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Erik Mongrain
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Erik Mongrain is a Canadian male composer, guitarist, and jazz musician born in Montreal in 1980. He began his work period in 2001 and plays the guitar. His musical genres include jazz, acoustic guitar, fingerstyle, and ambient music. He is also recognized as a YouTuber.
Mongrain’s style is characterized by instrumental and acoustic elements. He was influenced by Michael Hedges. His work is associated with the Canadian music scene and falls under the categories of acoustic guitar and jazz.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1980
Discography
- Fates2007
- Equilibrium2008
- Forward2012
- Tempo
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 74,350
- Total plays
- 878,303
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Erik Mongrain (born April 12, 1980, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian composer and guitarist. He uses a unique acoustic style with a wide array of different techniques, approaches and textures reminiscent of Michael Hedges. Mongrain became very interested in guitar at the age of fourteen. The electric guitar was what Mongrain first worked with as he was teaching himself, and eventually picked up an interest in classical and acoustic guitar. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Erik+Mong
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1980-04-12 ) April 12, 1980 (age 46) , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
- Genres
- Acoustic music
- Occupations
- Guitarist , composer
- Instrument
- Acoustic guitar
- Years active
- 2001–present
- Labels
- Prophase Music and Music Video Distributors
- Website
- erikmongrain .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Occupation
- television producer
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.erikmongrain.com
- Image
- Erik Mongrain2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Erik Mongrain
- date of birth
- 1980-04-12
- Commons gallery
- Erik Mongrain
- influenced by
- Michael Hedges
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 28500
- name in native language
- Erik Mongrain
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Encyclopedic overview
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