Dan Keller

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Dan Keller is a unique guitar player from Switzerland. He plays an exotic influenced Metal guitar style, often using musical elements from Asian (mainly Japan) and Oriental countries.  

Dan was born 1965 in Switzerland. He begun learning to play the guitar at the age of 12, on a nylon stringed classical guitar. Throughout his teenage years, Dan performed in several bands and projects. He started with more Jazz-Rock and Funk oriented bands. Years later, his style turned to Hard Rock, and today Dan plays his typical "Exotic Metal" style, Eastern & Asian melodies mixed with neo-classical elements. 

Basically Dan is influenced by Marty Friedman,  Jason Becker and Steve Vai. He often plays in the Asian vein of Marty Friedman, combined with a technique in the style of Jason Becker. His catchy melodies, often built with wide slides in the way like Steve Vai does, are another typical elements of Dan's melodic play. 

Earlier, he studied the style of George Lynch, another very exciting guitarist. Especially Dan's intense vibrato is a result of that "Lynch-time".  

Yet in spite of this Dan remains unique, applying different elements from various musicians and sources, all of which enrich his music.  

Dan became "Artist of the Month" at Guitar9.com in 2001, with the single pre-release for this album. 

For the Jason Becker Tribute Album, released by Lion Music in 2002, Dan performed the song "Dweller in the Cellar" of Jason Becker (see mp3 section). 

In 2004, Dan released the Instrumental Solo album "Electric Storm", a part of his project "Sultan Of String" (see mp3 section "Uzume"). Find more information at http://www.sultanofstring.com/ 

2004-2006, Dan absolved a Jazz school, mainly to fill up some gaps in music theory.

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