Artist description Troy Stetina has been described as an accomplished guitar virtuoso. He is author of many best-selling guitar methods for Hal Leonard Corporation and a contributing writer for GuitarOne magazine. Exottica, his new release, brings together a wide range of styles from progressive, modern rock, metal, funk, alternative, and shred. This is high-energy, emotional music full of melodic hooks and crazy guitar antics!

Music Style Modern instrumental guitar rock (Exottica); progressive vocal rock (Set the World on Fire).

Musical Influences Numerous & wide-ranging: Rhoads/Ozzy, Van Halen, Beethoven, Kiss, Paganini, Malmsteen, Satriani, Metallica, RATM, RHCP, Nirvana, STP, Tool, Soundgarden, Eastern music, movie soundtracks, and more! Troy listens to virtually every style and incorporates it into his own unique compositional style.

Similar Artists If Satriani met Dream Theatre while Raging Against The Machine, then add classically-inspired countermelody and harmony ideas!

Artist History For a more complete biography, visit www.stetina.com In summary: Troy has cranked out 24 instructional guitar book/CD methods and videos, which have sold over 300,000 copies. For a time he was Director of Rock Guitar at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Now he runs Artist Underground recording studio, writes for GuitarOne, and does performance workshops around the country. Exottica, his current release, is the result of more than 5 years of writing/recording.

Group Members Troy Stetina (guitar & bass); Brian Reidinger (drums)

Instruments Guitar, Guitar, Guitar, Guitar, Guitar, Guitar... and, uh.... oh yeah, bass and drums!

Albums Exottica, Set the World on Fire

Press Reviews GuitarOne magazine: "It's Smokin'!" Guitar World: "flawless technique" Geno Dezi, 89.7 WITR, Rochester: "Exottica is a stunning guitar-instrumental. The lead-riffs are just burningall over this cd, yet each song carries it own unique characteristic. Themusic just jumps off at you! Joe, who? Steve, huh? Make way for the newforce in modern rock-guitar, Troy Stetina!"

Additional Info Visit www.stetina.com for free lessons and practice tips & advice, plus info on many instructional products including Troy's own methods as well as Musician's Institute Press, Berklee Press, Guitar Recorded Versions, and more..

Location New Berlin, WI - USA

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