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Bernard Guy est un guitariste, compositeur et écrivain originaire de Montréal. Il découvre d’abord la guitare classique⎯offerte par l’un de ses frères qui était auteur-compositeur-interprète. Par la suite, il se met à la guitare acoustique et électrique, commence à utiliser des synthétiseurs de guitare, puis s’intéresse aux diverses technologies assistées par ordinateur aujourd’hui disponibles, qu’il utilise à présent avec un portable.

En tant qu’artiste solo et en collaboration avec d’autres, il a publié trois albums instrumentaux. Il enseigne la guitare et a travaillé dans divers milieux au fil des ans, allant d’assistant dans des ateliers de musicothérapie, de peinture et de théâtre, à des sessions dans des studios d’enregistrement. Il s’est produit, seul ou en groupe, au Québec, en Europe et en Inde, où il a vécu pendant quelques années. Il est également membre de SeptenTRIOn⎯un trio de guitare, tablas et handpans mêlant des éléments de Jazz, de Musiques du Monde et de la culture musicale de l’Inde. Il prévoit la sortie d’un deuxième album solo de guitare—QUIET, Volume II⎯une fois de plus avec la collaboration d’autres musiciens.nes. Il produit la majeure partie de ses albums calmement, chez lui.

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Bien que la musique ait toujours occupé une place centrale dans sa vie, et qu’il ait aussi travaillé dans plusieurs autres domaines⎯notamment comme membre d’un Café communautaire; comme artiste en verrerie d’art; à son propre compte dans le domaine de la révovation; comme psychothérapeute en Rebirthing ( breathwork ) ⎯l’histoire ne s’arrête pas là.

Parallèlement à toute cette activité, des questions essentielles que soulève la vie l’interpellent, tandis que certaines expériences intérieures inattendues lui font prendre conscience que la nature de la réalité est beaucoup plus vaste que l’expérience conventionnelle que nous en avons. Ces deux facteurs vont le mener à une exploration des perspectives et des approches des grandes traditions spirituelles, de même que celles des enseignements contemporains les plus populaires de nos jours⎯un sujet qu’il adresse plus en détails ici.

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Bernard Guy is a Montreal-based guitarist, composer and writer. He discovered guitar at a young age, starting on a nylon string guitar given by one of his brothers who had a career as a singer-songwriter. Later he started playing acoustic and electric guitar, then began using guitar-synthesizers, and in time became interested in the various computer-assisted technologies available nowadays, which he integrated in a laptop-based setup.

Both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others, he has released three instrumental albums. He teaches guitar and worked in a variety of settings in the course of years⎯from being an assistant in musicotherapy, painting and theatre workshops, to doing sessions in recording studios. He performed, by himself or as part of a group, in Quebec, in Europe, and in India, where he lived for some years. He is also a member of SeptenTRIOn⎯a guitar, tablas and handpans’ trio blending elements of Jazz, World Music, and the musical culture of India. He has plans to release a second solo guitar album⎯QUIET, Volume II⎯ once again with the collaboration of other musicians. He produces the greater part of his albums quietly, at home.

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Bernard Guy is a Montreal-based guitarist, composer and writer. He first discovers the nylon string guitar, that one of his brothers, a singer-songwriter, gives him. Later, he takes to playing acoustic and electric guitars, eventually starts to use guitar-synthesizers, and then becomes interested in the new computer-assisted technologies, which he currently uses.

Both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others, he has released three instrumental albums. He teaches guitar and worked as a guitarist in a variety of settings over the years—in musicotherapy, painting and theatre workshops; as an accompanist for other artists; for recording studios. He has performed, alone or as part of a group, in Quebec, Europe, and India, where he lived for a time. He is a member of SeptenTRIOn—a guitar, tablas and handpans trio that blends elements of Jazz, World Music, and the musical culture of India. Following the release of Quiet, Volume I, he plans to release Quiet, Volume II, a second solo guitar album, once again with the collaboration of other musicians. He produces the greater part of his albums quietly, at home.

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While music always occupied a central place in his life, he also worked in various other fields—among others, as a founding member of a communal Café; as a stained-glass artist; as a freelancer in home renovation; and as a Rebirthing ( breathwork ) therapist. Yet his story doesn’t end there.

Along with these activities, two factors will lead him to set out on a spiritual journey, to use that popular expression: some fundamental questions that life raises for him, and certain experiences that make him realize that the nature of reality is far greater than our conventional experience of it. On this basis, he starts to explore the great spiritual traditions from the past, as well as the prevailing contemporary teachings—a subject addressed in more detail here, on the Untold Wonders page.

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