Fred Leduc is an adroit, enthusiastic guitar player from Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) who expresses his style as progressive jazz/rock fusion, as one can appreciate on his latest album, "When Two Worlds Meet".  His favorite guitars consist of a Fender Strat lonstare and a Fender Plus. Leduc has played guitar since 1989, and candidly acknowledges his career aspiration, "My goal is to have released a few more CDs through Deluc and even other projects. I want to have my home studio set up and also to have played around other countries other than Australia. I also will continue to create more powerful compositions."
When asked to name his number one effect for the guitar, Leduc answered back with, "Digital delay," and then cited his musicial goals, "The main theme is emotion and energy, to move someone and get their attention. Story lines within the music that are heard and related to. I love hidden ideas that you can't hear at the first listen, but stumble upon them down the track." He hopes to one day study with a well known composer ("It would probably be Sting to learn his tricks"), and is at this time listening to a lot of classical pieces, Sting's music, R&B grooves and Latin flamenco instrumental pieces. His utmost fulfillment? "To create new songs that are reacted to in a positive way. Also the great reviews i get about the Deluc album that feels amazing and satisfying," he affirms unquestionably.
 Leduc concludes by mentioning continuing and future undertakings in his own words, "I have finished material for the second Deluc CD that is completely different, it is based on the nylon string guitar and features a blend of ambient textures with Latin and R&B grooves. It will still have a high standard of playing of all instruments but this will be on hold until the end on this year or the beginning of the next. This is because of the lack of financing that I can obtain. Hopefully I can get some support from a label. I am about to begin the recording of another project that features 3 other musicians. The songs are composed mainly by myself but the vocalist also composes with me on other songs. The album will be vocal-based (not instrumental)."
Leduc's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes several recording projects (Deluc "8th Wonder", Deluc "When Two Worlds Meet", Deluc "Missing Motions").
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