Nigel Bradford

Nigel Bradford. Guitarist, composer, songwriter, arranger. Born in Calcutta, he left India

when he was just a year old to live in the U.K.

Nigel first started playing the guitar at the age of 13, with a home made guitar

that he made with only 3 strings. At 15 his parents bought him his first

folk guitar.Started playing in the folk clubs, pubs and anywhere he could.

Developing his own style of playing and getting more and more into

Classical, Hindi and Folk roots music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4wLVc3Raww It's during this time that he composed.

his Guitar Concerto D25 and his original arrangement for the guitar of Beethoven "Ode of Joy" J.S.Bach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dImKA9uy1qE

After moving to France,

Rolland GR-1 Midi device on my electric guitar.

Getting more and more into composing and arranging Classical music, the need for piano, strings and other instruments became evident, the Midi device became an obvious compromise. I use metal finger picks when I play this as it gives a greater precision when you hit the string. You can also reprogram the sound to suit you aswell as setting 2 sounds for each string. "Montezuma" is a good example

I set the 6 and 5 string to the toms and play these with my thumb the other strings set to pan flute

and later to guitar. Another example is "Montafilan" for classical as well as