Gerald Moizan
Gerald Moizan | |
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 Moizan performing at a concert in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day Saint Germain en Laye, France |
| Genres | Progressive rock, progressive metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, drums, keyboard |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Labels | GM Prod |
| Website | www |
Gérald Moizan (born September 30, 1979, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French guitarist.
Early life
Gérald Moizan spent the first 10 years of his life in Aubergenville in Yvelines (78) and, for professional reasons of his father, the whole family left Paris for Touraine, where he still lives.
As a teen, he seized discs of his father who is very influenced by rock like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Carlos Santana.
Cradled in rock music trends, he follows listening to new hard rock bands like Guns n' Roses, Nirvana, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, following the evolution of styles, he sticks to the "trash" movement of 1996, he listens to bands like Machine Head, Obituary, Sepultura, Nail bomb, etc.
Following an invitation from a friend of his parents, he is presented as a young guitarist; this musician friend introduced him to artists like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and many others... which causes a musical trauma at home. At fourteen, he took his first guitar lessons and at age 15, gave his first concert as rhythm guitarist in the band of the MJC's Amboise. The second group consists of four different musicians allowing him to approach the drums and bass. He made his first recording in 1996 with the Mandrake group.
Career
From 1996 to 2007, he played in many groups as "Mandrake, Carefree, Black Pearl". A CD/compilation will be done in each of these groups, but none of them will be sold because at the time it was not necessarily the ambition of the groups; it is however many concerts. He gives some guitar lessons, creates a therapeutic music workshop in a specialized center in Audronnière for troubled youth. During all these years, he listens to a lot of musical styles, artists like Marcus Miller, Frank Zappa, Alain Carron, Django Reinhardt, Patrick Rondat, Dream Theater, but also a bit more commercial bands like David Lee Roth, Toto, Genesis...
It is during these years that he is engineer/technician on his concerts for artists like U-roy, Israel Vibration, Heads Straight, Angel, Johnny Hallyday, Amel Bent...
In 2007, he founded his own production company "GM Prod". It produces some artists "Black Pearl", but also the DVD conference on water "Yann Olivaux, Water is our health" or a sophrologic music CD "Inward Journey Vol I". GM Prod's order is to promote art in its originality, with no manager or producer saying a word on the composition itself.
The desire to compose and perform, self-produce his own album took shape in 2008; the end of the Black Pearl group does a lot of thinking, work in a group composition relies heavily on the compromise, and is not necessarily good for creativity, we must also all be there at the right moment, and this is not necessarily simple with different schedules, unlike solo, which requires no compromise.
Late 2008 to early 2009, he made five records:
- Why Not Part I, First Set
- Why Not Part II, Walking with the Devil
- Why Not Part III, Journey into Nature
- Life is good
- Little groove
Pascal Mulot (bassist for Patrick Rondat, Triple FX, Satan Joker...), Pascal Vigne, Jean Pierre Poulin, Stephen Garnault, and Florian Romary participate in the album.
Following the success of his website and that of Myspace, he decided to make an album of 9 tracks, and self-produce. More than 15 radio stations worldwide, broadcasting these 5 tracks; "Co de Kloet" even offers him a broadcast on "NPS".
Her debut album Happiness was released in August 2011, and followed the Peavey Tour 2011 with Patrick Rondat and Pascal Vigne.
In 2012, one of his songs "Crazy Game", from his debut album "Happiness" is selected for the compilation of the Pavilion 666.
In 2014, he released a 4 track EP "4 Memories" which may have Piwee Desfray on the Battery, brass and cello (drummer Fairyland group, Myrath, Heavenly) and Brice Guillon bass (Melted Space, Street of thirst, My Favorite Swing). EP which bodes for a second album.
Artists with whom he played
- Janet Robin
- Pascal Mulot
- Pascal Vigné
- Patrick Rondat
- Roman Rouzine
- Jean Pierre Poulin
- Piwee Desfray
- Brice Guillon
Discography
Solo albums
- 2014: 4 Memories "Guest Brice Guillon, Piwee Desfray"
- 2011: Album Happiness "Guest Pascal Mulot, Pascal Vigné, Jean Pierre Poulin"
- 2009: Happiness Four Tracks "Guest Pascal Mulot"
Albums with bands
- 2010: "Scoop Toujours" of band Konarteam
- 2009: "It Goes Boom" Konarland album of band Konarteam
- 2007: MaxiCd with the band "Black Pearl"
- 1998: Album with the band Insouciance
Compilation albums
- 2012: Compilation Pavillon 666 "track: Crazy Game (Album Happiness)"
Equipment
Gerald plays with "Hiwatt Amps", jack/cables "Intexcables" string "SkullStrings" and is an artist of Ibanez since 2013,
References
External links
- (in French) Official website
- Hiwatt: http://www.hiwatt.co.uk/artists
- Invmusic groupe: http://www.invmusicgroup.fr/artiste.php?id=573 Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Le son du bout des pieds: http://www.lesonduboutdespieds.fr/artistes/art_moizan-g.html
- Website of Skullstring: http://www.skullstrings.com/artistes/page/2/ Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
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