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GMC Forum _ PRACTICE ROOM _ New Instructor - Conrad Harpham!

Posted by: Chris Evans Jun 22 2009, 08:21 PM

Hey GMC!

Its with great pleasure I announce to you our newest Instructor

Conrad Harpham!




Conrad has spent a lot of time getting info to me ready for his forum introduction so here it is!!


Conrad Harpham – Promotional Information, Biography and Links

Age - 35, DOB - 17/09/1973

Country- South West England

Professional guitar player and tutor

Conrad Harpham started playing the guitar at the age of 14. By the time he was 19, he had started to teach, and had gained acclaim from a national music magazine, which compared his playing to Joe Satriani.

Over the next few years Conrad developed a fluid bluesy rock style, incorporating influences from Randy Rhoads, to Satriani and Richie Kotzen.

In 2006, Conrad joined Jazz Funk outfit "Dimitri" and also started the "Conrad Harpham Trio", an instrumental rock fusion outfit. The Conrad Harpham Trio are currently playing in venues in the South of England, performing concerts and technique workshops.

Conrad is currently a busy tutor and performer in the South West of England, and in 2008 completed his sixth recorded CD, "Conradical" which was described by Cross Rhythms magazine as a "Mesmerising display of solo electric guitar at its finest". Shortly after the release of this album, he signed as an international endorsee of Framus Guitar Company.


Conrad has received acclaim for his playing from the likes of All out Guitar, and Hardrockhouse magazines and is now regarded as one of the most technically competent players in England. Roland UK recently described Conrad's playing as "Overwhelming, and "Alloutguitar" magazine as "Simply phenomenal".


Awards and Achievements


2000 – National guitar competition "Jam 2000 Grand finalist (4th place)

2008 – International Guitar idol top 15

2008 – Devon County Battle of the bands "Outstanding Musician" Award

2008 – Signed as International endorsee of Framus Guitar Company

2009 – International guitar idol top 15



Musical philosophy


I am great believer in the "P" word – practise – but not without structure. You can spend hours fiddling on the guitar with no real progress or learning taking place. A structure to each second of your routine is vital. The lessons at GMC provide you with this structure, to formulise your own practise routine, and to take your playing forward, whatever style or level you are. I am really looking forward to sharing some of my ideas with the community at GMC, and am eager to learning some new ideas from the other tutors and pupils.

I am also a great in developing your own style, using ideas and licks from others, but then defining your own unique way of presenting music and playing your guitar.

Most of all though, enjoy the guitar, it is a wonderful instrument!

Links - Profiles

http://www.myspace.com/conradharpham

http://www.youtube.com/conradharpham

http://www.conradharpham.co.uk/

http://www.framus.de/modules/endorser/endorser.php?endorserID=677&mtpl=show_endorser&cl=EN



Latest Review

http://www.alloutguitar.com/review/album/conrad_harpham_conradical




Finally a selection of mp3`s of Conrad smile.gif

 Conradical.mp3 ( 4.9MB ) : 368


 Guitar_solo_neo_classica.mp3 ( 1.86MB ) : 348


 Hippo_Daze.mp3 ( 4.62MB ) : 366


 01_The_Return_of_Dr_T.mp3 ( 3.63MB ) : 302


If you`d like to preview Conrads promo video then you can download it https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=703446040&email=05842738d25b694dc1d735a7b6c94787

Thank you for all the great info Conrad, it just leaves me to say your first

WELCOME TO GMC! biggrin.gif












Posted by: Canis Jun 22 2009, 08:25 PM

Welcome Conrad biggrin.gif

Looking forward to your lessons =)

Posted by: superize Jun 22 2009, 08:25 PM

Welcome to the site....

Looking forward to your lessons

Posted by: Sollesnes Jun 22 2009, 08:25 PM

Sounds good! Looking forward for your lessons, welcome smile.gif

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 08:29 PM

QUOTE (Sollesnes @ Jun 22 2009, 07:25 PM) *
Sounds good! Looking forward for your lessons, welcome smile.gif

Thanks guys! Looking forwrd to starting!!

Posted by: skennington Jun 22 2009, 08:36 PM

Hey, welcome to GMC Conrad. I remember your 2008 GI entry, good stuff, glad to have you here and looking forward to your lessons! Rock on man smile.gif

Posted by: Red Jun 22 2009, 08:37 PM

Welcome smile.gif

Posted by: Fran Jun 22 2009, 08:39 PM

Welcome Conrad, awesome videos!

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 08:43 PM

QUOTE (skennington @ Jun 22 2009, 07:36 PM) *
Hey, welcome to GMC Conrad. I remember your 2008 GI entry, good stuff, glad to have you here and looking forward to your lessons! Rock on man smile.gif

Cheers - glad you liked the tune. Thanks mate

Cheers, glad you liked the vids!!

QUOTE (Fran @ Jun 22 2009, 07:39 PM) *
Welcome Conrad, awesome videos!

woops -wrong box!
Cheers for that (I' just getting the hang of this forum stuff!!)

Posted by: lcsdds Jun 22 2009, 08:44 PM

Nice vids man.....you have some SERIOUS chops....look forward to your lessons.....\m/\m/

Posted by: vampire18 Jun 22 2009, 08:45 PM

welcome conrad, your bio sounds amazing, cant wait for some lessons

Posted by: sted Jun 22 2009, 08:45 PM

Hey Conrad, nice to see another UK instructor, looking forward to your first lesson!

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 08:45 PM

QUOTE (lcsdds @ Jun 22 2009, 07:44 PM) *
Nice vids man.....you have some SERIOUS chops....look forward to your lessons.....\m/\m/

Thanks mate - glad you enjoyed the vids

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jun 22 2009, 08:46 PM

Welcome Conrad. Looking forward to your lessons! smile.gif

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 08:46 PM

QUOTE (sted @ Jun 22 2009, 07:45 PM) *
Hey Conrad, nice to see another UK instructor, looking forward to your first lesson!

Cheers mate - should be up next week (Starting fairly simple!!)

Posted by: Tolek Jun 22 2009, 08:52 PM

Welcome Conrad! smile.gif Great vids one youtube. biggrin.gif

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 08:54 PM

QUOTE (Tolek @ Jun 22 2009, 07:52 PM) *
Welcome Conrad! smile.gif Great vids one youtube. biggrin.gif

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed them

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jun 22 2009, 08:54 PM

Hi Conrad! Awesome playing! Welcome to Guitarmasterclass!! It's really nice to have you here.

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 08:56 PM

QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Jun 22 2009, 07:54 PM) *
Hi Conrad! Awesome playing! Welcome to Guitarmasterclass!! It's really nice to have you here.

Thanks for that welcome Gabriel, its great to be here!

Posted by: berko Jun 22 2009, 08:57 PM

Great vids and great music! Looking forward to your lessons! Nice to have you here man cool.gif

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 08:59 PM

QUOTE (berko @ Jun 22 2009, 07:57 PM) *
Great vids and great music! Looking forward to your lessons! Nice to have you here man cool.gif

Thanks mate

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Jun 22 2009, 09:40 PM

awesome! be welcome man! smile.gif

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Jun 22 2009, 09:41 PM

Yes! Finally we are live - great to see you on the forums Conrad! biggrin.gif I you know will have lots of stuff to show us - I am set to get inspired!

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 09:44 PM

QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jun 22 2009, 08:41 PM) *
Yes! Finally we are live - great to see you on the forums Conrad! biggrin.gif I you know will have lots of stuff to show us - I am set to get inspired!

Thanks for the welcome Kris - cant wait to get started

Posted by: ItsMe Jun 22 2009, 09:44 PM

Loved your Guitar Idol stuff. Great that you are at GMC now. Looking forward for your lessons

Posted by: audiopaal Jun 22 2009, 09:49 PM

Welcome Conrad smile.gif
Looking forward to your lessons!

Hope you like it here, and thanks for joining smile.gif

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 09:51 PM

QUOTE (ItsMe @ Jun 22 2009, 08:44 PM) *
Loved your Guitar Idol stuff. Great that you are at GMC now. Looking forward for your lessons

Thanks mate - glad you liked the vid

QUOTE (audiopaal @ Jun 22 2009, 08:49 PM) *
Welcome Conrad smile.gif
Looking forward to your lessons!

Hope you like it here, and thanks for joining smile.gif

Thanks mate - thanks for having me

Posted by: arctic1234 Jun 22 2009, 09:55 PM

It's always nice with a new instructor, I'm sure you will fit right in to GMC! biggrin.gif

Looking forward to your lessons... nice playing by the way cool.gif

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 09:58 PM

QUOTE (arctic1234 @ Jun 22 2009, 09:55 PM) *
It's always nice with a new instructor, I'm sure you will fit right in to GMC! biggrin.gif

Looking forward to your lessons... nice playing by the way cool.gif

Cheers arctic, looking forwrd to starting!

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jun 22 2009, 10:06 PM

Welcome to GMC Conrad !

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 10:10 PM

QUOTE (Pedja Simovic @ Jun 22 2009, 10:06 PM) *
Welcome to GMC Conrad !

Thanks Pedja

Posted by: Piotr Kaczor Jun 22 2009, 10:11 PM

Really amazing playing, Conrad! Welcome to GMC! smile.gif

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 22 2009, 10:13 PM

QUOTE (Piotr Kaczor @ Jun 22 2009, 10:11 PM) *
Really amazing playing, Conrad! Welcome to GMC! smile.gif

Thanks - glad you liked the vids!

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Jun 22 2009, 10:41 PM

Great playing, Welcome to GMC Conrad !

Posted by: Jose Mena Jun 22 2009, 10:57 PM

Welcome to GMC Conrad, I was checking out your you tube videos, great playing.

Posted by: Kuba Szafran Jun 22 2009, 11:09 PM

Great chops Conrad, welcome to GMC smile.gif!

Posted by: Muris Varajic Jun 22 2009, 11:10 PM

Welcome to GMC Conrad, can't wait for your lessons, all the best! smile.gif

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Jun 22 2009, 11:14 PM

Very cool videos man!

Nice to have you here biggrin.gif

Posted by: Ivan Mihaljevic Jun 22 2009, 11:18 PM

Welcome to GMC, Conrad!
Great to have you here!

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jun 22 2009, 11:39 PM

Good to see you on the forum Conrad!

Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam Jun 23 2009, 12:18 AM

Welcome Welcome Welcome ! smile.gif

I saw your promo video on Lauriemonks YT Channel. biggrin.gif

Posted by: Stephane Lucarelli Jun 23 2009, 12:54 AM

Welcome Conrad !
Great to have you here.

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 23 2009, 07:52 AM

QUOTE (Stephane Lucarelli @ Jun 23 2009, 12:54 AM) *
Welcome Conrad !
Great to have you here.

Hi guys
thanks for all your kind words! Sorry i havent replied for a while - its been a bit late uk time, but i'm awake now!
Thanks again for you kind welcome

Posted by: Dejan Farkas Jun 23 2009, 09:39 AM

Welcome Conrad smile.gif

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jun 23 2009, 12:45 PM

Welcome to GMC Conrad!! smile.gif

Posted by: Sergio Dorado Jun 23 2009, 12:53 PM

Hi Conrad and welcome!

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Jun 23 2009, 01:27 PM

Welcome Conrad! smile.gif
Great first lesson, by the way!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Jun 23 2009, 01:28 PM

Welcome Conrad!!! As Sted already said, nice to have another UK based Instructor here!! looking forward to your lessons!!!!
biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

Posted by: Emir Hot Jun 23 2009, 03:08 PM

Welcome man smile.gif

Posted by: kaznie_NL Jun 23 2009, 03:13 PM

http://www.guitaridol.tv/online_final/entry/please_judges_put_me_through_time

Haha, really nice profile on Guitar Idol " Nursery student, aged 3. Been playing guitar for 4 months"

Posted by: methodseeker Jun 23 2009, 04:38 PM

Welcome, Conrad! I like your intro statement about practice. I'm particularly interested in maximizing the effectiveness of my practicing. I wonder if you might begin by giving some kind of lesson on that topic. For example, how you approach a single session, and maybe larger cycles of time like weeks or months, how you set and evaluate goals, etc.

Looking forward to seeing and hearing more from you!

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 23 2009, 10:13 PM

QUOTE (methodseeker @ Jun 23 2009, 04:38 PM) *
Welcome, Conrad! I like your intro statement about practice. I'm particularly interested in maximizing the effectiveness of my practicing. I wonder if you might begin by giving some kind of lesson on that topic. For example, how you approach a single session, and maybe larger cycles of time like weeks or months, how you set and evaluate goals, etc.

Looking forward to seeing and hearing more from you!

Yeah sure - i am filtering in some more ideas on practise routine sover the next few lessons - and i agree, a lesson about structuring routines is a very good idea..I'll set to work on it!
Cheers

Posted by: Red Jun 23 2009, 10:17 PM

QUOTE (Conrad Harpham @ Jun 23 2009, 11:13 PM) *
and i agree, a lesson about structuring routines is a very good idea..I'll set to work on it!
Cheers


+ 1

Posted by: Jerry Arcidiacono Jun 23 2009, 10:40 PM

Welcome to GMC Conrad! smile.gif

Posted by: Rob Wilson Jun 24 2009, 10:24 AM

Hi Conrad! Nice to see an instructor from the same area as myself smile.gif

Posted by: Koopid Jun 24 2009, 02:02 PM

Oh, welcome! I remember your entry in guitar idol last year, it was great!

I didnt follow the competition this year but I think you were in this year too?

Posted by: Conrad Harpham Jun 24 2009, 03:46 PM

QUOTE (Koopid @ Jun 24 2009, 02:02 PM) *
Oh, welcome! I remember your entry in guitar idol last year, it was great!

I didnt follow the competition this year but I think you were in this year too?

Yes I was - top 15 again - not sure if i'll enter next year!!

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