Adam Denhoff
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Melodic Fusion/Shred Dominates Class Project
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Now this is a good demo, especially considering. Considering what? Well, considering New Yorker Adam Denhoff is only eighteen years old (although he has six years of guitar playing behind him now). Also considering the demo was recorded as an end-of-the-year project for seniors at his high school. The four melodic fusion/shred tracks on his demo CD-R display the work of a more-than-proficient guitarist, as Denhoff rips it up over fairly simple drums and synth backing tracks. He wrote and recorded the demo as a showcase for his guitar abilities and it succeeds nicely on that level. "Cinderella's Libido" is set ablaze with furious legato licks, while "Yacht Cruise" sets sail for the Land of Shred, Denhoff supplying the energy with slick, lightning guitar work (shades of Greg Howe and Frank Gambale). Compositionally of course, Denhoff has room to grow, but that's the thing - he's only eighteen. No problem there. We'll be hearing a lot more from Mr. Denhoff as he progresses over the next few years.
Adam got started in music at the age of 10 on piano, but Guns 'n' Roses music is what turned him on to the six string. He started taking guitar lessons at age 12, learning power chords and Nirvana tunes. Later, he took lessons from a session player, Tomas Cataldo, who introduced Adam to guitarists such as Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth, Yngwie Malmsteen and all the shredders. He is currently very serious about the guitar, and is enrolled as a freshman at New York University's Music Technology program.
His future plans are uncertain, however Denhoff expresses a preference for learning the arts of film and television scoring. He also wouldn't mind joining a hard rock band in the New York area, because he loves playing live shows more than anything else in the world. New York area rock bands, attention please! Contact Denhoff at the e-mail link below.
Contact Information
Adam Denhoff
4 Normandy Lane
Scarsdale, NY 10583
United States
E-mail:
Adam Denhoff
Web site:
homepages.nyu.edu/~amd292
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Pete Wilkinson
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Speed Picked Instrumental Metal
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Rapid-fire picking. Machine-gun axework. Brutal jackhammer guitar lines. Pick one superlative, or select all three, since they pretty much all apply here. Guitarist Pete Wilkinson, out of Burbank, California, submitted his 10 track instrumental CD-R release, entitled Unleashed Fury! No other CD submitted for review here has been done in quite this style - a trademark of the Wilkinson sound is furiously picked shred runs, that if you heard them out of context, you'd duck for cover to avoid the machine gun spray and ricochets. Even the ballad "From Me To You With All My Love" is fully armed with 128th notes! Songs such as "Fever Pitched Velocity" and "Ram It, Jam It" are metal raves that take full advantage of Wilkinson's 'fury'. The production on the CD-R could be upgraded somewhat by the use of a cabinet simulator, or by miking the amp to avoid the 'hollow' sound you sometimes get with a guitar processor direct to the board. Where the picking technique really shines is on an acoustic guitar, believe it or not. The song "For Mom" will stand as testament to that - it sounds brilliant. Wilkinson flies the shred banner high with his latest chops-heavy release.
Pete has been playing guitar for over 38 years (wow!), is self-taught, and strives to take the guitar to it's physical limit. During the '70s he met up with an old friend Randy Rhoads, and started down the path of guitar insanity. The pair jammed hundreds of times until Randy was asked to join Ozzy Osborne's band in 1979. Pete was even the singer in an early version of Quiet Riot, but later decided to focus on guitar - soaking up influences such as Carlos Montoya, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia and Allan Holdsworth. In the '80s, Pete played in bands from speed to glam metal, then, in the '90s, hooked up with the speed metal band Destroyer. A second, short-lived run with the band Vindicator led to a self-titled CD release in 1999, but Pete decided to go it alone in 2000.
Wilkinson recently agreed to become a feature writer for The Shreddzone E-zine. He will be giving lessons on how to (you guessed it!) build up your speed picking.
Contact Information
Unleashed Fury!
P.O. Box 3472
Burbank, CA 91508-3472
United States
E-mail:
Pete Wilkinson
Web site:
shredmoe.iscool.net
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