Music has always played a big part in my life. My parents were in a rock and roll band when I was born and frequently took me to their shows. My dad played the drums and I started playing them myself when I was about 5 years old. I stuck with the drums through out high school and was drum captain my Senior year. I also picked up the guitar just before high school. I took lessons for a few weeks but didn't stick with it and ended up learning on my own over time. I started composing music with midi during high school as well and took a strong liking to that. I don't have as much time on my hands as I use to but I still try to practice at least 30 minutes a day. Whenever I'm learning or composing new material I generally figure out everything I do by ear.     Electric Guitar: Ibanez JS-100 (Signed by Satriani, Vai, and Petrucci)     Strings: Daddario XL .010-.046     Picks: Dunlop Gator Grips (.96mm - 2mm)     Amp / Effects: Line 6 POD 2.0, Line 6 POD XT, Line 6 Bass POD     Electric Bass: Fender Precision Bass     Acoustic Guitar: Yamaha FG-110E     Synthesizers: Edirol PCR-M80, Yamaha DX7     Multitrack Recorder: Cakewalk Sonar     Sampler: Tascam Giga Studio    Bionic Commando (2008)    PLATFORM:  PS3, XBOX 360, PC      The Bionic Jam (itunes)          PLAY VIDEO      The Bionic Jam (sumthin digital)            Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (2007)    PLATFORM:  PS2, PSP, Wii      Premonition ( HQ MP3 )          PLAY VIDEO            Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (2004)    PLATFORM:  PS2, PSP, Wii, XBox, Game Cube      Pinball Dreams ( MP3 )      Arcade Jam ( MP3 )      Oracle ( MP3 )                   In The Groove ( MP3 )      Fortune Teller ( MP3 )            Empires: Quest for Power (1998)    PLATFORM:  PC - Excalibur BBS     Originally Composed by Ed Giaimo     Revised and Performed by Chris Kline      Theme 01 ( MP3 )      Theme 02 ( MP3 )      Theme 01 ( MP3 )            Legends: (2001)    PLATFORM:  PC      Main Theme ( MP3 )     An Evil Presence ( MP3 )      Into The Abyss ( MP3 )            Extreme Xaos: (1998)    PLATFORM:  PC      Main Theme ( MP3 )         Wanna know what I might be working on next? CLICK HERE to see my ever growing list of future covers!     Lords of Thunder: Dezant    GAME:  Lords of Thunder    PLATFORM:  Turbo Duo    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  The Groove King    DATE RECORDED:  03/05/06      DOWNLOAD MP3          PLAY VIDEO             Brinstar Jam    GAME:  Metroid    PLATFORM:  Nintendo Entertainment System    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  Hirokazu Tanaka    DATE RECORDED:  03/12/05      DOWNLOAD MP3             Double Dragon Jam    GAME:  Double Dragon    PLATFORM:  Nintendo Entertainment System    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  Kazunaka Yamane    DATE RECORDED:  03/20/05      DOWNLOAD MP3             UN Squadron Intro    GAME:  UN Squadron    PLATFORM:  Super Nintendo    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  Chan Chakorin    DATE RECORDED:  04/03/05      DOWNLOAD MP3             Contra Jungle Jam    GAME:  Contra    PLATFORM:  Nintendo Entertainment System    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  H. Maezawa, Kyouhei Sada    DATE RECORDED:  07/02/05      DOWNLOAD MP3          PLAY VIDEO             Double Dragon M1 Jam    GAME:  Double Dragon    PLATFORM:  Nintendo Entertainment System    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  Kazunaka Yamane    DATE RECORDED:  10/29/05      DOWNLOAD MP3          PLAY VIDEO             Duke Nukem Jam    GAME:  Duke Nukem 3D    PLATFORM:  PC    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  Lee Jackson    DATE RECORDED:  08/26/05      DOWNLOAD MP3          PLAY VIDEO             Final Fantasy 2: Prelude    GAME:  Final Fantasy 2    PLATFORM:  Super Nintendo    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  Nobuo Uematsu    DATE RECORDED:  02/13/06      DOWNLOAD MP3             Necronomicon: Epilogue    GAME:  Necronomicon Digital Pinball    PLATFORM:  Sega Saturn    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  John Petrucci    DATE RECORDED:  03/29/06      DOWNLOAD MP3          PLAY VIDEO             Top Gun Anthem    GAME:  Top Gun    PLATFORM:  Nintendo Entertainment System    ORIGINAL COMPOSER:  Steve Stevens    DATE RECORDED:  06/17/05      DOWNLOAD MP3                     - "Sweet Desert Angel" (written and performed by Chris Kline)             - "My-toven" (written and performed by Chris Kline)             - "A Grand Opening" (written and performed by Chris Kline) Check out all my live performances on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/vertexguy Reviews from people kind enough to write about me after seeing me perform live. Quote from dr-poque.livejournal.com " We went to Video Games Live that night. I was most excited to see Koji Kondo, but that part was just okay- The best performance of the night was a guy shredding through Contra on an electric guitar. It really could have been two hours of that. " Quote from GameInformer.com " Internet celebrities "VertexGuy" and the "Video Game Pianist" played virtuosic versions of electric guitar music from Contra and old Namco favorites on piano–such as Dig Dug and Pac-Man–respectively. " Quote from blog.myspace.com/scroby " There was also Chris Kline, the Veretex guy, who plays the song from the first level of Contra on his guitar! It rocked, he also came out later to play a song from Final Fantasy 7... " Quote from kotaku.com " The videos of VertexGuy that appeared on the interwebs awhile back do him no justice. I've found in my explorations of video game music, that game players make some of the best guitarists you're likely to find, and VertexGuy is living proof. Take a look for yourself. The man is seriously gifted, and I am surprised his fingers don't burst into flame as he effortlessly burns through his rendition of Contra Jungle Jam. Definitely my second favorite performance of the night." Quote from wiidawii.com " “VertexGuy” powered the stirring electric guitar anthems of Contra and the Halo 3 grand finale. " Quote from SoapyMoose.BlogSpot.com " Chris Kline aka “vertexguy” who is an incredible guitarist, played the Jungle Theme from Contra. " Quote from Destructoid.com " We also got the pleasure of rocking out with Chris Kline ("vertexguy") as debuted his version of the Contra jungle theme. " Quote from Music4Games.net " ...there were several highlight moments including Vertex Guy (the legitimate heir to Guitar Hero’s Marcus Henderson throne perhaps?) and his hot guitar licks on display for Contra... " If you've taken photos of me performing, please email them to me at ChrisK@vertexguy.com so I can post it! All photos taken of me are provided by fans and are free for anyone to use in anyway they want.