Mario Parga: dmme interview

News:
04-07-2008:
Mario Parga says:

I've never really been a 'heavy metal' player, I started out playing rock, fusion, classical and latin jazz, my biggest musical influence is Al Di Meola. I'm more offended when non-musical people compare me to Yngwie Malmsteen - no disrespect to him - as I don't sound anything like him, have never been influenced by him nor even owned one of his recordings! I guess it's the fast alternate-picking thing... sadly a lot of people within the rock movement don't realise that Di Meola was picking fast years before Malmsteen - as were many others...



Growing up in Spain meant I was exposed to a lot of flamenco and Moorish sounds; I don't believe harmonic minor scales and the Phrygian Mode are common within Swedish music? (Grins). I saw some amazing Spanish guitarists as a kid who led me to experiment with different sounds, far from 'heavy metal'... Having said this though, the new SAVAGE PARADISE project is pretty heavy... but still musical.

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