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Les Fradkin
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PARKER, Colorado
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Member Since8/23/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.lesfradkin.com
Band MembersLes Fradkin plays a Starr Labs Ztar MIDI Guitar Controller which he uses to single handedly construct all the backings on his recordings.

Sequencers and DAW's: Ableton Live Suite 8.04, Akai APC40 Controller, Propellerhead Record 1.0 and Reason 4, MOTU Digital Performer 7, Apple Logic Pro 8

Synthesizers, Soft Synths and Samplers: Roland XV-5080, GForce M-Tron Pro, Arturia Modular Moog V2, Brass, Mini Moog V, Arp 2600V, Jupiter 8V, Native Instruments FM8, B4II, Reaktor 5, Massive, Absynth 4, Pro 53, MOTU Symphonic Instrument, MOTU Ethno Instrument, Vienna Smphonic Library, Roland VG-8EX V-Guitar, GR-1, GR-33, GI-20, Behringer FCB-1010 Foot Controller, Roland PK-5 MIDI Bass Pedals

Les Fradkin endorses the Starr Labs Z7S MIDI Guitar

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Les Fradkin endorses MOTU Digital Performer 7

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Les Fradkin endorses Ableton Live Suite 8

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Les Fradkin endorses the Akai APC40 Ableton Live Controller

Akai APC40

Les Fradkin endorses Propellerhead Record 1.0 and Reason 4.0

Propellerhead Record Reason Long Rack
InfluencesELO (Electric Light Orchestra), Roy Wood, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds, Yes, Rick Wakeman, Asia, King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Yngwie Malmsteen, Baroque Music, Jean Michel Jarre, Silver Apples, Frank Zappa, Trance, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Kaleidoscope, The Ventures, Nokie Edwards, The Beatles, The Byrds, J.S. Bach, Niccolo Paganini, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Joe Meek, Phil Spector.
Sounds LikeNeoclassical Electronic rock music for 2012 and Beyond!


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LES FRADKIN BIOGRAPHY:

MIDI Guitarist Les Fradkin is one of the original members of the hit Broadway show "Beatlemania", a Guitar Synthesizer pioneer of the 1980's, surf guitar trendsetter in the 1990's and is a 21st Century innovator on the Starr Labs Ztar. A classically trained musician as well as being a rock guitarist, he has found success as a recording artist, composer and producer with MGM Sunflower, ESP-Disk, Bell, Arista, RCA, and Laurie Records. Les has written the well known French hit "La Chansons Des Souvenirs" ("Song Of A Thousand Voices") for the famous French songstress Mireille Mathieu and the Latin Pop icon Roberto Jordan ("Donde"). He has played Mellotron, 12 and 6-string Guitar, Bass and Piano on dozens of Top 40 hit records throughout the early 1970's , scoring many US and UK chart placings throughout his career.

He was also an original member / singer / guitarist for the pop group California on Laurie Records in the US and RCA Records in the UK for it's entire existence from 1973 through 1985. California had several chart records including the 1981 release "Summer Fun Medley"-a medley of Beach Boys hits, "Jeans On", "He's Almost You" (charting in the United Kingdom) and an appearance on the Dick Clark American Bandstand television show.

In 1976, Les was selected over thousands of other auditioning guitarists to appear in the original cast of the smash hit Broadway musical "Beatlemania" playing lead guitar and the part of "George Harrison" in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Running for two and a half years from May 1977 thru October 1979, every show (including over 1200 in New York alone) was sold out and the musicians quickly became celebrities with magazine cover stories ("Newsweek","Time", "People", "Rolling Stone") and many major television show appearances. With his guitar-playing in the international spotlight from the show, Fradkin developed a cult following that has avidly followed his career and made him a celebrity among guitar fans.

IIn 1996, he founded the rock group "Get Wet" and started a new guitar trend with Neo Classic Surf featuring a blend of stylistic references including The Ventures, Nokie Edwards, Dick Dale, Jeff Beck as well as Classical Composers such as Bach, Paganinni, Vivaldi and others. This music found immediate success on the mp3.com charts with Get Wet enjoying 230,000 downloads and 16 Number 1 mp3.com hit singles from 1999 thru 2001. Les and the band were also featured in the first edition of "MP3 For Dummies" as an example of early indie musician success stories.

New Gandy Dancer Rock Magazine named Les' CD "A Day At The Beach" it's 2004 Album Of The Year. In addition, Les has performed with The Ventures as 2nd Lead Guitarist. Nokie Edwards of The Ventures has performed with Les on several occasions and is a featured guest on his "While My Guitar Only Plays" and "Strat Heaven" CD's. In fact, Les has been acknowledged as a guitar virtuoso for over 30 years and he has been featured in issues of 20th Century Guitar Magazine, Pipeline and New Gandy Dancer Magazines.

Les has scored the theme and three additional songs for the documentary "An Accidental Icon-The True Story Of Gidget".

To date, Les has released 20 solo CD's on his RRO Entertainment Indie label and has had over 340,000 downloads bringing him several substantial hits on Apple iTunes and other download sites across the Internet.

His current music is a mixture of various influences and signposts including Rock, Electronic, Progressive and Classical.
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Gravity Pirates

Gravity Pirates



Nov 11 2009 6:32 AM

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Produced by Lobby Loyde.
Introduced by Suzanne Dowling on Rock Arena.
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Oct 29 2009 11:14 AM

Pablo (www.twitter.com/pablomusic)

Pablo (www.twitter.com/pablomusic)



Oct 27 2009 4:40 PM

How are you, Les Fradkin? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to wish you a happy halloween & hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People."
You can Hear it right Now, if you'd like at:
www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo
adios for now!
Pablo
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Oct 22 2009 9:04 AM

Thank you for the Friendship.

All the best!

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Oct 7 2009 5:18 PM

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Sep 19 2009 7:25 PM

Thanks for the Add.
You have great music :)
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Sep 16 2009 3:11 PM

Hey Les Fradkin


Progressive Grooves Records

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Sep 8 2009 2:42 PM

hey Les Fradkin WHATS UP!
Check out our latest release
Mikas "Illusions" [ARTIST ALBUM] !

visit Mikas on myspace now

Majestic

Majestic



Sep 2 2009 8:24 PM


Just dropping by to let you know the new Majestic cd ARRIVAL is now available. Hope all is going well for you.

~Jeff
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Visit the Official Majestic Web Site
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Tony Noguera

Tony Noguera



Aug 30 2009 2:10 PM

Thanks for the add!
guitar Tony Noguera
greetings from Spain
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Marc Ceccotti

Marc Ceccotti



Aug 24 2009 9:50 PM

Thanks for the add !
Very much appreciated !
You're welcome on my musical space !
Marc

OLD FUTURE CRASH

OLD FUTURE CRASH



Aug 10 2009 3:07 PM

AGOSTO es un buen mes para soñar. LOST IN A DREAM es nuestro promo elegido para sus 31 dias...

AUGUST is a perfect month for dreaming away. That's why LOST IN A DREAM is our promo for its 31 days...
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Aug 6 2009 8:41 PM

brandnew DVD "the rpwl LIVE experience" out now!!!
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also added new tour dates..
love and peace
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also watch out for:
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new solo project of RPWL bass player Chris Postl
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Aug 4 2009 2:24 AM

Thanks a lot for the add ! EletriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs makes its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check EletriKa out!

Hugs from Brazil,
Claudio David


RIOT 87

RIOT 87



Jul 28 2009 12:43 AM

Hey, how are you?
Thanks for the friendship!
I won't bother you about myself and my music etc..., simply if you are interested read, listen, download and comment!
Cheers
Atomik Circus

Atomik Circus



Jul 22 2009 9:24 PM



Hey,

Thx for add

Cya

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Yorgos Pontsaris

Yorgos Pontsaris



Jul 17 2009 12:47 PM

.. hello, have a nice day,
..and a great summer time. enjoy it
peace, from Greece.

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Vincent AGAR



Jul 15 2009 3:59 PM

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Jul 8 2009 9:15 AM

El promo de Julio es Line Of Time, esta vez será un tramo distinto al que pusimos en el mes de Marzo y mas extenso.

Nuestros mejores deseos...

The Old Future Crash promo for July is Line Of Time. It is different from the one for March, and is also expanded.
 
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Jun 29 2009 9:45 PM

Hi, thanks for the friendship... Peace, BigBends

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