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BIOGRAPHY-Michael Lee Ostrander
Location-Albuquerque, New Mexico
Style-Shred Metal, Techno Shred Metal and Bluesy Rock Instrumentals
Endorsed by Ibanez Guitars DiMarzio pickups and Dava picks
Michael is an Instrumental Guitarist with 30 years of Shred/Metal/Industrial and Rock Band, Studio, Touring and Live Performance experience, recently signed to MYSTERIA Records
Michaels music has a very unique sound, having the appeal of Shred but avoiding the clichés of the style and forging his own voice on the instrument and within the genre of Instrumental music…Michaels guitar style is unmistakable and unconventional, yet melodic and fast enough to appease fans of Shred without being strictly Neoclassical
The NEW CD now available entitled “I Shred, Therefore, I Am” is Michaels most versatile effort to date, The guitarist is branching out from his Shred Metal roots with a couple of Bluesy/Rock tunes that have serious grooves and a Non-Metal approach to the solos…There’s also a song that captures the sound of Arabic instruments, all done with a guitar and a Whammy pedal and of course all the Shred Metal mayhem you’d expect from MLO
Michael performs Live sans band with backing tracks and has opened for Favored Nation’s Recording Artist ANDY TIMMONS, Grammy Award winning Producer/Guitarist Larry Mitchell and GREAT WHITE With his former band SYSTEMIC he opened for ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER AND BLUES SARACENO
Released in 1998 Michaels 1st Full-Length CD “Tomb of the Unknown Shredder” garnered tons of plays on the net and a very enthusiastic response on MP3.com, 2 New Mexico Music Industry Coalition Awards and sold close to 2000 CD’s independently
The New Jersey native played his first show in a Senior Project band, when he was in 10th grade in front of a 500 plus crowd…Michael has resided in Albuquerque since age 16 described as “Joe Satriani on Acid” by one author and Andy Timmons was quoted as saying, when he took the stage after Michael’s set “Wow, Maybe, I should take some lessons from that guy!!”
Michael has also been in various Metal bands since arriving on the desert soil, the most notable and recent being SYSTEMIC
The group disbanded in 2004, but not before releasing 2 CD’s, playing lots of Live shows and opening for the Guitar heroes mentioned above as well as Motorhead, Drowning Pool, Adema and American Head Charge
Internet promotion has been a good avenue with 8 Tracks of the Day, 1 Track of the Week and Numerous Reviewers Pick Awards on Garageband.com
Michael also have just done a Professionally made Music Video for “Law of Return” from his NEW CD, filmed a Promotional video for DAVA picks and performance/interview Live on My50TV
www.youtube.com/mysteriarecords
www.mysteriarecordsusa.com
www.myspace.com/michaelleeostrander
Email-mlostrander@yahoo.com
www.theunknownshredder.com
www.myspace.com/michaelleeostrander
www.youtube.com/hd147man
www.davapick.com
www.garageband.com/michaelleeostrander
