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Turn To The Movement
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Remote Control
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Memories Of Love
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The Lie We Live
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Living In A Black and White World
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System Crash
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Everything Is Wrong
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Obsolete
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Together (Radio Edit)
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Black Gypsy
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Down On My Luck
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Presto Changeo
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Canon In D
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Lift Off
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Summer
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Winter (From The Four Seasons)
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Sabre Dance
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Ode To Joy
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Bach Rocks
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Go (Radio Edit)
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Jangleholic
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God Bless California (Oooh L.A.)
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Say You Love Me For Christmas
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Reflections Of Love
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The Gates Of Trance
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Warp Drive
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Presto Changeo (Reprise)
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Orbiter
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Joy Of Man's Desiring

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I am an:: Indie Artist

Artist's or Band's Name: Les Fradkin

City & State: Jefferson, CO

Country: United States

Music Genre(s):: Singer-Songwriter, Art Rock, Symphonic Rock

Bio:: Les Fradkin is a prolific Singer-Songwriter and a Virtuoso of the Starr Labs Ztar, the Mellotron and the Electric 12 String Guitar. He captured headlines as the Original Cast George Harrison in the mega-hit Broadway show "Beatlemania" in the 1970s.

Les has played with The Ventures, enjoyed 16 #1 hits at mp3, won several awards from Akademia including 2017 Folk Rock Best Song for "Black Gypsy" and 2015 Best Rock Song ("God Bless California" as well as several other Indie Music Channel Awards, including 2016 Best Instrumental Recording. He is also a member of the Television Producers Music Production Hall Of Fame as a Composer and the Rickenbacker Notable Artists Hall of Fame as a 12 String Guitarist.

he has found success as a recording artist, composer and producer with MGM Sunflower, ESP-Disk, Bell, Arista, RCA, and Laurie Records. Les has written the well known hit "La Chansons Des Souvenirs" ("Song Of A Thousand Voices") for the famous French songstress Mireille Mathieu on the Philips label and this tune has also been recorded in a hit version on RCA Victor (now Sony/BMG) by the Latin Pop icon Roberto Jordan ("Donde"). He was originally discovered and signed by John Hammond Sr. at Columbia back in 1969.

He has played Mellotron, 12 and 6-string Guitar, Bass and Piano on dozens of Top 40 hit records throughout the early 1970's , and 1980's, scoring many US and UK chart placings throughout his career.

In 1976, Les was selected over thousands of other auditioning guitarists to appear in the original cast of the smash hit Broadway musical "Beatlemania" playing lead guitar and the part of "George Harrison" in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Running for two and a half years from May 1977 thru October 1979, every show (including over 1000 in New York alone) was sold out and the Beatlemania musicians quickly became celebrities with magazine cover stories ("Newsweek","Time", "People", "Rolling Stone") and many major television show appearances. With his guitar-playing in the international spotlight from the show, including appearances in the USA, Canada, The Caribbean and Europe, Fradkin developed a cult following that has avidly followed his career and made him a celebrity among guitar fans.

Les' unique approach with the Starr Labs Ztar Midi Guitar mixes new technology with his futuristic Orchestral Progressive Rock approach. His current music including his latest Single System Crash”, is receiving saturation radio airplay across many station in the USA, Japan, and Europe.

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KING OF MIDI GUITARS LES FRADKIN STRUMS ALONG WITH JIMMY RAE

Posted on October 25, 2013 at 3:13pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Skope Magazine Interview:

(October 25, 2013)

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Renowned MIDI guitarist Les Fradkin continues to WOW the critics and audience by bringing innovative music-making techniques to the forefront. Les has created the first ever “classical” composition on a hi-tech instrument known as a Ztar and this can be heard on his new album ‘Suite for Ztar and Orchestra in G Minor Op. 1 No. 1′. This modern day musician is always evolving as Today he can be referred to…

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Suite for Ztar and Orchestra in G Minor Op.1 No.1

Posted on August 23, 2013 at 11:29am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Just released! Les Fradkin: Suite for Ztar and Orchestra in G Minor Op.1 No.1 takes the Compositions of Les Fradkin and intertwines them with themes and compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach realizing a completely new work. 21st Century Hi Tech electronics meets Baroque tradition with dignity and distinction at Amazon. If you love Bach, this is a must…

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Les Fradkin Nominated for IMCA Best Classical Artist of 2013

Posted on March 29, 2013 at 3:54pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Les Fradkin nominated by the Indie Music Channel Awards for Best Classical Artist of 2013.

Johann Sebastian Bach composed fifteen Two and Three Part Inventions back in the 18th Century. Bach intended to express and present a brand new modern keyboard technique for Classical Music which was…

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