Kelly Valleau is a spanish fingerstyle guitarist hailing from the "Great White North", that's Canada if yeah didn't know eh! Say that line in a Spanish accent and it’s even funnier! .... the breeding ground for spanish fingerstyle guitarists That’s also funny . A performer, composer, arranger, transcriber, teacher, student and all around good guy It’s true, he’s a stand up gentleman . This multi-dimensional guitarist has forged a unique solo guitar style, firmly rooted in classical composition with modern guitar techniques.

"Musica para la Guitarra"- is the first solo cd from Kelly Valleau. Nine originals and a couple killer arrangements to tweak your ears. Dark, dissonant, melodic, rhythmic music....HEAVY WOOD!! Think of James Hetfield writing tunes on a lute in the 1500’s

"I think, the first time I heard the guitar I was still in my mother's womb" says Kelly Valleau He remembers… .

He was born and raised in Belleville Ontario and started playing guitar at 15. He was in a hard rock band at 17, got ripped off by a club owner when he was 19 That left a mark… , and by 21 had made his first indie cd. By 22 He was playing professionally in and around Ontario, Quebec and New York.

That's called "paying dues" - and Kelly never doubted for one minute his sole purpose in life - to play the guitar Always nice to see people who realize their calling :) .

Kelly hung up the electric guitar a few years back and grabbed the nylon string acoustic guitar. Why? "well, on a whim, I entered the Canadian fingerstyle guitar championship...to my surprise I placed second at this international competition What a humble guy… . It landed me a record deal with CANdYRAT Records, I haven't looked back since."

"Musica para la Guitarra" - CANdYRAT Records

A typical set could included not only Kelly's Spanish fingerstyle originals but also jazz standards, traditional classical/flamenco guitar, inspired arrangements of theme songs and even fingerstyle renditions of classic rock eg..The Beatles, Floyd, Queen,....well just about everything you could imagine Keep in mind he said “just about”… You can imagine him doing back-flips over burning tires while shredding some Mozart, but give the guy a break. .