Thorsten Praest: driven



News:
16-01-2008:
Thorsten Praest is on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/praest. Thorsten Praest has created a new band. Together with Ulf Stricker (drums) and Goran Vujic (bass), he has an instrumental jazz-rock fusion experimental Progressive "Whatever" trio! More news soon.

Unaccompanied guitar solo improvisation by Thorsten Praest

improvisation


Improvisation over solo changes from "Extraction" (Greg Howe)

Extraction Solo


jazz guitar


Sweep-Taplick


Background:
Thorsten started playing guitar at the age of 10 after seeing KISS live in concert. He took classical guitar lessons, taught himself electric guitar techniques and joined his first band INSESSION when he was 14 years old.

After years of practising and playing in bands like BIG BROTHER and RIOT ACT he went to the MGI (Munich Guitar Institute) to study jazz/rock guitar. Thorsten also began to give guitar lessons on a regular basis. To expand his insight into jazz and improvised music he started to study jazz guitar at the HKA (Highschool of the Arts) in Arnhem/Nederlande after his graduation from the MGI.

During that time he played in numerous bands and projects with a stylistic range from rock, funk to jazz. The band HÜHNERFRIEDHOF was founded during these days and is still one of Thorsten's most important musical playgrounds. Besides that he's a member of the metal/nurock band COLDSEED and writes/records material for a "soon to come" rock/jazz/fusion project.

In addition to that Thorsten works as a freelance musician playing live/studio sessions and theater gigs. He also teaches guitar at different music schools and is an official endorser of FRAMUS guitars. I edited my profile with

Influences include: Ace Frehley, Andy Summers, Edward van Halen, Warren di Martini, Greg Howe, Scott Henderson, Allan Holdsworth.

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