Dominic Frasca. from http://www.dominicfrasca.combiographyMeet the anti-Yngwie. Personally tapped by minimalist godfather Steve Reich to debut his "Electric Guitar Phase" and recent winner of Guitar Player's Guitar Hero competition, Dominic Frasca arrives fully with Deviations. A rebel at every turn, the man Entertainment Weekly called "Eddie Van Halen for eggheads" transmutates formal beauty into elegant atmosphere that can make conversation equally with Philip Glass, post-rock legends Tortoise, or late underground acoustic legend John Fahey.A dazzling architecture of modern sound looms behind the eight tracks of the acoustic guitarist's solo debut, which includes Glass's "Two Pages," as well as Frasca's own 23-minute title track centerpiece. Underscored by rigorous grids of percussive counterrhythm, Frasca tweaks textures from an arsenal of guitars self-mutated to include nylon and steel strings, as well as individual pick-ups wired to process through his laptop."Even from day one, I was modifying my instruments," Frasca laughs. Growing up in Akron, Ohio in the late '70s, Frasca -- like many -- first picked up a guitar in response to the crunching siren's call of AC/DC's Back in Black. Unlike many, however, the guitar the teenaged Frasca happened to pick up belonged to his older brother (stashed away in the closet since the '60s), and only had one string. Frasca went to work.A Hendrix phase predictably followed, and in 1985, Frasca traveled west, to the University of Arizona. "I did the serious classical guitar thing for about a year," he says. "But I had this realization at the end of my freshman year: I just wasn't listening to the music I was playing. It wasn't right. I loved the concept of what you could with it, but I just couldn't relate to 19th century parlor music."Enter minimalism. "It had all the elements of rock: it was loud, it had great rhythm, it had great drive, but it was still heady."Wholly uninterested in the guitar competition mentality fostered by collegiate music departments, Frasca

Dominic Frasca. from http://www.dominicfrasca.com

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Meet the anti-Yngwie. Personally tapped by minimalist godfather Steve Reich to debut his "Electric Guitar Phase" and recent winner of Guitar Player's Guitar Hero competition, Dominic Frasca arrives fully with Deviations. A rebel at every turn, the man Entertainment Weekly called "Eddie Van Halen for eggheads" transmutates formal beauty into elegant atmosphere that can make conversation equally with Philip Glass, post-rock legends Tortoise, or late underground acoustic legend John Fahey.
A dazzling architecture of modern sound looms behind the eight tracks of the acoustic guitarist's solo debut, which includes Glass's "Two Pages," as well as Frasca's own 23-minute title track centerpiece. Underscored by rigorous grids of percussive counterrhythm, Frasca tweaks textures from an arsenal of guitars self-mutated to include nylon and steel strings, as well as individual pick-ups wired to process through his laptop.
"Even from day one, I was modifying my instruments," Frasca laughs. Growing up in Akron, Ohio in the late '70s, Frasca -- like many -- first picked up a guitar in response to the crunching siren's call of AC/DC's Back in Black. Unlike many, however, the guitar the teenaged Frasca happened to pick up belonged to his older brother (stashed away in the closet since the '60s), and only had one string. Frasca went to work.
A Hendrix phase predictably followed, and in 1985, Frasca traveled west, to the University of Arizona. "I did the serious classical guitar thing for about a year," he says. "But I had this realization at the end of my freshman year: I just wasn't listening to the music I was playing. It wasn't right. I loved the concept of what you could with it, but I just couldn't relate to 19th century parlor music."
Enter minimalism. "It had all the elements of rock: it was loud, it had great rhythm, it had great drive, but it was still heady."
Wholly uninterested in the guitar competition mentality fostered by collegiate music departments, Frasc

Look closely at the instrument. It isn't your everyday guitar, is it? Look at his facial expressions. This man is truly "one" with his guitar.