Episode #053: Original Progressive Rock Guitarist, Rob Wessel

WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST

Episode 53

Original Progressive Rock Guitarist, Rob Wessel

 

Robs' Bio:

 

"I began teaching myself guitar at age 13 or 14. I began learning guitar parts off of rock records at about age 15. In my 20s and into my 30s I took lessons and classes at the WI Conservatory of Music in jazz guitar and theory. I had classes with John Foshager and David Hazeltine, lessons with Michael Sullivan, and an ensemble class with Don Linke. 

I attended guitar seminars at the National Guitar Workship with Mike Keneally, Jack Grassel, Matt Smith and Terry Syrek.

I played in local groups Beacon and Jonah's Vacation and in my church's worship group through the 1990s. 

I played in classic rock cover group Thick Aza Brick from 2001 to about 2010. 

I played in local progressive rock group Lyndenthal from 2014 to 2019.

 

I taught guitar lessons at Academy of Music in Menomonee Falls from 2001 to 2012, at Wondersound Music in Menomonee Falls from 2012 to 2020, and at North Shore Academy of the Arts from 2009-2015. 

 

I formed Concept of Innocence in 1998 to play my original progressive rock songs. The band ended up being a duo of myself and drummer Jim Kube and recorded one album, Songs From the Heart. The group ran its course after this album. Jim contributed to writing songs and performed drums. I wrote songs, and performed vocals, guitar, bass and programmed the synth parts.

 

Since 2010 I have been spending most of the time I have to devote to music working in my home studio recording progressive rock, blues, and ambient/electronic pieces, which I've posted on soundcloud and have released on Spotify, itunes, etc. Since 2019 I've worked exclusively on another progressive rock release, which will feature new original songs similar to Concept of Innocence but also incorporating some of the ambient electronic and maybe even the blues sounds I've recorded.

 

The name of the group whose album I released a year ago is Concept of Innocence. I am writing and recording more original progressive rock but don't yet know if I will release it under my name or a new band name."

 

Links:

https://www.deezer.com/us/album/165643352

 

https://www.facebook.com/ConceptofInnocenceprog

 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3XVzmX6IUEI3WUGFGPavvX?fbclid=IwAR1MnAdruEQTjiV6f9_z4GTFf_-_BSSxXfegebaYS3p7Cc_JmLx5c8U9Zxs

 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/songs-from-the-heart/1526767597?uo=4&app=itunes&fbclid=IwAR0286WHVy4nTRe4tJLkIJZjYpwWY04dDY46bifFO_be08CQW6YACeTHpok

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