Swedish native Chris Hellstrom graduated from G.I.T (Guitar Institute of Technology) and K.I.T. (Keyboard Institute of Technology) after relocating to Hollywood in 1991. He spent most of the 90's developing his sound, doing a variety of sessions, from folk to pop to metal. He was also a member a couple of bands, including the Queensryche tribute band "Operation: Queensryche", which played extensively in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
With the arrival of the new millenium, Chris shifted more of his energy towards studio work. Having been involved with computers and their roll in music production since '93, this was a natural progression.
He has also co-authored a tutorial for "Thomson Course Technology" entitled "Audio Plugins Master v.2". Read about it here.
To this date, Chris has been involved in several albums, either as performer, producer, engineer or mixer for artists like Jody Whitesides, Left of You, Jeff Scott Soto and Cellout, among others.
More recently, Chris finished doing programming and keyboards for the debut CD from Swedish metal band "Cellout". Their single "As I fall" is available on iTunes now.
Also check Chris' remix of the Jody Whitesides song "Hero Unexpected", also on iTunes.
Chris is also very pleased and honored that his song "Inside/Outside", as well as some additional music is included in the movie "ShadowNET", which is currently winning awards on the festival circuit. Hear it as you watch the trailer!
Recently, Chris wrapped up an album with singer David Fredriksson for their project Sonic Scandal which will be available shortly.
Stay tuned...
