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Vol. 13, No. 6: Dec.-Jan. 2008
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Neal Nagaoka Bio
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compiled by Guitar Nine Records
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Neal Nagaoka is a committed, dynamic guitarist from Los Angeles (California U.S.A.) who describes his style as instrumental shred, as demonstrated on his latest release, "The Second Coming".  His guitar of choice is an ESP Horizon. Nagaoka has played guitar since 1984, and clearly states his career goal, "To make a decent living playing music. Also to be teaching, to release several albums and to be touring everywhere."
When asked about his favorite effect for the guitar, Nagaoka replied, "Lexicon MPX-1 Reverb," and mentioned his musicial goals, "I want my audience to get a feeling of awe and satisfaction every time they hear my music." He would love to someday study the law of physics ("So I can understand why the G string goes out of tune everytime I slide on it really hard"), and is currently listening to a lot of instrumental music. His greatest satisfaction? "Every time I finish recording a new tune and every time I see one of my students improving as a player," he states unequivocally.
 Nagaoka lists ongoing and upcoming projects thusly, "I am teaching at GIT and I have recorded a few new tunes for my next CD. I am also in the process of assembling a band so I can better promote my CD. Another project I am planning is a CD with vocals. Last but not least, I will be doing some clinics around the LA area in the near future to help promote Vibro Tek's Double Whammy Tremolo Systems."
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Neal Nagaoka to guitarists such as Jason Becker, Vinnie Moore, Neil Zaza and others.
Nagaoka's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one solo album ("The Second Coming") and participation on another recording (Scott Hughes "Brown Bag").
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