Guitarsongs Volume 1

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Guitarsongs Volume 1
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EP by Katrina Johansson
Released December 2005
Recorded Monster Mix Studio and Studio One
Genre Instrumental rock, heavy metal, progressive metal, shred
Length14:34
Label M.A.C.E.
Producer Katrina Johansson
Katrina Johansson chronology
Guitarsongs Volume 1
(2005)		 Love, Surrender, Forgiveness
(2007) Love, Surrender, Forgiveness2007

Guitarsongs Volume 1 is the debut EP by American shred guitarist Katrina Johansson, released in December 2005 by M.A.C.E. Music. The record is notable for featuring Michael Angelo Batio on bass. [1] [2]

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Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Katrina Johansson.

  1. "Driven" – 3:36
  2. "K-9 Lullaby" – 4:06
  3. "Intuition" – 3:21
  4. "Daredevil" – 3:29

Credits

Katrina Johansson is an American guitarist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She released her debut extended play, Guitarsongs Volume 1, in 2005, which was notable for featuring fellow shred guitarist Michael Angelo Batio on bass. In 2007 a second EP was released, entitled Love, Surrender, Forgiveness.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Michael Angelo Batio American musician

Michael Angelo Batio, also known as Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist and columnist from Chicago, Illinois. He was the lead guitarist for the Los Angeles-based glam metal band Nitro in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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References

  1. ↑ "Katrina Johansson - Guitarsongs Volume 1 EP". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ↑ "Katrina Johansson - Dean Artist". Dean Guitars. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
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