Rick Kostelijk's lyrics & chords

Rick started playing the guitar aged 10. The guitarplaying of Mark Knopfler, Chris Rea, Toto's Steve Lukather and even some Deep Purple appealed to him. After studying a book explaining basic techniques and notation he discovered the possibilities of playing by ear and started imitating Mark Knopfler in the first place. Later on he discovered music of Jan Akkerman, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani and Andres Segovia. He devoted all of his spare time playing and listening to music. On his last project he states: "Last summer I started planning for a ...read more