Everyday I surf the World Wide Web in search of great things to bring to music lovers everywhere. I found César Huesca, an incredibly talented guitarist. He is in his early twenties and the things he does will leave everyone in awe.
He was born in Mexico, started playing the guitar in 1994, at around the age of nine and plays with and Ibanez JEM7VSBL and an Ibanez Double Edge RG2020X modified. He is currently working on his own music and gives guitar lessons at a local music school.
He used to practice by simply learning scales, chords and the notes across the fretboard, among other exercises; but now he simply follows his heart and plays anything that comes to mind. He records improvisations over drum loops and extracts what works for him and uses that plus additional ideas that he might think of, as the groundwork for a song.
He has a very motivating and at the same time encouraging philosophy:
Talent doesn’t matter if there’s no honesty, people should demonstrate what they are and what they do without false pretentions, people will know if you’re ofering your art with sincerity or if you’re cheating them trying to be something that you are not, if you are convinced that music is your life, go for it and take it as it is, no matter what people think about your vision or perspective, you don’t have to please and like to everybody. Follow your ideas, plans and what your heart and mind tell to you. Be diverse, don’t get wrapped in just one genre, style, band, proyect or whatsoever, if something doesn’t work, doesn’t yield anything or simply doesn’t like to you, move on for some other options.It’s always good to be patient and not try to run before learning to walk, go little by little, keep the pace that works for you being totally confident on your possibilities. It’s all about to keep close to the instrument and being constant, if you trust and be passionate with it something will happen.There should be no haste, there should be just fun, being glad doing what you love, always with humility to everybody, don’t forget we’re human beings before musicians or whatever.
His influences are some of the greatest musical minds the world has ever seen, these include Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Zakk Wylde, Buckethead, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck.
Be sure to check him out.
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October 19th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
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