I'm just back from Mattias IA Eklundh's guitar clinic

[spycam]

I was sitting in the first row to see it better, well, it looked pretty empty to see just IA sitting on a pretty big stage with a laney head and cab
The guy is just fantastic, i don't say that about his playing techniques, but he's a real nice man, he talk like a machine, he told lots of funnies that made my evening today!

I don't dig all the tricks he does as i won't find them a place in my music, but afterall it's nice to see somebody doing something very good, when he's probably the one of the kind he's playing...

I got a couple of pics and a few vids shot by my Nokia N95, will upload the vids to youtube someday later.

Have a good time!

 

[Notuern]

Ive seen one of his clinics at my guitarschool, his sence of humor is amazing!
And I belive that he is the greatest guitarist in the world right now(pure techniques).
I cant stand the music he plays, but its damn impressive stuff.

 

[Noumenon]

He's a real entertainer. Great guy!
Cool to see a great guitarist like that NOT using a behemoth of a rig like petrucci and others.

 

[fatalforce]

Wow, I bet it was awesome. I really enjoy his work.

 

[Kazrog]

Mattias is an amazing guitarist and a really cool guy. I've had the opportunity to hang with him a couple of times at NAMM (thanks, James!) and I had a blast. I really dig his playing actually, he's become one of my favorite guitarists. What I like about the way he integrates the "trick" techniques into his playing is how musical he is about it. Everything he does is done in such a way that it extends the melodic range and gives his music a unique stamp; it's not just tricks for the sake of being flashy. He's also an incredibly underrated vocalist.

Really an inspiring person on a lot of levels, he has a lot to teach and is very generous and humble about it.

 

[26]

Absolute outstanding musician.
The Freak Kitchen Records and his solo stuff haven´t left my player for some months.
His character shines through his music.

 

[spycam]

Some vids from the show, sorry for bad quality:
http://www.muzikantams.com/showthread.php?t=227

will add more later, still uploading them, more than 700 meg in total

 

[pifos_2]

I've been into Freak Kitchen since the beginning. Great songs. Great performance. Great people.
I've seen them live few years ago. They played a little unplugged session during the gig, it was awesome.
A new album will come out next year. I'll wait for it, since I am never disappointed with his work.

 

[Waterboy]

Nice videos, sir. I am jealous that you were able to geaux to such a clinic.
Take care.