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Allen Began Playing the guitar at the age of 11. Instantly knowing what he wanted for the rest of his life.Turned on at a very early age to the sounds of,Steve Vai, Joe Satriani,& Eric Johnson, he decided Instrumental guitar to be his passion. Setting out on a course that would lead him through years of ear training, And music theory. His unwaivering love for pure guitar rock was not shaken by the grunge,and hip hop movements of late, in fact he found a way to work his unique style into some R&B tracks that caught the attention of R&B mogul Teddy Reily. After a brief stint doing new talent development with the now American Idolized Chris Richardson for reily, he set out building Jade Dragon Studio, Norfolk Va. His independent record label Evil Static Records,With artists like local funk bass great Micah Kaplan, R&B vocalist Glen Perkins.

After months of heavy thinking he has relocated to his home town of Berwick Pa. Virginia proving to be not to be a happy fit for the hard wired Yankee in him. Now fully inspired and in a much happier place with his family, and friends, he is working on building a new studio, and a 3rd instrumental album, and poss. bands??? if anybody is looking for a guitar player in the area please contact me.

Allen uses: Way too many guitars to name them all! 9 out of 10 timest the solos are done on an Ibanez, Either a Rg-120 custom or a rg-2ex2 or a rg-470, also guits by, Fender, Gibson, Mike Bell, Brad Freiheit,Kramer,series 10, and on and on. Hughes and Kettner Matrix 4-channel main amp left, Laney AOR solo 100 tube 100 on the right, kept in order by the Line-6 Pod live XT. All Wirlwind cables, and Superlux dynamic mics on cabs. all recording equipment is Yamaha comm.Audio. Ampeg B-3 bass amp . and Pearl/Sabine drums and hardware.


www.Myspace.com/sallenbaltzer
for more info about Allen's band "Smoke n Mirrors"
www.myspace.com/wearesmokenmirrors