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Rob Balducci is a passionate, self-motivated guitarist from Queens, New York (U.S.A.) who describes his style as instrumental rock blending progressive, hard rock and fusion, as documented on his latest release, "Mantra".  His guitar of choice is an Ibanez Custom Rob Balducci RG Model. Balducci has played guitar since 1981, and openly affirms his career goal, "To be posibly producing musicians. To be a successful songwriter and guitarist."
When prompted to reveal his preferred effect for the guitar, Balducci responded with, "Delay," and offered his musicial goals, "All my compositions have meaning. None of my songs are filler tracks for my albums. Each one makes you feel certain emotions and I try to convey what I was feeling when I wrote the song, whether it be sadness or anger or fear. " He would love to someday study engineering, and is currently listening to Tool, Scott Henderson and Metallica. His greatest satisfaction? "My greatest satisfaction is completing my vision for my compositions and seeing them come alive in the studio," he states unambiguously.
Balducci notes ongoing and upcoming projects thusly, "I always try and come up with new song ideas. I carry around a small tape recorder just in case I come up with a melody or riff I will hum it into the recorder. What's next? I am currently getting ready to release my follow up to "Balance" entitled "Mantra". "Mantra" was just recorded at Avatar studio in NY and is produced by Ben Fowler. You can hear samples on my website: www.RobBalducci.com."
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Rob Balducci to guitarists such as John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Zakk Wylde and others.
Balducci's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes several recording projects (Michael Knight "Mechanica Diablo", Strings 24 "Speak").
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
