- Antoine Dufour
Infobox musical artist
Name = Antoine Dufour
Img_capt = Antoine Dufour performing live in 2008
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Background = solo_singer
Born = 1979L'Épiphanie ,Quebec ,Canada
Instrument =Guitar
Genre = Folk, fingerstyle acoustic,instrumental
Occupation =Guitarist
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = CandyRat Records
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/antoinedufour/ www.myspace.com/antoinedufour]Antoine Dufour (born in L'Épiphanie,
Quebec ) is a French-Canadian acoustic guitarist currently signed to CandyRat Records.Biography
Dufour started playing guitar at the age of fifteen. He went on to study at the
CEGEP inJoliette , where he listened to the music ofLeo Kottke ,Don Ross , andMichael Hedges at the behest of his teacher. Since then, he has gone on to place second at the 2005 Canadian Guitar Festival's Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and first place in the 2006 competition. He also placed third at the 2006 International Finger Style Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas.Dufour has released three solo albums to date: "Naissance", "Development", and "Existence". He has garnered a sizable fanbase through
YouTube with live performances of his songs cut in the same studio as fellow guitaristAndy McKee , amongst other CandyRat performers. His most popular video is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4BYMvVvMg0 a cover of "Jerry's Breakdown"] performed with Tommy Gauthier, who is himself an expert fiddler, using a single guitar between the two.Dufour works on the side as a guitar instructor, offering lessons through
Skype as well.Guitar style
Dufour's pieces are characterized by a highly percussive playing style, using slap and natural harmonics frequently. Dufour shares many compositional traits with other fingerstyle guitarists such as Andy McKee, Craig D'Andrea, and Don Ross, especially in terms of his music's technical complexity.
Many pay special attention to the red bandana/scarf tied around the end of his guitar's neck above the nut, seen in most of Dufour's
YouTube videos - he has stated in interviews that this to mute the strings ringing above the nut as they would resonate after a hard strum.Currently, his primary guitar (the one in all the YouTube videos) is a Stonebridge Model 23 CR.
Discography
tudio albums
*"Naissance" (2004)
*"Development" (2006)
*"Existence" (2008)DVDs
*"Antoine Dufour / Andy McKee" Split DVD (2007)
External links
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* [http://www.candyrat.com/artists/antoinedufour/ Antoine Dufour] at Candyrat Records
* [http://instrumentalcase.com/DuFour.aspx Interview with Antoine Dufour] at www.instrumentalcase.com
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