Jean Fontanille

Location:
Bordeaux, FR
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Metal / Progressive / Rock
Site(s):
Label:
Acropole records
Type:
Indie
Influenced by P Rondat, C Achard, C Godin, G Howe, R Thal, M Eklundh, Vai, Scoffiled, Govan, Lane, Hendrix every guitarists and musicians playing their own way . i started play guitar when i was a teenager. i study at the “Music Academy International” from Nancy (France).



I create the instrumental band "Fantastic(s)3" with Pascal Biwandu (drums) and Wilfried Widmann (Bass) many years ago, trying to do our own music . We recorded our first album in 2005 summer and it's distibued since april 2006 by french label Acropole Records. We have done many concerts in France notably first part of Jeff Kollman Band, Christophe godin, With our friends from Plug'in Band and Parralaxe Band, many festivals and masterclass.



I endorsse Vigier guitar and strings and exclusively use a fabulous Vigier excalibur “custom guitar” (www.vigier.com). I also endorse the incerdible tubes amps LABOGA ( www.labogaamps.com) and use a Mr hector head and prémium cabinet. Also i endorsse David Laboga fantastics cables (www.dlcables.com).



I recorded few years ago a guitar teaching video and i writte teaching heading for the french web magazine "guitare live" playing in the style of : J Petrucci, P Gilbert, P Rondat, Y Malmsteen, R Kotzen, S Vai, J Becker, S Morse, C Berry, D Guilmour funk, Blues, Major scales and deliator I create teaching vidéos every month for the french web site " laguitare.com ".



I also took part to the "fusion project" (Greatwinds/Musea) created by Mel Gaynor ,Stephane Deriau-Reine and Jan-Olof Strandberg, recording some Rythm guitars and a solo ;-))



Also my new instrumental album "Unknown Parameter Value" with Mike TERRANA on Drums and Ivan ROUGNY on bass is now available on www.guitareuroshop.com , itunes, virginmega, fnac, amazon etc .



At last , i'm the teaching director of the french music school "Arema Rock et Chanson" ( www.rocketchanson.com ) in Talence(33) .

and give masterclasses wherever people want me to !



Find me in the teaching book and in video on the cdrom of each numbers of the GuitareXtreme magazine for courses of all level: beginning, intermediary, advanced, and accompaniment ;-))
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