专辑简介

Tom Abella & D-Mind Tom Abellas debut as an electric guitar player was in the 1st Rock-Guitar Festival in 1994, a performing contest in which he was given the first place. After playing in many different rock and metal bands, he launches his own compositions in the first Rock al Parque festival (1995). Back in those days, his band was integrated by Ernesto Fernandez (Drums) and Esteban Santamaría (Bass Guitar). In 1997 Abella releases his first demo recording RAKNAROK (in tape format). This recording made of Abella a very well known artist in Bogotá and other cities of Colombia. Since then he has invested part of his time in his own academy of music-guitar. In 1999 he was hired as Professor in Electric Guitar at the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional. By the end of that year he releases his first album, NACIDOS PARA LA BATALLA, which was the first CD of the genre recorded in Colombia. In the year of 2002 Abella was elected as BEST ROCK COMPOSER in the SHOCK magazine; in 2004 he was chosen as the BEST ROCK GUITARIST from Colombia in the MTRES.NET online opinion poll (www.mtres.net). MTRES.NET is a Colombian rock music website. During 2003, 2004 and 2005 Abella composes and records his second album, TINITUS, which was released on November 25, 2005. TINITUS was released together with his first instructional DVD, GUITAR SKILLS, the first interactive guitar education video produced in Colombia. His style influences include artists such as VAN HALEN, JASON BECKER, FRANK ZAPPA. GARY MOORE, JEFF BECK and bands like LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT, RUSH, TRIBAL TECH and PLANET X. Nowadays, Tom Abella is Professor of Electric Guitar at the Universidad Distrital (ASAB or Academia Superior de Artes de Bogotá) and the School of Audio and Music FERNANDO SOR. He complements his educative exertion with workshops all around Colombia. He also offers concerts with his band, advertising his most recent releases.