Andrew Shnitka

Story

Guitar player, Composer, Tutor

Profile

• Guitarist
• Musician

Instruments

• Electric Guitar
• Electric Guitar
• Voice
• Cello
• Keyboards
• Keyboards
• Voice
• Bass Guitar
• Bass Guitar
• Guitar
• Keyboards
• Voice
• Voice
• Bass Guitar
• Violin

Genres

• Progressive Metal
• Jazz
• Symphonic Metal
• Metal
• Jazz
• Classical
• Rock
• Blues

Influences

• Symphony X
• King Diamond
• Arch Enemy
• Enya
• Mike Oldfield
• Pink Floyd

Equipment

• Esp Guitars
• Schecter Guitars
• Ibanez Bass
• Yamaha Keyboard
• Blackstar Amp

Languages

• English
• Russian

What is music to you? What does it give you?

Communication with the Universe. It gives me Harmony and helps me understand myself and other human beings better.

What is your music dream?

Thousands of dreams :)

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

End all wars

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

Europe - Carrie and a hundred more :)

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mike Oldfield, Symphony X, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Enya, Arch Enemy, Control Denied

What inspires you to make music?

Life, Emotions, Mystic, Horror Films, Nature, Musicals

What is the message you want to send with your music?

There are many beautiful and hounting worlds beyond the objective reality

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

A flash of positive emotions!

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

Technical skills of modern musicians are really impressive and advanced, however, in my humble opinion, there is a lack of distinctive authors and composers.

What do you think of Drooble?

I think it is a very nice platform for people obsessed with music, hope it will develop and help talanted people to find soul mates and expand the audience.

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Stereotypes that do not allow some directions of music to develop

• wall
• videos
• photos
• songs