Artist description Jeff Foster has often been called a guitar virtuoso. To date, he remains pleased yet unconvinced by this. Nonetheless, his eclectic musical tastes, technical mastery of his instrument, and soulful feel makes labeling him (or his music) a difficult undertaking. His jams contain elements of classical, flamenco, jazz, new-age, pop, rock, blues, country, and world musics. A versatile multi-instrumentalist in his youth, these days Jeff focuses on nylon-string acoustic guitars when playing solo, and a custom nylon-string MIDI guitar-synth system (created by Turner Guitars of San Jose, California) when gigging with bands.

Music Style Contemporary Instrumental

Musical Influences World music, flamenco, new-age, jazz, and pop.

Similar Artists If you like Hedges, or de Lucia, or any of a plethora of good acoustic guitar players, you'll probably like Foster.

Artist History Jeff Foster cannot remember not playing guitar. Musician, composer, producer, recording artist, author, and all-around online renaissance man, Jeff is formerly: Instructor of Advanced Guitar at Indiana University School of Music-Bloomington ... Instructor of Classical Guitar at California State University-Bakersfield ... Master Music Artist with Very Special Arts-Indiana, a federally funded program promoting the use of the arts in special education ... America Online Music & Sound Forum Assistant, supervising content development for AOL's 'GTR-Guitar Online' and 'Composer's Coffeehouse' areas.... ___ Today, in addition to his musical activities, Jeff is also the tireless webmaster of StringDancer.com, a portal-style online community of guitarists and other string players. Formerly a resident of California, he now lives and gigs in his hometown of Muncie, Indiana.

Group Members Jeff Foster, with other contributors here and there.

Instruments Nylon and steel-string acoustic guitars; Turner Renaissance nylon-string electro-acoustic MIDI guitar synth; occasional sequencing and ancilliary acoustic instruments, sounds, and noises.

Albums Midnight in Zagreb; earlier recordings out of print.

Press Reviews 'You da shit, man!' ... Rabid StringDancer Member.

Location Muncie, IN - USA

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