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 Derek Schils's Profile |
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Instrumental Guitarist |
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| Location: | Dallas, Georgia |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 6, 2008 (116 days back) |
About Me |
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| Hello, thanks for checking out my brief bio stuff...I was born in WI but raised in the south (FL & GA) and currently reside in the metro Atlanta area. I come from a musician loaded family and began playing the guitar around the age of eight. My fathers guitar playing was my first source of inspiration, but later, hearing guy's like Rhoads, Van Halen and Schon had me hooked and motivated to play, and as the years went by, it became the likes of Jason Becker, Macalpine, Vinnie Moore, etc. Fully becoming interested in technical/advanced/shred type playing, but not necessarily a fan of the 'neo-classical' genre, I started getting into players like Greg Howe, Michael Lee Firkins, Paul Gilbert, The Go Go's (just checking), Satriani, Vai, etc, basically players who like to rip, but also keep the music lighthearted, lively and fun. In more recent years, the positive feedback from friends, students and other players finally inspired me to record an album of instrumental guitar tunes. The goal was to create music with an upbeat and catchy feel to it while hopefully revealing some nifty fretwork along the way. Creating my first CD was one of the more rewarding experiences of my life thus far, I'm grateful to now be sharing that with others and look forward to doing another real soon. Thanks for stopping by, -Derek CD available now: "Halfway Home features ten instrumental tracks in an intense shred rock style. Having mastered a sizable number of the advanced techniques favored by today's shredders, Schils puts those techniques to work on his nine original compositions, and one cover, Go Speed Racer, from the cartoon of the same name. Occasionally delving into the seriously intense and dissonant (Asweep At The Wheel), Schils proves he can also rein it in a little on a ballad tempo number. Fans of intense rock and shred can check out Schils' work for near-maximum NPM and heaviness." - Guitar 9.com "Bluntly stated, this release ranks in the top five of the best, independent guitar instrumental releases of the year 2006. Let’s hope someone signs him to a major label and allows him to record a release with a full band behind him!" - Scott Jeslis, Metal Express Radio Using: Web Radio: Home Page/Banner: |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 4/19/2006Band Website: sounds-of-schils.com Band Members: Halfway Home: Derek - All guitars, bass keys, programming Mastered by: Jeff Bitnias Influences: Greg Howe, Van Halen Satriani, Hendrix Nuno Bettencourt, Vai Michael Lee Firkins Vinnie Moore, Neal Schon MacAlpine, Andy Timmons Jeff Kollman, Reb Beach etc... Sounds Like: Derek Record Label: Bah! Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Fusion / Experimental) |
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My Blog |
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The color green |
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| I have a second favorite color, its green - has nothing to do with money, just decided I like this color. =)
Posted by Derek Schils on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:42:00 PST |
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Locks of Luv |
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| Welp, something odd happened, I did a nice thing, I decided to cut my hair off and donate it to a great organization, Locks of Love ...was thinking about it anyway, but then heard about this... Posted by Derek Schils on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:54:00 PST |
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The Music Review |
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| Just wanted to remind my friends and visitors to stop by 'the music review', their link is in my top friends list here, Elvis at The Music Review has been kind enough to now feature my track "Vertizon... Posted by Derek Schils on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:24:00 PST |
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New gear |
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| Every now and then you get lucky and stumble onto a piece of fine gear that you MUST buy...I've been wanting a new amp for the longest time, in particular a 5150 of some sorts, well this weekend lady ... Posted by Derek Schils on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:52:00 PST |
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Interview with InstruMentalCase.com |
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| Dave over at InstruMentalCase.com was kind enough to recently interview me, here's the LINK, or if your mouse can't handle another click, it's pasted for ya:
IC: For the readers who may be unfamiliar... Posted by Derek Schils on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:01:00 PST |
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Next album planning begins... |
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| After a much needed, several month break from writing, playing and recording music, I've begun the early planning of a follow up album as I'm really feeling motivated again. I plan on m... Posted by Derek Schils on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST |
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Major site update |
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| We've finally created a completely new layout/design for my website, a lot of time and care was put into it, I hope you take a few to poke around and check out the new look. NEW & IMPROV... Posted by Derek Schils on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:10:00 PST |
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On Guitar 9's *Undiscovered* |
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| I was pleasantly surprised today with Guitar Nine Records kind review of my new album!
Click here for the review
-D-... Posted by Derek Schils on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:05:00 PST |
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International sales |
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| We went ahead and added an international purchase link for the album due to shipping costs. With the first several non-US CD's having shipped with no additional fee, I didn't mind, figured I... Posted by Derek Schils on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:31:00 PST |
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Prog Palace Radio featuring my CD this friday night! |
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| This friday evening, the great folks at Prog Palace Radio will be featuring my new CD. I'll be goofing off in chat there, stop by and take part in the fun, we'll also be giving awa... Posted by Derek Schils on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:44:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Greg Howe, Prog Palace Radio, Metal Express Radio, Trixi (Guitar Central), HIGH OCTANE RADIO ®, Reb Beach, Loud Metal Radio, The Music Review, michael lee firkins, K94ROCKS!!!, THE OFFICIAL DARK CLOUD RADIO™, GUTHRIE GOVAN, Joe Satriani, DiMarzio®, Jeff Kollman, Mike Stern, DARKANGEL666, ~ Amanda ~, kooder (good music), Taner, Rick Brown, Jo Marie, Think Fun Cruises.com, Princess Jenna[♥'s nick!], Marcio Okayama, Stormy, Sheldon Scrivner, Paolo Jacopino (Jaco), dejagrace, michelle, Heidi, Chaos Curbs, ღ ♥ Kel ♥ ღ, tigerlily, Guitar Lessons (nyc), Tommy, Richard J. Baysinger, Shred Shirts, Vintage Kramer & Forum, ACCOUNT CLOSED, Artistic Composer, Jack Falk Project, lindajane-renee, Mark Kerr, TESHUVAH, Samantha Schultz, Kozmic Avenues
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