| JOHN HULDT | |
| John with his 2 band-mates, Kal Drako oh drums and Phil Bynoe on bass The full story och John Huldt When I was 14 I got my first electric guitar. We had an acoustic at the house for a while and this was about the same time as the grunge wave hit Sweden. I discovered Nirvana (about the same time as Kurt Cobain died) and got instantly hooked. So I picked up the guitar and started to play. I formed a band with a friend (who also taught me how to play the drums) and we did Nirvana covers (and sucked horribly). I also discovered the band Slayer around this time. Soon after this, death metal emerged as a subcultural music style and I just loved it. I listened to everything that was fast and brutal and I played solely death metal for a couple of years. I went to music high school where my horizons (somewhat reluctantly) were broadened alot. Here I got in contact with people who liked jazz, funk and RnB. This was the first time I was in a genuinly musical environment. I also heard Yngwie Malmsteen for the first time which made a big impact. Classical music hade been my first love and I always been a sucker for virtuosity. So I think it was about then I decided that I wanted to become good at playing guitar. So I started practicing alot more and developing my songwriting skills. Since Im too lazy to learn other peoples songs, I prefer to just figure out what they doing and write something myself like it. In high school I also heard Steve Vai for the first time and I was absolutely floored. Van Halen, Satriani, Bettencourt all came into my frame of reference here as well. I played in several bands in Sweden ranging from black and thrash metal to singer/songwriter but being distraught by the lack of success (and finding musicians with same level of commitment) I decided to move to Los Angeles in september 2006. I came to LA as a student at the LA Music Academy and I soon found that this was the place for me to be. My somewhat schizophrenic taste in music, I believe is heavily represented on my first born CD "Rules Do Not Apply". I always liked music that surprised me and took unexpected turns and I think that shows with extreme prejudice in some of my tunes. My musical journey is very much alive and kicking and Im constantly searching new territories to explore. John Huldt About the Record, "Rules do not Apply" "I didnt wanna do a CD with just chord vamps and guitar shredding. Of course there every trick in the book on my CD as well but its used from, I believe a more musical standpoint. I dont want my music to sound like exercises but like actual songs with recognizable parts like verse, chorus and so on..." Playing with him he has soon-to-be-famous greek drummer Kal Drakopoulos and world renowned bassist Phil Bynoe. And here what some famous people have to say about his playing... "Before I heard John Huldt play, I was stuck in this I-IV-V chord rut. But listening to his music really made my ears open up for more colorful harmonics. Like minor chords and shit..." F. Chopin - Keyboard player. "If it wasnt for John Huldts insane feel for time and spacing of notes, I would never came up with special and general relativity. I owe him so much!" A. Einstein - Patent clerk and hobby physicist. "I used to think I was the second best guitar player in the Universe after Yngwie Malmsteen but now I guess I have to accept to be second runner up" God Creator of all things. |    |
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