Mr. Fastfinger http://mrfastfinger.net The Way of the Exploding Guitar Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:22:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Vaasa: workshop and band show http://mrfastfinger.net/index.php/workshop-and-band-show/ http://mrfastfinger.net/index.php/workshop-and-band-show/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:02:43 +0000 mika http://mrfastfinger.net/?p=3147
Thunderpantz during the workshop at Kuula-Opisto, Vaasa.

We had a wonderful trip to Vaasa on Wednesday. Busy from morning to midnight. First 5 hour drive to Vaasa. Then workshop w/ Sensei at Kuula-Opisto. Then soundcheck. Dinner. And Full band show! Again we pulled some new numbers to make it challenging for us all.

Special thanks to Eero for organizing everything. It was a pleasure. Huge thanks and deep bows to Kuula-Opisto and O’Malleys for having us!


Turtle Beach from the workshop. This song is from “In Motion” album. Will be released March / 2012. Album version features my friend, the great Thomas Blug sharing the lead spots. More details from the YouTube -page.


On the way to Waasa w/ Kalle & Lasse // Eero & Rabbe from Kuula-Opisto: Rock the night!


Boogie Jumps! Mr. Fastfinger at O’malleys, Vaasa.


Hullu mies Vaasasta: Kai Hahto: the most incredible drummer in the world.
// Setlist for the band show

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The final cover // A dummy, paper version of the album, even a paper CD included!

Huh-hah-hei!
The work for the covers is all done. It took some time to get it all down. The covers include a Fretboard game. The visuals for the game was indeed quite a task. And gathering all the credits and thanks lists and all and fitting it all to the limited space. It was challengin but I’m so very glad you it all looks and feels now.


A small detail from the game.

Ninjas in the backcover giving CD buyer a warning / guarantee!
You can pre-order the CD from the lick store:
http://mrfastfinger.net/index.php/store/

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Fästfinger keikkailee Suomessa alkuvuonna

Vaasa 15.2. Mika / Fastfinger Workshop (Kuula-opisto) + Mr. Fastfinger Band (O’malleys)
Järvenpää 29.2. Mr. Fastfinger duo w/ lakewood experiment

More details of these + and more gigs to be announched!

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