effect for the guitar, Colborn unflinchingly stated, "Wah pedal," and continued by outlining his musicial goals, "I hope to create emotion in the listener, or to energize them.
When the melody and arrangement come together, a song can move the listener deeply, even without lyrics. Or make them just sparkle with energy. On my current CD I've aimed for euphoria, aggressiveness, contentment, and some other feelings as well. But I like the listener to decide what the song brings out in them, rather than what I think it should bring out in them." He maintains a desire to, at some point, study fingerpicking, and is at the moment listening to Mattias "IA" Eklundh, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai and early hard rock/prog-rock. His principal gratification? "Being a good father to my kids is my greatest satisfaction, but musically nothing beats the feeling that comes from playing a hot, tight set that drops the jaws of the audience, and sends them into a foot-stomping, chair-pounding roar for 'more!'," he explains absolutely.
 Colborn wraps up by noting long-term and forthcoming endeavors enthusiastically, by saying, "Most of my time right now is going into preparing a new band for the road, and trying to promote the current CD. I'm also squeezing in time to write and record material for my next CD, and work on my website."
Colborn's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one solo album ("Again") and participation on another recording (Clark Plays Guitar "Clark Plays Guitar").
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
