Brian Poulsen - Guitar

"Have guitar, will chop".

From country to metal, Arabian-Farsi pop to Congolese/Euro-Reggae, I have recorded and performed just about any kind of music you can imagine and most of which you probably have never heard! Unless you own copies of or have seen Black Iris, Nasrat Fareeq, or Kibwe.

What happened was...

My father bought me a cornet when I was five, I played it in a community band until my front teeth fell out. I then was moved to a marching snare drum, that was fun! I spent a few years fooling around with a Briscoe organ, playing Silent Night and Christmas carols for family friends in the middle of summer, my mother was so proud and it was all I knew.

I recieved a guitar on my 13th birthday and played my first gig a year later. I was lucky when I was younger to always work with people who were more experienced and who had a great influence over my development as a musician...and obviously had great patience and tolerance!

I was in a band named Simon Kaos that Darcy and Andy joined back when we were teenagers, it's incredible how things can come around full circle, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I'm really enjoying what we have going on in Barcode, there is an ease in playing the material that only comes from a certain quality of collective experiences, and it makes me smile until my cheeks hurt...it's fun and that's why I think we all do this in the first place.

I also perform with the acoustic latin-jazz trio Kadabra as well. www.mp3.com/kadabra

For an ever changing selection of audio slices and freak-out guitar indulgences, check out www.brianpoulsen.com