Atanas Shishkov was born in Kardzhali, Bulgaria.He has started to play the guitar at the age of 11.Atanas has took his first private lessons by classical guitar in the early of 90`s.Later he joined in a band and he has many performances in his hometown.Inspirated of Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen, Atanas decidedto quit the band and to start exploring the guitar instrumental music.In the middle of 1994 he has recorded his first demo project "On The Threshold".Atanas has continued to improv...
Atanas Shishkov was born in Kardzhali, Bulgaria.He has started to play the guitar at the age of 11.Atanas has took his first private lessons by classical guitar in the early of 90`s.Later he joined in a band and he has many performances in his hometown.Inspirated of Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen, Atanas decidedto quit the band and to start exploring the guitar instrumental music.In the middle of 1994 he has recorded his first demo project "On The Threshold".Atanas has continued to improve his playing exploring many "Shrapnel"shredders such as Greg Howe, Vinnie Moore, Jason Becker, Tony Macalpine,Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Michael Lee Firkins and more,as well as the music of Steve Vai and Steve Morse.Atanas also continued to record his own new guitar instrumental experiments.In the summer of 1997 Atanas joyned in a band performing jam-sessionsin a jazz-rock club in his hometown.He began to explore a lot of jazz players such as Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson and many jazz bands as well.His next recordings has more jazz and fusion orientation.August 2002 - Atanas recorded his debut album "Flying Colours".Since the begin of 2003 Atanas is a guest columnist with his own guitar lessons in several guitar websites - Chops From Hell, Insane Guitar, iBreathe Music, The Shred Zone, Shredaholic, Fusion Site.Since September 2003 his album "Flying Colours" is available for sale in Fossil Records` website.February 2004 - Guitar9.com presented Atanas Shishkov in The Undiscovered page as "Master of Bulgarian Shred"!September 2005 - Atanas` acoustic album "The Long Road" is also available on CD!December 2006 - Atanas is working with his new band above the new project SPIRALESS, and the debut album is coming soon!
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