Keegan McClellan
Nashville, Tennessee, United States | SELF
Music
Press
"When I hear something THAT good, I have to play it. -Eric Blumanhourst on why he was playing Keegan McClellan's instrumental "Kill the Prophets" on an otherwise vocal-music only radio station. - Eric Blumanhourst (DJ)
He's definitely got it. - Don Alder, International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion
"When I hear something THAT good, I have to play it. -Eric Blumanhourst on why he was playing Keegan McClellan's instrumental "Kill the Prophets" on an otherwise vocal-music only radio station. - Eric Blumanhourst
Discography
Travail - (2011)
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Bio
Keegan McClellan is an instrumental acoustic guitar solo artist. His music is characterized by a sonically and visually absorbing amalgam of techniques in the spirit of modern fingerstyle, such as percussive strikes, right hand tapping, and extensive use of alternate tunings. In 2008 he turned down a guitar scholarship from the the University of Tennessee Knoxville's renowned jazz school in favor of forging his own path in the new acoustic fingerstyle movement. The result, never reduced to mere showmanship, is a sound that paints a picture in the heads of listeners of a range of predisposed musical tastes. His compositions reflect deep interest in the quality of the smallest details, cultivated by copious hours of practice, as well as the big picture: listenability. Keegan currently resides near Nashville, Tennessee.
Shameless Hype:
“He's definitely got it.” -Don Alder. International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion.
• Hand-selected by Lee Ritenour as one of the eight acoustic guitarists to be invited to compete
in the worldwide 2011 Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Contest.
• Piece Kill the Prophets of the the album “Travail” is featured and ranked “Gold” (of Gold, Silver, and Bronze) on “Gods of Indie Guitar 2011,” a compilation album featuring a world-wide selection of guitarists touted as “the world's BEST independent guitarists.”
• Endorsing and featured as such on the websites of Electro-Voice Microphones and Shubb Capos.
• Music is featured on the website for Krusa Guitars, a high-end custom instrument builder.
• Placed second in the acoustic guitar division of the nation-wide “Coverband 2010” contest put on by KMC Music Corp.
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