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November 2009 Update
Los Angeles Music Award Winner
November 12 2009. Avalon Theater, Hollywood, California.
Daddo is the winner of very prestigious award for independent musicians in United States
- Los Angeles Music Award, in “Guitar Performance of the Year” category.
See the video here.
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”Broadjam & Premier Guitar Challenge WINNER”
Daddo is the 1st place winner of on-line guitar contest “Premier Guitar Challenge” hosted by Broadjam and Premier Guitar magazine. Daddo has been chosen among thousands of guitar players to be the top guitarist in the electric guitar category with his song “The Temple”.
Marcus Henderson, lead guitarist for the Guitar Hero video game series, served as the artist judge for the contest. Judging was based on player’s guitar skills and originality, and “unique use of tone and musical space”.
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October 2009 Update
”Parody of Sound music video”
Parody of Sound is uploaded in the video section.
I would like to thank the guys in the band: Joe Dugandzic - Acoustic guitar, Jim Popp - Bass,
Jim Buckner - Keyboards and Miki Stix - Drums.
I would also like to mention and express my gratitude to Mr. Barry Tegel - video director and his assistants Scott Josephs & Trevor Kodat, and Parkview Christian Church in Orland Park, IL for the opportunity to film this video in their beautiful concert hall.
Thank you.
Daddo
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April 2009 Update
”Dean Markley Endorsement”
I am proud to announce that I am now endorsing Dean Markley guitar strings. This is a great honor for me, and a great privilege to be on the same endorsing artists list or "Guitar Royalty", with the greatest guitarists in the world and my peak influences: Yngwie Malmsteen, Gary Moore, George Lynch and Joe Stump. I am very thrilled to utilize Dean Markley strings exclusively in my impending recording opus and my career as a musician.
Daddo
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February 2009 Update
“The Other Side” #1 Best Seller again.
“The Other Side” hits the top 10 chart again on Guitar Nine Record’s website in Progressive Rock category; Best Seller #1.
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January 2009 Update
Winter NAMM Show Performance & Photos
Winter NAMM Show was awesome. It was a great honor to perform for Graph Tech and appear on this gigantic music expo in Los Angeles area. I do have a new Video section on this website, and if you would like to see some photos, feel free to browse through the photo album.
Daddo.
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Winter NAMM Show invitation
Daddo was invited by Graph Tech Guitar Labs to perform and present their new LB63 Floyd Rose piezo bridge. If you are a NAMM visitor, feel free to stop by the booth # 5920, Hall B.
Performance Schedule:
Thursday, January 15th @ 11:30 a.m.
Satruday, January 17th @ 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, January 18th @ 1:00 p.m.
Click on the photo below for more info
about LB63.
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December 2008 Update
”The Other Side” Best Seller #1
“The Other Side” is #1 Best Seller on Guitar Nine website in Progressive Rock category.
http://www.guitar9.com/topsellersmonth200812progressive.html
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Interview and Guitar Workshop in Croatian magazine “Gitara i Bas”
”Gitara i Bas” (transl.; Guitar and Bass) is the new guitar magazine in Croatia. Daddo is featured in an interview, and as a guitar instructor-columnist. Daddo’s Custom “DDD Strat” is on the front cover.
December 2008 issue, Interview; pages 14-21, workshop; page 24&25
Article is scanned and it’s available in the e-press kit.
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November 2008 Update
Guitar Player Magazine article
Daddo is featured in Holiday 2008 issue of the Guitar Player Magazine.
Page 18. Article is scanned and it’s available in the e-press kit.
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September 2008 Update
Interview - magazine “Azra”, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
Top Daddo is featured in Bosnian magazine “Azra” where he talks about his success in San Francisco and Guitar Player Guitar Superstar competition.
Issue #604 September 24th 2008, page 27&28, in Bosnian.
Article is scanned and it’s available in the e-press kit.
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“The Other Side” #1 Top Seller @ Guitar Nine Records
“The Other Side” endures on the Top 10 Guitar Nine Records bestseller list since the day of the release. This time it hit #1 Top Seller position on Guitar Nine website.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all guitar devotees who bought this album.
Rock Hard!!!
Daddo
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Guitar Competition “Guitar Superstar 2008” by Guitar Player magazine.
Few months ago I saw a publication in Guitar Player magazine about this national guitar competition they are organizing under the name “Guitar Player Guitar Superstar”. This is not only a guitar competition, but a composition/song writing showcase as well. Thousands of applicants submitted their original tunes. I decided to give it a shot and I’ve submitted one of the songs form “The Other Side” album.
One day I received a call from Michael Molenda, Editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine, saying that I have been chosen to compete with the rest of the nine finalists in San Francisco, CA.
It was a great honor to be in the top 10 players in the country, and to play in front of the judges: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, George Lynch, Elliot Easton and Brendon Small. The host for this event was legendary guitarist Andy Summers of “The Police”.
Guitar Player magazine team was extremely welcoming and have treated us like a rock stars, and the backing band “The Thud Factor” was one of the best bands I ever played with in my life. Michael Molenda, Christen McFarland, Jude Gold, Jonathan Herrera among others, were very friendly and supportive.
This event took place in San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall in front of the thousands of guitar fans. The show was sold out. San Francisco had a very cold weather, but all the contestants were fired-up and ready to rock.
I took a second place as the only electric guitar player that got through the top three positions.
I was very honored to be able to perform with the top players in USA. All the contestants where authentic, very musical and unique. I hope that we’ll cross our paths again in the future. If it was up to me, it would be very hard to pick the winner, because everybody had his/her unique style and approach. In my eyes, everybody is a winner. I think all 10 of us did the great job there. The show must go on...
Daddo.
Click on the image above for PDF download.
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The Metal Observer Review.
Read very original, descriptive and metaphoric saga-review by The Metal Observer website.
“In some parallel universe, perhaps what Plato referred to as the Realm of Forms, there’s this great mansion loaded with the original versions of every great guitar shredder of the Rock/Metal persuasion having a festive event not all that dissimilar from what passes for a social gathering in this mundane reality of ours...”
Read more...
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August 2008 Update
Aux Porte Du Metal Review.
This is the latest review by renowned French Metal Portal.
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July 2008 Update.
Endorsement.
Daddo proudly endorses Graph Tech products now. He’s been using their products for years, primarily their String Saver Saddles, TUSQ graphite nut and string trees respectively. Daddo is deeply honored and it will be an immense pleasure to represent and integrate Graph Tech products in the future.
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June 2008 Update.
Review.
”The Other Side” Album reviewed by dangerdog.com. Read the review here.
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“The Other Side” on Apple iTunes.
Click the link on the left (below navigation buttons) to download “The Other Side” on Apple iTunes.
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Top 10 Best Seller list.
I the first two weeks of sales "The Other Side" was second on the Top 10 Bestsellers list on Guitar Nine website. I want to use this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to all guitar devotees who bought this CD. Thank you for your support.
Daddo
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May 2008 Update.
“The Other Side” is officially released by Guitar Nine Records.
There are 10 different tunes on this album, each one with different concept and different musical narration. Feel free to browse through the Music section, where you can read brief descriptions about the songs and ideas that motivated my musical expression. You can also listen to the tracks while you are reading for your maximum contentment
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