ARNAUD LEPRETRE

 

Classical, acoustic and electric guitar

France

At 21, Arnaud leaves for Los Angeles and spends a year at the Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.) to perfect his different guitar styles (blues, rock, country, jazz) ; his teachers are Scott Henderson, Norman Norman, Dan Gilbert, Steve Trovato ....

He takes part in several bands and projects, recording and playing live. From 2002, he starts to play regularly with his friend François Hubrecht, in different bands and musical collaborations ; and decide to create the duo NECK BROS. In January 2014, they record together "Coude a Coude", their first CD, wich contains 10 original compositions and one cover, all instrumental pieces played with steel and nylon string guitars.

Arnaud is also interested in a much more "electric" and country rock blues universe, and is currently working on an instrumental CD project.

Additionally, he collaborates, since 2006, in several french guitar magazines, "Guitarist & Bass", "Acoustic Guitarist", "Guitar Unplugged", and "Guitarist Pedago". He imagines lessons and pedagogic pieces for these magazines, and has worked on more than a hundred issues to date.

He is also a dedicated guitar teacher and has been teaching private lessons and doing master class for about twenty years.