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| Years active | 2007–present | ||||||
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| Labels | Season of Mist | ||||||
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| Subscribers | 252 thousand [1] | ||||||
| Total views | 19.8 million [1] | ||||||
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Sarah Longfield is an American YouTuber, musician, and multi-instrumentalist based in Madison, Wisconsin. [2] She is known for her two-handed tapping style of playing and the use of an eight-string guitar. [3] [4]
Longfield started her YouTube channel in 2007. She gained a boost of followers after collaborating with Rob Scallon on a series of ukulele covers of metal songs. [5] [6] [7] She formed her band, The Fine Constant, in 2012. With them she has released two albums, and the band performs with Longfield on her solo tours. [8] They have toured with acts such as Marty Friedman, Angel Vivaldi, and Polyphia. [9]
In 2017, Longfield contributed a track to She Rocks, Vol. 1 , a compilation released by the record label Favored Nations. [10] In 2018, she signed with label Season of Mist and released the album Disparity. She produced the album herself. [11] The label also reissued her prior album, Collapse // Expand. [12]
Longfield was named on a list of "15 of the World's Greatest Seven- and Eight-String Guitarists" by Guitar World in 2018. [13] In 2019, her signature series guitar was developed by Strandberg Guitars. [14] [15]
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