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aboutWith over two decades in the music industry, Frank Axtell is a renowned guitarist and composer who is a major contributor to the South Florida jazz/fusion/rock/blues scene. He performs with his own jazz ensemble, The Frank Axtell Quartet/Trio. He was chosen as a featured soloist at the Berks Jazz festival in Reading, PA. Frank toured extensively in the 80's and recorded at The Record Plant in the San Francisco Bay area. Frank attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has always taken his continuing course of musical evolution seriously, learning from prominent guitarists Vincent Bredice, Joseph Iodone, Joe Diorio, Scott Henderson, and Jack Wilkins. Frank has served on the faculty of Miami Dade Community College and The Academy of Fine Arts in West Palm Beach, Fl. More recently, he teaches guitar clinics and instructs guitar/electric bass/music theory at his studio, Digital Soundscapes, in West Palm Beach, FL. Frank's comprehensive body of recorded material includes original compositions in the jazz, rock, R&B, classical, world beat and smooth jazz veins. He is a sought after session guitarist because of his versatility and talent for producing and arranging.

musicbackgroundBerklee College of Music Boston, Mass. Studied guitar with Vincent Bredice, Joe Diorio, Jack Wilkins, Joseph Iodone and Scott Henderson

musicskillsSession Guitarist, Music theory instructor, guitar and bass instructor,composer

user_computerDual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5

music_hardware82 Fender strat with 62 pickups, San Dimas Charvel strat, Gibson ES 775 archtop 70's Gibson Les Paul Custom. Taylor BZ 714 2006 Gibson ES 335 For amps I use Fender Vibro King, 1959 HW Marshall Plexi Super Lead 100 with 1960 Marshall AX 4x12, 1970's Marshall JMP MkII 50 watt with Old Marshall 1970 4x12 Slant Cab with 25 watt Celestion greenbacks, Peavey 5150, 66 and 65 Fender Blackfaced Super Reverb amps, Mesa Boogie Triaxis and Stereo Simul-Class 2:ninety, 2 ADA 2x12 cabs with 25 watt Celestions greenbacks, Fender Deluxe Reverb, 70 and 71 Fender Princeton Reverb Peavey Special 130, Pedals: Xotic BB preamp, Xotic RC booster, TS9 Tube screamer, Maxon OD9, Electro Harmonix memoryman, Arion SC-1 chorus, Carl Martin compressor, Chandler Stereo Digital Echo, MXR (70's script logo) Dyna Comp for recording: Apple Dual 2.7 Ghz G5, Apple MacBook Pro 2.33 Ghz 17", Logic Pro 7 (all mixing and effects are done in Logic), Logic Express, Presonus Firepod, Motu Micro Lite, Mackie HR 824 monitors,

music_softwareLogic Pro 7

keywordsFrank, Frank Axtell, Axtell, Digital Soundscapes Studios,jazz fusion, fusion, rock n roll, funk, latin jazz, progressive rock, nu jazz, jazz,jazz guitarist, rock guitarist, blues guitarist, fusion, rock guitar, rock, blues,improvisation, shred, World Beat, NuJazz, elecric guitar, Florida, progressive music, Miami, south florida

Music (127)

Time Passes
Blood Lights
Galileo's Journey To Io
Hold On
Ivory Towers
Only You
1970
Endless Highway
I'll Wipe Away Your Tears
Neutral Buoyancy
Intergalactic Transmission
Moving In 3 D
Thin Red Line
Diamond Halls
At The Top Of The World
A Purple Orange Sky
Ocean Groove
Tornado
Standin'
The Way That She Moves
The Lost Tribes
The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
Interstellar Convergence
Tokyo Nights
The Light
A Long Way From Home
Lincoln Road Blues
A New Day Dawning
Winds Of Change
Kiwi Kaleidoscope
Summer Surf
Trouble In Paradise
Soaring Into The Heavens (remix)
Soaring Into The Heavens
Megiddo
Hurricane Blues
South Beach
Chicago Shuffle Blues
Fives
The English Way
The Land Of Nod
State of Emergency
World Traveler
Rio de Janeiro
Autopilot
Rainbow Visions
Stellar Surfer
Hangtime
Intelligent Machines
Epiphany
Shifting Into Hyperdrive
Ambidexterity
Consciousness
The Open Door
Blue Nebular Funk
Big Sur
The Storm (alt mix)
The Mind's Eye
Song Of The Balugas
Aquatic Safari
The New Jerusalem
Lock And Load
Purple Crush
Illumination
Sidewalk Fun
Bye Bye Boogie
Ignition Sequence (remix)
Subterranean Vacation
Slick
The Serengeti
Out Jazz
Blues On A Rainy Day
Changes
Digital Dreams
Dysfunktion
Close Your Eyes
Rapid Transit
Hey You
Fusion Funk
Big Monsters
Today I See
Like A Dove
The Green Fields Of Ireland
Earth, Moon And Stars
Rainin' Down
Red Shoes
The Stillness
Our Hearts In Your Hands
The Fury
Regatta
Giant Steps
The Bermuda Triangle
The Wrath
The Transfiguration
Boon's Theme
Sector A
Prime Time
A Play On Lydian
Confunked In Seven
Seaside In San Tropez
Chloe's Song
Abby's Song
Evanescent Surge
Blue Wave
India
Lizard Boogie
The Secret Place
G Blues
Mind Tunnels
Particle Theory
Subdivisions In Time
Aslan's Return
Montreal
Cloud Nine
Hyperspace
Big Funk
Up 211
Dreamstate
Restoration
The Farm
Mr.Davis
Slow Grind
The Young Bohemians
Go
Vienna
Celestial Spirals
Time Steps