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Clark Colborn is an energetic, spirited guitarist from Rockford, Illinois (U.S.A.) who describes his style as instrumental hard rock meets metal/progressive/neo-classical, as documented on his latest release, "Clark Plays Guitar".  His guitars of choice include a Flying V and a beater Ibanez RG. Colborn has played guitar since 1968, and frankly affirms his career goal, "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 requested to name his preferred effect for the guitar, Colborn responded with, "Wah pedal," and submitted 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 would like to someday study fingerpicking, and is currently listening to Mattias "IA" Eklundh, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai and early hard rock/prog-rock. His greatest satisfaction? "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 answers indisputably.
 Colborn notes ongoing and upcoming projects thusly, "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 recording project (Clark Plays Guitar "Clark Plays Guitar").
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