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Samples : ---- Erik Mongrain (born April 12, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian composer and guitarist. He has a unique and dark acoustic style, with a wide array of different techniques, approaches and textures reminiscent of Michael Hedges. ==Biography== Erik Mongrain taught himself guitar from the age of 14. As a boy, he was mostly interested in sports but picked up an interest in the guitar and began to teach himself to play by ear. Erik started out playing the electric guitar, but developed an interest in classical and acoustic guitar after hearing the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. He taught himself to read music and began composing. Erik Mongrain was inspired early on by the work of Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain.〔"Texan singer's pure and powerful voice will bring the house down", ''The Belfast Telegraph'', 2008-11-14, p. 8.〕 When he was 18, he heard the work of guitarist Don Ross and he thought: "This was a new revelation to me. I finally found my niche."〔(Biography on the official Website )〕 After that, Erik was heavily influenced by the work of Michael Hedges. Erik also began to experiment with a technique known as lap tapping, in which the player lies the guitar across their lap, and taps the strings on the fret board with both hands.〔"Unique technique in action: Canadian acoustic guitarist Erik Mongrain, known for developing his own unique technique, is set to perform at Exeter Phoenix on Sunday", ''Express & Echo'', 2008-11-14, p. 27〕 Erik Mongrain plays live shows in the United States, Japan, Germany,Canada, and England.〔 He started out busking in the streets, before he was discovered in Spain;〔 Erik's music is featured in a documentary produced by Lance Trumbull for the Everest Peace Project. He was featured on the cover of Guild Guitar Company Magazine.〔(Mongrain on the Guild guitar company magazine's cover )〕 Erik was featured in Le Journal de Montréal〔(Le Journal de Montréal )〕 and many other acoustic guitar magazines. Erik released his first full-length album, ''Fates'', in December 2006 on his website as a series of individually buyable/downloadable songs. The physical CD was released in June 2007 (May for Japan). In 2007, Mongrain went on a tour around the world, particularly in Europe, Asia and America. He performed also at the famous Montreal International Jazz Festival and at the "Studio-théâtre" of the Place des Arts of Montreal where the live performance was recorded.〔(Live performances on stage )〕 Mongrain was invited for the premiere of the « World Music Heritage », a drive by Gontiti on the national Japanese network (NHK). The broadcast started last May 2007 and the footage used for the broadcast is filmed in Montreal's streets and in Saint Joseph's Oratory, reputed for its acoustics. The iVideoSongs company have filmed four clips including ''Equilibrium'', a recent composition. The clips are tutorials of Mongrain's lap tapping style, downloadable on the company's Web site.〔(iVideoSongs - Mongrain's tutorial )〕 His "AirTap!" video has been viewed over 6 million times on YouTube.〔 On Friday 6 November 2009, Erik appeared on Later... with Jools Holland in the UK on BBC2. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erik Mongrain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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