News:
03-02-2008:
Treasure Land lose a bassist...they have parted ways with bassist Magnus Lind. A replacement bassist has already been found.
Treasure Land has posted audio samples from its 2007 demo at the group's official web site. The tracks available for preview:
01. Cities are Burning
02. Let the Curtain Fall
03. The Price
04. Only for You
11-10-2007:
Jonas Hörnqvist: is pleased to announce his instructional book series which covers the topic of 'Guitar Technique' will be released by one of Scandinavia's largest music publishers. The goal of these books is to improve a player's speed and accuracy, and also how to use his or her technical ability in a musical context.
Jonas mainly cover techniques derived from classical, jazz, and rock music. There will be a full band accompanying me on the exercises in the books so that the student can hear how the technique sounds in relation to actual music, instead of just a metronome.
Jonas Hörnqvist books include tablature as well as fingering charts for all of the exercises.
The first book will include over 187 exercises that help to improve picking technique and left hand strength. Here is a list of some of the topics I will cover in my first book:
* Warm-up exercises for both hands
* Stretching exercises
* Muting techniques
* Single string exercises with open strings, slides, and various combinations
* Two, three, and four strings exercises
* Inside/outside picking
* How to use the chromatic scale in a more musical context
* Pivoting
* The Harmonic Minor scale
* Diminished licks
* Sweep picking
* Exotic scales
The books will debut in Swedish and be available for the Scandinavian market initially, but an English version is expected to be released at a later date.
11-09-2007:
Jonas Hörnqvist is happy to announce that they have found the right voice for Treasure Land. His name is Toby ”lungs of a lion” Jay. He hails from Grums, Sweden.
Samples of Tobys voice can be found at:
http://www.treasureland.nu/ and http://www.myspace.com/treasureland
11-06-2007:
You can now vote online for your top demo track from the new Treasureland CD. http://www.myspace.com/treasureland
The final version of the demo cover
24/05/2007:
Jonas Hörnqvist has new endorsement:
Joans says:
For the last 20 years, the only brand of guitar amplifiers that I have used consistently is Marshall. I've tried other brands of amps, but in the end I always went back to Marshall, that is... until now!
First of all, the design of this amp has to be one of the coolest that I've ever seen before! The white color that surrounds the amp makes it look all sweet and innocent. Don't be fooled be the amp's subtle appearance however, it's a little devil in disguise!
The second I plugged my guitar into the amp and turned up the volume, I knew that this might very well be THE amp of my dreams!
The clean sound is really clean. It's not like a lot of other amps in which you sometimes hear unwanted distortion on the clean channel. When I discovered that, it was a nice surprice to say at least. The clean channel is versatile enough to handle any style of music that calls for it.
When I turned up the volume on the amp, my shelf started shaking, and that was on the clean channel. I couldn't wait to see what this bad boy could do on the dirty channel!!!
Unable to remain patient, I switched the amp to the dirty channel! At first, I dialed the gain to 4, and it was badass! I got that really cool AC/DC type of distortion. It was providing that 'dirty' sound that I could previously only get from a Marshall. The distortion also reminded me of oldschool KISS, which was a huge influence on my guitar playing... Excellent!
Now for the REALLY fun part, here's what happened when I dialed the gain all the way up to 10? For me, that's always the ultimate test since the main genres I play are metal and hard rock! The sound the amp achieved when I turned the gain to 10 was the sound that was missing in every other amp I've ever tried! The amp produced a thick and ballsy gain with a lot of edge and clarity! Even though the gain was at the max level, I could still play chords and hear every note of them clearly.
The solo tone was crystal clear, and also thick sounding! I can't wait to play live with this amp and really push this beast to its limits!
All in all, The 'Rock 120' amp by Industrial amps is by far one the best sounding amplifiers I've ever tried, and this one will stay in my rig for many years to come. This amp is unlike any other amp out there and it truly has a voice of its own!
For more information about this kick ass amp, go to
http://www.industrialamps.com/
19-05-2007:
It has been over 9 years since "Treasure Land" has released their last CD. You can catch another new track on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jonashornqvist
Jonas says:
If you're a fan of the band though, have no fear, the wait is nearly over... Treasure Land is back stronger than ever with a new vocalist and ready to bring some kickass new music to the masses.
02-05-2007:
Jonas Hörnqvist loaded yet another full song off his upcoming solo CD, called Firdance! Check it out here: http://www.myspace.com/jonashornqvist
Jonas Hörnqvist has also nbeen working with Neil Turbin (Anthrax/Deathriders) collaborating on a "kickass metal"
02-04-2007:
Some new studio tracks for you to sample: http://www.myspace.com/jonashornqvist
Heaven (Taken off our 2nd cd "Gateway")
10-03-2007:
Jonas has added a full version of Grooveyard from his upcoming CD on his MySpace web site: http://www.myspace.com/jonashornqvist
02-03-2007:
Neil Turbin (Anthrax/Kuni/Lanny Cordola/Bob Kulick/Claude Schnell…) and Jonas Hörnqvist (Treasure Land/Calilio) have joined forces and are collaborating on a kickass metal CD that will appeal metal fans who love melodic metal! Sample to follow....
14-02-2007:
Spread eagle your loved one with "Legato string skipping" on Shredaholic.com
02-02-2007:
Ahhh...Jonas...burn the Viking long boat and spread eagle all who stand in your way!!...Treasure Land is looking for a new keyboard player....If you're interested, contact: info@treasureland.nu ...meanwhile Jonas is currently in negotiations with a record label who has made him an offer that's too good to refuse! The CD should be finished and ready for distribution by late Summer/early Fall 2007. Jonas will include a surprise along with some of the CDs!
20-11-2006:
Jonas Hörnqvist has a new 8 page interview with Virtuosa Magazine. Fans of Treasureland can find find it in issue 16 along with Tony Macalpine, Joop Wolters, and Andromeda...
Don't forget you can find Jonas along with a host of top shredders on the Guitar Odyssey: Tribute To Yngwie Malmsteen CD
Which features:
1. Big Foot - Chris Amott
2. Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live - Stormwind
3. Hiroshima Mon Amour - Wicked Ways
4. Icarus Dream Suite - Treasure Land
5. Little Savage - Firewind
6. Disciples Of Hell - Mayadome
7. I'm A Viking - Pathos
8. Anguish and Fear - Destiny
9. Fire - Daniel L. Dalley and Power
10. Dark Ages - Carljohan Grimmark Of Narnia
11. Rising Force - Evergrey
12. Bedroom Eyes - Mike Chlasciak
13. Yngwie 2000 - Mattias "IA" Eklundh
15-07-2006:
baroqueroll.blogspot.com, feature Jonas Hörnqvist. There will also be an interview soon.
21-06-2006:
Some Google Video from Jonas Hörnqvist
chapter XII session May 2006 - 1
chapter XII session May 2006 - 2
chapter XII session May 2006 - 3
19-06-2006:
Jonas Hörnqvist is on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jonashornqvist
Background:
Jonas Hörnqvist started playing guitar at the age of 12. His early inspiration came from Ace Frehley, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Gary Moore. However, in the summer of 1985 Jonas heard Yngwie J Malmsteen for the first time and went on to discover jazz/rock players like Al Di Meola that summer.
In 1987, Jonas created a band called Calilio. Jonas disolved this band and started to work on more progressive guitar recording an 8 song instrumental demo which sold almost 2000 copies world wide.
In 1993 Jonas put together the band he still have today, Treasure Land. In April 1996 Treasure Land signed a world wide record deal with German label Modern Music. They have released a number of CD's
In addition, Jonas have written 3 books about "Guitar technique" and he is working on 3 instructional DVD’s. Jonas is also teaching 35-40 students a week, both privately and online.
Check out his web site for audio and video clips.
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