Milan Polak - ALL LEAD & BACKING VOCALS, ALL ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS, ELECTRIC SITAR
Fabio Trentini - basses, samplers, minimoog, sound treatments and programming
Simon Michael - drums
Milan Polak has also played and/or recorded with:
Steve Bailey, Randy Coven, Dimebag Darrell, Falco, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Fabrizio Grossi, Ken Hensley, Shawn Lane, Thomas Lang, Lale Larson, John Macaluso, Billy Sheehan, Matt Sorum & other members of Guns n' Roses, Subway To Sally ("Bastard"), Joey Tafolla, Neil Taylor (Robbie Williams), Tangerine Dream, Jeff Waters and others.
Influences
Life, love & music
Endorsements: Yamaha acoustic & electric guitars and basses / ENGL amps / sE Electronics tube mics / AKG mics, wireless systems & headphones / T-Rex Electronics pedals / Damage Control USA preamps & pedals / DiMarzio PU's, straps & cables / MXR pedals / TubeThomsen amps / Dunlop strings & signature picks / Thomastik-Infeld strings (010 - 052) / tremol-no systems / MSP Guitars 'Milan Polak signature' prototype.
Sounds Like
NO COMPROMISE, NO BS!
"MURPHY'S LAW" - promo video (plz support & add to your profile - thx!)
"HERO" (Straight)
"MSP SHRED" (me shredding on my MSP signature guitar)
Steve Lukather (solo artist, Toto, session player)
"My friend Milan is a very talented player with a heart of gold. Make sure to check him out!!!"
Paul Gilbert (solo artist, Racer X, Mr. Big)
"Wow! You play really well. Keep playing great guitar!"
Billy Sheehan (Steve Vai, Mr. Big)
"Great playin' Milan - pleasure to jam w/you!"
Marty Friedman (solo artist, Megadeth, Cacophony)
"Your playing is great! It was excellent jamming, we'll do again..."
Jeff Scott Soto (Journey, Y. J. Malmsteen's Rising Force, Talisman, Soul SirkUS)
"Hey bro, your CD kicks ass....keep trudging ahead, see you at the top soon!!!"
Hans "Falco" Hölzel (solo artist)
"I toured all over Europe and auditioned the hottest studio cats but just could not find anyone who impressed me. Then I met Milan!"
Kip Winger (solo artist, Winger, Alice Cooper)
"Milan Polak is one of the best guitarist I've heard in years"
Steve Blucher (DiMarzio Inc.)
"Very much the equal of the best guitarists in the world, Milan demonstrates his knowledge of other player's approaches without resorting to imitation or predictable playing. Dreamscapes showcases a variety of styles, but Milan demonstrates an easily recognizable signature touch throughout."
Mark Varney (head of legato records)
"I chose Milan for anchor man on both 'Guitar on the Edge'-CD's because I wanted the CDs to end with something that would totally blow away someone who had been listening to the CD up to that point."
John Stix (guitar)
"Bach rock, hard rock or squeezing the blues, Milan has it covered. Dynamic and forceful, he's got the tones, phrasing and technique that he needs to get to the big show."
Matt Williams (head of Liquid Note Records)
"The thing I love most about Milan's playing is the way he combines super-technique with emotion-soaked string bends and vibrant vibrato. Style is everything. Note choice, diversity and phrasing: you know it's Milan in about 5 notes. There's not many guitarists you can say that about anymore!"
Simon Badham (Essential Guitarist)
"A cursory listen to any of Milan Polak's solo discography reveals a truly ferocious musical talent, but one not solely confined to the world of shred guitar. Milan is a guy who can evidently play and laugh at the best of them."
Andy Craven (virtuosityone.com)
"Milan is one of the hottest players currently on the scene and is not only extremely proficient in practically every style you can imagine but also knows how to write engaging music and present in such a way that it has its own unique voice and character."
Scott Jeslis (metalexpressradio.com)
"The name Milan Polak might best be described as a bit of a guitar deity. His impressive resume certainly exudes enough highlights that could easily position him on top of such a pedestal."
Kevan J. Geier (tremol-no)
"I've heard TONS of guitar stuff in the last 15 years or so. This one stands out to me. Milan covers so many different styles and genres - everything from metal to flamenco to shred-fu to the blues-ish ballad. He's shown me that he's the Leatherman of guitar. Totally and completely versatile. It's easy to see why Falco chose him as a guitarist."
MJBrady (ProGGnosis)
"Milan shows excellent flair for technical arrangements that fully compliment his amazing playing."
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Throughout his career guitarist extraordinaire Milan Polak has already played with Falco, members of Guns n’ Roses, Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, Steve Vai), Marty Friedman (Ex-Megadeth), Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) a.m.o.
He was featured in "Guitar for the Practicing Musician" as well as on several CD samplers of the world’s best guitarists such as M. Varney’s "Guitar On The Edge – The World’s Hottest Guitarists" (with the likes of Steve Vai, Greg Howe and Marty Friedman). His two instrumental albums "Dreamscapes" and "Guitar Odyssey" received overwhelming praise & great reviews worldwide and stayed in the top seller charts of guitar9 for months. The jazz/fusion CD "J.A.M." reached number 2 in the UK Jazzwise Charts.
His album "Straight" featuring Milan Polak on vocals as well, was recorded with high-class musicians (who played with the likes of Malmsteen, Dreamtheater, Vai, Steve Lukather, Glenn Hughes, George Lynch) in NY and received great feedback worldwide, e.g. "Album of the Year" (Netherlands) and "Album of the Month" (Italy). Other nominations were "Top 10 Albums of the Year" (Italy), "Top 30 releases of 2007" (UK) and "Best Guitarist of 2007" (UK). The renowned English "Fireworks Magazine" voted the song "The Glowing Of A Cigarette" no. 2 of the "Top 200 songs of 2007".
Milan Polak also co-wrote and played all the guitars on the album "Bastard" (Nuclear Blast) for the German band Subway To Sally in 2007, which entered the German album charts at 7 and was voted "Album of the Month" by Germany's biggest metal magazine "Metal Hammer". Above all, their song "Auf Kiel" won the German "Bundesvision song contest 2008".
Ciao Milan, è un po che non ti scrivo, ma seguo sempre il tuo space e le news che ti riguardano. Spero ti vada tutto bene e che i tuoi progetti vadano sempre per il meglio. Ti saluto e ti auguro buone vacanze. Saluti dall'Italia
Greetings from New Zealand Milan & many thanks for becoming a new friend on My Space. All the best fr yr new CD & keep rocking loud & as energised as ever...!!! Best rgds good friend, Doug
COLDSPELL - Straighten Things Out TAZ TAYLOR BAND - The Fugitive ADRENALINE 101 - In The Mix STEEVI JAIMZ BAND - Amazing Noticias/News MILAN POLAK - Torn ALIAS - XTCOI CRASH THE SYSTEM - All Because of You SHADOWSIDE - Dare To Dream YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - Heaven Tonight GARY MOORE - Walking By My Self VAN HALEN - Panama SURVIVOR - It's The Singer Not The Song
This show will be able to listen to also in the repeat transmissions on the Online Stations: TNT Radio Rock, Radio Mai, 95xRadio (El Salvador) and GoogolPlex (Florida). Check schedule on my profile!
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