Denis Taaffe is a consummate and seasoned musician/guitarist currently based in Bloomington, Indiana (U.S.A.) who denotes his playing style as modern rock guitar instrumentals, as a music fan can hear on his most recent recording, "Modern Guitar Vol. 4".  His workhorse guitars consist of a Jackson Stealthex and a Schecter. Taaffe has been playing guitar since 1978, and putting it simply, relates his career objective, "To continue to evolve my style and make/release guitar recordings I enjoy, Work with band."
When requested to let slip his top choice for an effect for the guitar, Taaffe resolutely answered, "Tube overdrive," and then outlined his musicial goals, "My goal is to create music that captures "magical" moments and leads into new directions." He maintains a desire to, at some point, study fingerpicking and classical guitar, and is at the moment listening to Tangerine Dream, Sinead O'Connor, Eric Johnson, Iron Maiden and Phillip Glass. His most important gratification? "Developing my own guitar style and compositional style," he explains without hesitation.
 Taaffe winds up by mentioning long-term and forthcoming endeavors insightfully, by saying, "Kradl guitar pick instructional CD, second CD with band, solo electric guitar gigs (loops,etc.), gigs with band to support CD."
Taaffe's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes several solo albums ("Modern Rock Guitar Vol. 1: Abducted By Aliens", "Alien Guitar: Modern Rock Guitar Vol. II", "Modern Rock Guitar Vol. III", "Modern Guitar Vol. 4").
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