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Chad Laniewski ( La – New – Ski ) Born May,15,1972 in upstate New York. Chad’s passion for music came to an early age of eight. His first inspiration was his Grandfather John Laniewski which Chad’s first guitar was given by. His Grandfather played and owned almost every instrument there was.Very fond memories of going to his grandfathers house was especially his music room.
Chad began his journey of lessons first through his Grandfather then on to many Teacher’s along the way. Chad’s last instructor Doug Villano a graduate from Musicians Institute – G.I.T. was an inspiration both musically and personaly. Chad’s main musical style is Instumental Rock and intermixes styles of Rock, Classical ,Jazz and Blues. With Each song he blends many styles of music together to keep it as described ” A Variety Pack “.
Chad has played with various local bands but has set focus the last several years mostly on his Instrumental career with heavy promoting in 2010.
His playing has been compared to such artists such as Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Andy Timmons and George Lynch but has his own unique style at hand. Chad has an obsession with his tone for both recording and live situations. Always working on developing new ways to get that tone he desires, he is very particular about. In 2012 Chad joined legendary guitarist Steve Vai’s record label Digital Nations – Favored Nations. At the same time he also recieved an endorsement offer from Spectraflex cables.
1. Kick It Out
2. End of Time
3. Drifter
4. Free to Live
5. Talk to Me
6. Cross Walk
7. Cry from the Wind
8. Elevated
9. Dark Waters