Marin Jerkunica
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Classical, Flamenco And More
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Jednom Davno... (in English, Once Upon A Time) is the title of Croatian guitarist Marin Jerkunica's six song CD-R, which features lyrical and rhythmic guitar pieces in a flamenco, jazz and classical conglomeration. Exquisitely played guitar is what catches your ear right off the bat - Jerkunica has a highly developed technique, and a keen sense of dynamics. The guitarist has the enviable ability to play clearly executed passages with speed and passion, and each composition on his album has virtuosic moments that thrill and exhilarate. The only things that don't work as well seem to be the band pieces with drums, in which electric guitar is used and blues phrasing can be heard - they are not executed at the high level of the other guitar only pieces. In spite of this, Jednom Davno... is good first start for this Croatian guitar player, which may catch the ear of listeners looking for a fusion of genres.
Marin was born on February 6th of 1976. After attending a private school for two years to study guitar, he began studying classical guitar at his primary music school, Josip Hatze in Split. He also began to attend various music seminars in order to be exposed to different musical styles. Marin later studied classical guitar with Ante Cagalj at the Music Academy in Zagreb. He has collaborated with a number of different musicians in order to give concerts, and looked to participate in a number of competitions - with great success. Marin knew it was best to broaden his musical vocabulary, and so began playing jazz, blues and flamenco. He incorporated these styles into his work, until graduating in 1999 with an emphasis on classical guitar.
Jerkunica now works at Josip Hatze in Split, teaching classical guitar, and spends his free time composing and recording original works.
MP3 Songs
Ilalol
Iznad
Contact Information
Marin Jerkunica
Putaljski Put 38, Castel
Sucurac, Hrvatska
Croatia
E-mail:
Marin Jerkunica
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Andreas Charalambous
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Guitarist Of Few Words
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Andreas Charalambous, from Cyprus (not to be confused with the Washington, DC based artist), is a guitarist of few words who submitted his CD-R demo with twelve instrumental guitar tracks that he recorded at his home studio in Larnarca, Cyprus. Featuring a stripped down production, Charalambous jams over the tracks that offer a mix of styles and substyles, such as rock, blues, pop, Latin. The playing is serviceable, Charalambous just needs to watch his bends, tapping and sustained notes, as many times you can hear intonation problems as the pitch tends to wobble a bit too much. The songs on the CD-R are not labeled or titled, so basically you have "Song 1", "Song 2" and "Song 3", and there wasn't anything said about what the songs are about, so the listener doesn't have a lot to go on. He just needs to shed his influences and look for something a bit more original.
Andreas was equally brief when describing himself, his roots and his accomplishments. Here is what we do know. Andreas is 26 years old. He likes playing guitar instrumentals in rock, blues, pop, Latin and other music styles. Andreas is a producer and a songwriter. His influences included such players as Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and many more. At that point, his typewriter must have stopped working because that's all there is. It's quite helpful to include a lot more detail about yourself when submitting music to columns like the Undiscovered, and similar sites around the Internet. Giving the songs some names would be a nice touch too.
Charalambous plans to continue playing guitar and making music in the future and hopes to follow in the footsteps of his heroes.
MP3 Songs
Song 1
Song 5
Contact Information
Andreas Charalambous
Armenias 4
Sinikismos B', Livadia
Larnaka TK7060
Cyprus
E-mail:
Andreas Charalambous
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