Mike Leslie
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Guitarist/Instructor |
| Location | El Cajon, California, United States |
| Introduction | I always wanted to play the guitar since hearing Van Halen blaring on my neighbors radio. What fully hooked me on rock music was hearing Def Leppard in 83'. I began learning the guitar my freshman year in HS on an acoustic guitar a friend gave me. I later got a electric guitar and amp. Upon graduating HS I formed my first band. 93' began college at Green River CC. I joined the Music Company and took theory and ear training classes; playing all over the Pac. NW, Hawaii, and the WA state fair. After my second year I joined Luna's Web. Because of the vocalist, we were able to set up a showcase with a label in LA. It never came to pass. Our bassist quit followed by the drummer. I played with several bands, was a roady for some of the local bands, then I joined Jordans Crossing. We recorded a 3 song demo for a potential gig. Soon after I left the group. In 99' I also played with the church bands. In 01' moved to the Portland area, starting at Portland CC in the professional music pro-gram. After two years, I went to PSU in the jazz program, but saw my heart was not in it. Now I work on my own material and try to improve on the guitar. |
| Interests | Church functions, reading the Bible, listening to music, writing music, playing guitar, singing, football, going to concerts, watching movies, hangin with friends, classic cars (hot rods), guitar shopping/collecting, driving |
| Favorite movies | The original Star Wars, Braveheart, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure/ Bogus Journey, Pirates of the Carribean, Legend, The Princess Bride, Most Adam Sandler movies, the Patriot, The last Starfighter, Krull, The Count of Monte Cristo, Willow, Amadeus, The Last of the Mohicans |
| Favorite music | Too many bands to list but stylistically I like Progressive rock/metal, power metal, old school thrash, 80s rock, synth pop, late 80s/ early 90s alternative, classical, jazz, blues |
| Favorite books | The Bible, Various Living Stream Ministry books, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy/ the Hobbit, Terry Goodkind's Sword of truth series, and lately I have been getting into Neil Gaiman |
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