Nathan McDonald, Effective Lead Guitar.com, and Halo Stereo
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Nathan McDonald has thorough experience in the music business. He has toured around the world playing guitar in his band, studied classical music in college, and has been teaching guitar lessons full-time since 2004.
Nathan's band, Halo Stereo: Nathan plays lead guitar in progressive rock band Halo Stereo. They have had opportunities to open and play with bands such as Motley Crue, The Toadies, Days Of The New, Saliva, and Framing Hanley. Halo Stereo has recorded and released three studio albums, travelled overseas in 2010 to play for our troops across South Korea and Japan, and they remain active today.
Nathan McDonald studied classical guitar for 2 years at UAH, where he performed classical guitar pieces and studied with the advanced guitar ensemble group. His knowledge of music theory is extensive and he describes his skills on the guitar as "technical, fast, and a little over-the-top."
Nathan has extensive experience teaching private and group guitar lessons of all ages, all experience levels, and all styles of music. In addition, he has developed his own guitar instructional website; yet another avenue for him to share his understanding of the guitar with as many recipients as possible.
- How long have you been playing guitar?
- Nathan: Forever.
- What is your favorite music other than Halo Stereo?
- Nathan: Tori Amos, Eminem, Lady Gaga.
- Why do you have a website? Isn't that nerdy HTML stuff?
- Nathan: It's more than that...it's Javascript and CSS. I'm a geek.
- What's better: A whammy bar, a whammy pedal, or a wah-wah?
- Nathan: A whammy bar and a wah-wah together.
- Do you want to answer any questions about guitar?
- Nathan: If you submit them at the bottom! ;)
Nathan's Band: Halo Stereo
Nathan's band, Halo Stereo, has performed with artists including Mötley Crüe, Saliva, The Toadies, and Days of the New. Halo Stereo have toured Japan, Korea, and the US. They are on their 3rd studio album.
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