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Dave Kulju is a driven and seasoned musician/guitarist currently based in Rochester, New Hampshire (U.S.A.) who denotes his playing style as instrumental progressive rock, as a music fan can hear on his most recent recording, "Abstract Expression".  His workhorse guitars consist of a Neil Bryan Custom Guitar Model NBC-P and a Model NBC-T. Kulju has been playing guitar since 1982, and unreservedly relates his career objective, "As an indie playing instrumental progressive music I have to be
realistic about the degree of commercial success I'll achieve. So I
focus on being best musician/composer I can, recording and engineering
my works as well as possible, and then trying to get the product of
that labor out into my niche market with viral marketing. From there
I'm content to let the chips fall where they may."
When requested to let slip his top choice for an effect for the guitar, Kulju resolutely answered, "TC Electronics G-Force," and then outlined his musicial goals, "To express a greater range of emotions and ideas, in greater shades and
nuances." He maintains a desire to, at some point, study orchestration, and is at the moment listening to Echolyn, Hydria Spacefolk, Steve Morse, Andy Summers, and Niacin. His most important gratification? "Compstion and arranging," he muses without hesitation.
Kulju winds up by mentioning long-term and forthcoming endeavors insightfully, by saying, "I'll be recording a follow up to "Abstract Expression", work on a new Electrum
album, and perhaps start a space rock project with an eye to doing more
live playing."
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Dave Kulju to guitarists such as Alex Lifeson and others.
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
