Who is Wim Roelants:

"Music has always been the leading thread running through my life."
Often described as a mixture of Rock, Fast Fusion & Blues, Wim Roelants' incredible playing-style inspires a lot of guitarists. His work as a session-player, clinician and teacher has given him a well-earned place among the leading guitarists today.

Wim's music style is a mixture of superb technique and a queer melodic approach combining different musical genres such as Rock, Metal, Blues, Fast Fusion,...

Curriculum :

The Belgium born guitarist / singer songwriter, Wim Roelants, started playing music at the age of 8. For 5 years he studied classical guitar and thereafter continues on his own.
Wim, born in Antwerp 27-08-1974, is mainly a self-taught musician.

At the age of 13 his parents bought him his first electric guitar. He started practising on his own and learned a lot by jamming on records of bands such as AC/DC, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden. Later he started to listen to more complicated, sophisticated music such as Ozric Tentacles, Dreamtheater, Meshuggah,... and was engaged in several bands.
Some time of hard practice and dedication went by before he began touring the clubs of the Benelux and the north of France.
This gave him international attention and some time later, he was asked to do guitarwork for numerous artists. During this period he became acquainted with the music of people like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie, ... only to name a few, realizing that he had to practice a whole lot in order to achieve his dream of becoming a real guitarist who can keep up with only the best. This dream resulted in a daily study of 10 to 14 hours and learning about discipline and dedication.
At the age of 20 he moved to Spain and played in the local clubs.
This period he was playing 6 concerts a week.
Returning back to his homeland, Belgium, he played in bands like In-Quest (which he left in June 2000) and Askari, still writing his own music and developing his solo-project, Mr.G.
In that same period he was asked by Yamaha Guitars to become their Benelux-guitar-demonstrator and this was a turning point in his musical career.
The word was spread and other companies started to show interest in his musical skills. This resulted in cooperation with the many companies.
Now he works exclusively for Laney Amplification, Lag Guitars and Elixir strings. For these companies he's the official International Endorser.
( In the past he's been working with Yamaha, Line6, Rocktron, ... )

Endorsed by the companies above he played at every big guitar-event ( Frankfurt Music Messe, London Guitar show, Birmingham Guitar show, Salon de Paris, Music Produktive Ibbenburen, Mexico Music Fair, ... ) and he has done masterclasses and clinics the world over.
He is now an officially recognized composer and professor in music.

Currently he's working on his own signature model guitar.
These guitars are manufactured in France.
He's been seen on TV all over Europe

He's been seen on TV all over Europe...
At all these concerts, fairs and events he's played with several greats of the earth.
to name a few : Phill Cambell (Motorhead), Virgil Donati, Dario Lorina (Warrant), Matt Smith, Richie Kotzen (Mr. Big), Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Felipe Souza, Uriah Heep, Stuart Bull, Christophe Godin, Chris George Band, ...

In 2006 Wim was asked to go to Mexico for a Laney Presentation Tour.
The year after he was contacted by Casa Veerkamp to perform at the Mexico Music Fair in Mexico City.
At the Caftan 2008 fashion event in Marrakech he was the main event playing through the whole show as well as modelling on the catwalk.
2008 also sees Wim playing with Badhoven.
This Austrian Band had asked Wim to join them.
This resulted in gigs in Austria with Graham Bonnett and several others.
They are working on a new album at the moment. Check at www.badhoven.com.
Wim's been working together with Licklibrary on the making of his tuition DVD.
Fact is a fact and the Wim Roelants`Guitar Experience Volume 1 is out now.
More info on this at www.licklibrary.com.
Currently Wim is writing his new instrumental album and will also rerelease Burn.
This could happen in conjuction with Andi Deris ( Helloween ).
November 2008 Paul Epic ( Canada ) and Wim met up with eachother.
They've been to Estonia together to work out details and came back with a solid pact.
Wim will be the leadguitarguy on Paul's Project.
More on this in the very near future. USA dates confirmed. Beware ...
More info at www.paulepic.com.

Wim's musical interests were, and still are, profoundly rooted in instrumental music & the rock of the 70's.
As a solo artist he's pushing his way up in the "Rock-industry".
His instrumental compositions are a reflection of his song writing abilities that are highly appreciated by its listeners.

From the Press :
" A master of tone and melody"
" Belgium's answer to Steve Vai "