My name is André Orsel and i am from the Netherlands.
I graduated from music high school (studying Jazz/Fusion) in 1989 and from there earn my living as a pro musician.

I always was fascinated by alternate picking, which started by listening to and investigate my alternate picking heroes Al di Meola and John Mc Laughlin at the age of 15.
Now we have guys like Anton Oparin and Martin Miller who push the boundries in what is possible.

Although i am always practicing alternate picking things, my ultimate guitar heroe, Allan Holdsworth, does quite the opposite. But his unbelievable legato technique, improvastion skills and very specific use of harmony changed my whole view on music and what is possible on the guitar.
The man was a real innovator, may he RIP…

I realy love what Troy is doing here and learned a lot from it. It is very hard to break old habbits, but i am trying to adept things in my picking because of the things Troy is investigating and shows us.
Great community which keeps me practicing!