Sean Joplin is a talented and nimble-fingered axe wielder currently based in Sunland, California (U.S.A.) who represents his playing style as melodic guitar oriented rock, as a music fan can now experience on his most recent recording, "Tales From Area 51".  His workhorse guitars consist of a Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 and a Paul Reed Smith Studio. Joplin has been playing guitar since 1987, and putting it simply, divulges his career objective, "I see myself writing and playing music that makes me, and hopefully others happy, and of course being able to support myself and my family. I am also working to expand my recording facility (Lion's Den Studios) and increase the amount of work done with other musical groups."
When requested to let slip his favorite or most used effect for the guitar, Joplin resolutely answered, "Delay - With various settings, you can get many different textures and moods," and then outlined his musicial goals, "My goal is to always be honest and just be me when I'm writing and playing. I'm a very upbeat and positive thinking person who thoroughly enjoys being happy and having a good time always." He maintains a desire to, at some point, study classical guitar ("I used to dedicate many hours every week to strictly classical guitar, but I haven't focused on that in the last year or so. Studying with Segovia while he was alive would be pretty cool, but I understand he could be a pretty tough teacher"), and is at the moment listening to the new Platypus CD with Ty Tabor ("one of my favorite guitarists") "Southern Steel" or "Coast to Coast" by Steve Morse, Mike Landau's "Tales from the Buldge" and Rik Emmett's "Ten Invitations". His principal gratification? "To stand in a room and show a new song to the band (Dreamland) and have each person add or modify their parts to reflect their styles, and have all of that come together is the greatest. To hear things that I wouldn't have thought of, that work really well and add depth to the song and arrangement, puts a huge grin on my face," he explains without hesitation.
 Joplin wraps up by noting long-term and forthcoming endeavors enthusiastically, by saying, "Always writing, and finalizing material for a follow up record to "Tales From Area 51", as well as nailing down show dates to support the current record. My musical day can range from sitting on a couch with an acoustic or classical guitar, to working up full on demos of new songs. The mood of each day will dictate what happens, but my goal is to play every day and experiment with new ideas."
Joplin's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one recording project (Dreamland "Tales From Area 51").
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