"I listened to many players, Ritchie Blackmore, Al di Meola, Steve Morse, Ronnie Montrose...it was that guitar 'sound'! I was 17, it was late to start playing, but I had to...that 'sound' - it captivated me!" (P.Rondat 1997).With his roots in rock music, Patrick very quickly realised the benefits of studying a diverse and varied range of musical forms and techniques, and the ability to adapt and utilise this knowledge in his constant quest for a unique and personal sound.
Patrick Rondat has developed a playing technique that is natural and uninhibited - a skill factor and technicality attained by vision, passion and dedication to his art, he plays with grace, fluidity, power and intensity! His mastery of both electric and acoustic guitar is incomparable. His use of effects and enhancements is professional and unobtrusive as he combines different musical styles, intricate harmonies, subtle tempo variations, amazing themes and melodies into a sound that is radically distinctive and personal!
Patrick Rondat has a very individual and personal style, can loosely be compared to Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Tony Mcalpine.
Patrick has released 5 solo albums and 1 'Live' album during his career, all of which demonstrate an extremely high standard of musicianship. "Rape of the Earth", "Amphibia" and his 2004 release "Ephemeral World" - are 3 albums that should be in every aspiring guitar players collection. Very highly recommended!
5 comments:
Good stuff. I'm inspired, especially because, even I started playing guitar at 17, although I had a guitar since I was 12. I'm 26 now and it's been 9 years on the fretboard. I regret wasting those 5 invaluable years. But we all know, it's never too late!!
Patrick is a really talented but less known guitarist. I wish I could play guitar just 1/10000 of the masters. :))
A while back but glad I found it nice job on the blog. I agree he is style wise a bit like Satriani, but not as technical.
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
I really like when people are expressing their opinion and thought. So I like the way you are writing
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