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Infobox musical artist | name = Preston Reed| image = Preston Reed June 2011.jpg| caption = Preston Reed, June 2011| image_size =| landscape = Yes| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1955|4|13| death_date =| origin = Armonk , New York , United States | instrument = Guitar | genre = Instrumental Jazz , blues , funk , World music|world , fingerstyle | occupation = Musician , composer | years_active = 1974& ndash;present| label = Sky, Flying Fish Records|Flying Fish , MCA Records|MCA , Capitol Records|Capitol Nashville , Outer Bridge, FolkStudio, Liberty Records|Liberty | associated_acts =| website = http://www.prestonreed.com/ www.prestonreed.com| notable_instruments = Jacobson-Hardy guitars, Ovation Adamas, Yamaha AE-2000, Preston now plays his signature models, acoustic Jumbo and Baritone http://www.baileyguitars.co.uk/ Bailey Guitars Preston Reed (born April 13, 1955, Armonk , New York ) is an United States|American fingerstyle guitarist. In 1987 he invented a two-handed playing style and compositional approach that integrates the full percussive potential of the guitar body. In doing so Reed revolutionized guitar playing.
Biography
Preston Reed learned guitar as a child on his father's guitar and, for a short time, classical guitar with a too-severe teacher. When he was 16 his interest was rekindled by Jorma Kaukonen 's acoustic guitar-playing in Hot Tuna . He took the guitar again and began to compose his own songs in the style of Leo Kottke and John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey . His first public performance was at Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. , in a concert with Allen Ginsberg . He continued recording and performing and signed his first major label record deal with MCA Records with the help of his friend Lyle Lovett . http://www.prestonreed.com/bio.html Preston Reed biography at his website. Accessed on November 25, 2007.
Reed has played with various other musicians, spanning the spectrum between Linda Ronstadt and Rock (music)|rock band NRBQ . He was featured on American radio and TV broadcasts. Between 1979 and 2007, he recorded 15 albums on several labels - mostly solo acoustic guitar -, guest-starred on other musicians productions, founded his own Outer Bridge label and featured on two solo videos. He has been commissioned for film soundtracks and a suite of original music for the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet .
Reed moved to Scotland in 2000. http://www.prestonreed.com/releases/history_of_now.html History Of Now , Discography at Preston Reed's website. Accessed on November 25, 2007.
Technique and musical influences
Reed plays with his fingers, thumbs, fists and hands at once, suggesting a whole band at work: drummer, keyboard player, bass guitarist and several guitarists at once. Some of his tunes invoke impressions of rock bands and duelling guitars, but he is also a player of blues or ballads reminiscent of Bill Evans , one of his musical idols.Citation needed|date=July 2010 As a teenager, Reed was influenced by Leo Kottke and John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey and in the beginning of his career was a Fingerpicking|fingerpicker with notable technical prowess. In the late 1980s, though, he developed his own, highly individual and percussive style, a short time after Michael Hedges published his first records using technically similar techniques, but creating very different music.Allmusic|class=album|id=r381599|pure_url=yes Review of Reed's CD Metal at Allmusic Guide, by Robert Taylor. Accessed on November 25, 2007. He drew not only from fingerstyle, but from rock 'n' roll too, developing a very rhythmic drive in some of his compositions. Other pieces are very melodic and dreamy ballads.
His guitar style is characterised by the use of percussive effects he generates with both hands on various parts of the guitar body. He names them, appropriately, rim shots and bongo hits . http://www.prestonreed.com/releases/v_instructv.html The Guitar of Preston Reed , Text on video cover. Accessed on November 25, 2007. He uses slapping|slap and tapping|tap techniques like slap harmonic s or the generation of notes or whole chords with his left hand ( hammer-on , pull-off ). He uses both hands for tapping ( two-hand tapping ) and frets chords with his right hand ( right-hand fretting ). He often plays with both hands from above the guitar's neck. In many of his compositions, Reed uses altered tunings characterized by very low bass string tunings, for example BGDGAD or CGDGGD, though he also uses standard tuning on his latest CD, Spirit .
Guitars and technical equipment
On his first recording Reed used a Martin D28 12 String and a Martin D28 6 String. He later used guitars made by the American luthier Michael Jacobson-Hardy. http://www.prestonreed.com/recordings.html Discography at Preston Reed's website. Accessed on November 25, 2007. Later he played Washburn Guitars|Washburn guitars with Seymour Duncan Pickup (music technology)|pickups and in the second half of the 1990s a custom Adamas Long Neck Ovation .
Around 2000 he began using several different guitars, not only steel-string acoustic, but also solid body electric guitar s, semi-acoustic guitars, electrical baritone guitar s, 12-string and classical guitars.
Reed recorded his 2007 album Spirit with a semi-acoustic Yamaha AE-2000 guitar.
1998 Great Guitar Lessons Fingerstyle Techniques (Homespun Tapes)
2002 Muriel Anderson’s All-Star Guitar Night II (Homespun Tapes)
Sheet music
Guitar Impact (2006). Bruce Muckala (MaraHaley Music).
See also
Kaki King
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.prestonreed.com/ Preston Reed Homepage
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm? artist_id=REEDPRESTO Preston Reed at Millennium Center – biography and two full-length concert – videos
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