Welcome, Marc!
Do I detect a subtle Flex-Able influence there or am I imagining it?
lol, Steve Vai had more than a subtle influence on me, however, his influence is less apparent than Satch, Lynch, Malmsteen, Gibbons and VH. But when he was in Crossroads and came out with Yankee Rose, he was the second birth of Van Halen to me, the guitarist that brought about the most change in the way modern electric guitar is played after Hendrix. Vai and Malmsteen and Satriani all hit around the time I was 18 and it was almost enough to make me want to quit playing guitar. What was there left to say after them? Well it turns out a lot. For many years I was compared to Satriani, because I'm a huge Billy Gibbons, pinch harmonic fan with bluesy influences, and I was mesmerized by the two handed tapping of EVH . To this day , the tricky two handed tapping thing....is what I'm best at, but I don't use it often because it's a very recognizable technique, like sweep picking arpeggios and music only has so much room for that before it gets old. Well, I finally found more of my own voice and don't sound like Satriani much anymore. The links posted above are already 15-20 years ago.
https://marcpattison1.bandcamp.com/album/risen-from-the-ashes-2
Thats the last instrumental record I did...and I'm about to release a new one. You can download that for free or donate a dollar, but it's by far my most representative record of where my playing is at these days.
I'm also in a band called 9th of Never that is like Dream Theater, Nevermore, Periphery and queensrchye and Iron maiden, but in a way, not like any of those bands either...Our preproduction stuff (Fred Marshall on Vocals) was done on an 8 string and is at http://www.soundcloud.com/9thofnever
I'm also in a cock rock band with Van Halen, Dokken and Ratt influences.
http://www.soundcloud.com/mgpband
and lastly, I started singing and doing remakes of covers like, Jump Around by house of pain or Rod Stewart's "do ya think I'm sexy" as well as some classical orchestra stuff and some dance music synth based music at that's at
http://www.soundcloud.com/marcpattison2 and
http://www.soundcloud.com/marcpattison
I'm not expecting anyone to go and listen to all these links....Like I said, I'm obsessed and I'm constantly writing so I can't expect people to keep up and want to hear all the crap I put out...but any of those links will give you a taste for what I do in a particular genre.
Lastly, I started a new youtube channel where I teach people how to compose, record and finish material all on an ipad, like 32 tracks or more at a time and I also make music videos, all using iphones and an ipad. There I call myself the Bedhead Producer because almost everything is done, when I'm still laying in bed.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdr7t…w_as=subscriber
If there is anything I can help anyone with, I'm available to use what I'm good at to help other musicians. Some stuff I'll charge a nominal fee....like making your band a kickass MTV style video , while other things , most things, I'll just help if someone asks. I am however poor and struggling financially at the moment, so I'll do studio work, recording, engineering, mastering, ipad/iphone lessons and undercut the competition so I can stay alive!!! thanks for the welcome!