I'm very saddened to learn of #Vangelis #death today, he passed away on Tuesday 17th. He was a remarkable keyboard innovator and a master of melody. Very, very sad... Listening to his 'Movement IV' from El Greco: youtu.be/Kt8kAPIHm94 Amazingly beautiful... 😥

New album 'Shadows & Light' almost ready! Currently in the mixing stage and finalizing album artwork. More info coming soon! 👍🎸#guitar #guitarinstrumental #guitarmusic #rockguitar #shredguitar #bluesguitar #newalbum

Finally, the new album is finished! Release date is May 20th 2025 #guitar #guitarplayer #guitarshred #guitarist #guitarsolo #guitarmusic #guitarinstrumental #instrumentalrock #instrumentalmusic #marioparga #instamood #guitaralbum #newalbum #neoclassicalmetal #bluesguitar #blues

Here are some sound clips from the new album, the official release date is May 20th 2025. The album will be available via all major online platforms in digital format and through my website MarioParga.com in digital and physical CD format. CD pre-order page coming soon!

10 years ago today I recorded the Black Sabbath instrumental 'Scarlet Pimpernel' for the Tony Iommi Cancer Charity album 'Great Lefty: Live Forever'. I expanded the track from the original version, but it received great praise from Tony himself and many Sabbath fans. All proceeds

I've been asked recently about my guitars and what I'm using at the moment. My two main guitars these days are 'Duende' (left) and 'Diablo' (right), 2 x Fender Telecaster Custom HH FMT. Diablo was used on about 70% of the new album, great guitar 🎸 For those interested in specs,

This is the nylon string guitar I recorded all the acoustic parts with on 'Scarlet Pimpernel' ten years ago for the Tony Iommi cancer charity album 'Great Lefty: Live Forever'. It's a Crafter CE15/N, I'm not sure if they make this model anymore, I bought it 20+ years ago while I

This is my main pedalboard nowadays, I built it myself and bought each and every component. It's a stereo set-up, the pedals are: Henry Widjaja : Synesthesia for most of my modulation needs, life.us : Mercury X for all my reverbs and LVX for all delays, BOSS / ボス公式 : DS1 for distortion

The new album 'Shadows & Light' is out in just 10 days! Pre-order now at marioparga.com/store and receive an exclusive bonus track! Here is 'Kelso Depot' in its entirety, play it loud :-) #guitar #guitarplayer #guitarshred #shredguitar #guitarist #guitarsolo #guitarmusic

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My new SKB Cases iSeries Jumbo case arrived yesterday evening for my favorite steel string guitar, the case is built like a tank like all my other @skbcases iSeries' and I'm confident it would survive a nuclear blast ☢️ 💪😁 Guitar is an Epiphone PR-5e that I've slightly

Here's a little solo from a few weeks ago, I hope you like it. For anyone interested in the pedalboard in this video, it's a stereo set-up, the pedals are: @gfisystem : Synesthesia for most of my modulation needs, life.us : Mercury X for all my reverbs and LVX for all delays,

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here's a little track I recorded for Halloween, it's called 'La Morte Amoureuse', named after the short story by Théophile Gautier. I hope you enjoy it 😊🤘🎸 For those who are interested, the guitar was through Line 6 Helix Native using a preset I programmed

Here is a short video I made recently of me playing a short and slightly different version of 'Heatwave' from my old album The Magician (1991). I originally wrote 'Heatwave and recorded it as a full demo back in 1989, I later recorded it for The Magician. This video was created

As well as the usual streaming sites, my music is now available to listen to or buy on Bandcamp in FLAC, WAV, AIFF, AAC, ALAC & MP3 formats (link in profile). New music is coming soon early next year, including a special 25th anniversary remake of 'Valse Diabolique' 🎸🤘