Mr. Fastfinger
He may look like a 2D character - but his guitar playing goes far beyond 3!
Mr. Fastfinger is a guitarist and shred mentor. His mission is to spread the joy of guitar playing. Sensei is best known for his internet school at www.Guitarshredshow.com. This guitar school opened in summer 2005 and become a huge international success. in 2009 Mr. Fastfinger’s debut album “The Way of the Exploding Guitar” was released. Praised by the guitar instrumental fans and instrumental music listeners, the album became quite a success aswell. Now three years have passed, in the mean time, all the time and dedication was put to taking the guitar playing to the next stage. New album "in Motion" is out 30/3/2012.
Mika Tyyskä
Mika is the alter ego of Mr. Fastfinger or was it vise versa?! He's a finnish Guitar player, producer and also the cartoonist. Mika invented Mr. Fastfinger in 2004 when he first had the idea for GuitarShredShow.com. Soon Mika realized that working together with this imaginary guitarist was the way to continue. For Mika Mr. Fastfinger seems to be an endless source of inspiration, both musically and visually. Mr. Fastfinger has not only been teachinig people through Guitar Shred Show. But he's also Mika's guru!
When Mika wants to focus on something, he first give's these ideas and elements to this cartoon guru. He then has to master it all himself to survive all the live shows and workshops!
For Mika visual and music blend together. Music easily becomes visual. And visuals turn to musical. Mika is also known of his animations for the progressive giants Dream Theater.
Mika has performed live and/or on recordings along side with many world class musicians such as Mattias IA Eklundh and Freak Kitchen, Jordan Rudess, Christophe Godin and Mörglbl, Thomas Blug, Dave Martone and Milan Polak. And a countless list of some of the finest Finnish musicians.
With Mr. Fastfinger Mika has performed and done clinics, workshops and gear demos in many countries like Finland, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan…
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