Metal Monthly: Hey Chelsea, Thank you for your time and for a little Q&A
Chelsea: Thanks for the opportunity, Tim.
Metal Monthly: I first saw you at namm, I am not sure what year it was, maybe 05, or 06... but you performed at the Peavey booth...You nailed it...Playing the guitar like a true prodigy you played several songs including "Hot For Teacher", and a Joe Satriani tune that most pros can't even play.. when did you pick up the guitar?
Chelsea: I wanted to play a song in church (Greensleeves) and my Dad let me start taking lessons on my 10th birthday.
Metal Monthly: Awesome...They payed off, You were able to play Randy Rhoads Dee ...at like age 11... and you mastered it.
Chelsea: Randy was one of my first influences - I wish there had been more recordings of Randy but what he left were works of art.
Metal Monthly: Yes, you are so right...How were you turned onto this kind of music?
Chelsea: My Dad and Mom listened to Ozzy, Van Halen, and Metallica.
Metal Monthly: Great Parents...Is there one song out there, that you wish you could play, or have you already played it?
Chelsea: I think this is the one I am writing right now.
Metal Monthly: Cool, So What can we expect from Chelsea in the near future, are you currently working on a recording?
Chelsea: Yes, I am currently working on my debut CD plus a possible video project or two.
Metal Monthly: What are you currently listening to on your ipod/cd player?
Chelsea: Lynyrd Skynyrd, ELO, Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, Les Paul....to name a few
Metal Monthly: Johnny Cash Rules...What is The Biggest Crowd you have played to?
Chelsea: Approximately 2000 - Ryman Auditorium - (Friday, July 18, 2003) - All Star Guitar Night, A Tribute to Les Paul. Steve Morse and I closed the show that night.
Metal Monthly: Sweet! Do you currently have any endorsements, or dream Guitar/rigs?
Chelsea: I am really satisfied with what I am currently using. I use a couple of custom shop Fenders and Charvels. As for my amp, I am using a prototype CCV-100 Cameron. Cameron is a brand new company. I also use Robert Keeley effects, Accusound speaker, mic, and guitar cables. I guess less is more.
Metal Monthly: Do you have a web site or MySpace site?
Chelsea: Web site is under construction. Myspace is up and running - myspace.com/chelseaconstable
Metal Monthly: What are your favorite songs to perform?
Chelsea: On Fire (Van Halen), Outta Love (Van Halen), DOA (Van Halen)
Metal Monthly: Great Songs! ...Who is the one musician who has had the biggest influence on your playing style? Who is the one individual who has had the biggest influence on your life?
Chelsea: Biggest influence on guitar - Allen Collins of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Biggest influence on life - Steve Morse.
Metal Monthly: If you could send one cd/album up in the space shuttle to be left on another planet, to be found by other life...what cd/album would you send?
Chelsea: Allan Holdsworth - Road Games
Metal Monthly: You have met several of your idols... who have you played with...and who do you wish to play with?
Chelsea: I have had the priviledge to play with Steve Morse, Dave LaRue, Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Greg Bissionette, Travis Carlton (Larry Carlton's son), and Tony MacAlpine.
Metal Monthly: Wow! What is the first album you ever owned or bought?
Chelsea: Blizzard of Ozz
Metal Monthly: One of my Favorites ...You are from Tennessee, what do you do for fun when you are not jamming?
Chelsea: I recently got my hunting license and killed my first whitetail deer this year.
Metal Monthly: Cool, I went deer hunting too, but didnt shoot...When you are not in rock star mode, what task or chore reminds you that you are still growing up?
Chelsea: Giving my little sister a bath and getting her ready for school.
Metal Monthly: Best Concert you have ever been to?
Chelsea: G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen), Dream Theater (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Tour)
Metal Monthly: Thanks Chelsea for your time, is there anything else you would like to plug or add for our readers?
Chelsea: Please be on the look-out in early 2009 for my debut CD.
