Talk:Erik Mongrain

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[edit] Notability

• I believe this artist meets several of the Music Notability criteria.
  • "5. Has been featured in multiple non-trivial published works in reliable and reputable media"
    • Erik was featured in Le Journal de Montréal
    • Erik was written about in Journal Espagnol Granada
  • "7. Has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city;"
    • Erik Mongrain is one of the most prominent musicians to play in this fairly new style
    • As stated by Journal Espagnol Granada

      "the visitor (to Grenada) ... discovers rather good musicians, sometimes brilliant, who makes a pure delight of the city... Erik Mongrain, 21 years old, is one of them... The young interpreter does not play in a habitual manner but rather lays the guitar on his knees like a keyboard ... before discovering this new method, known under the name of "tapping", he studied classical guitar on his own

  • "10. Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show."
    • Erik's music is going to be featured in a documentary produced by Lance Trumbull for the Everest Peace Project

Mdhandley 09:37, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Mdhandley - those points should be included in the article. Citing sources for WP:V. Thanks, MidgleyDJ 09:45, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for the help. I added those points, and the citations, and removed the tag. Mdhandley 09:56, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• I created this article then it was deleted! Thanks for reinstating it. --Charlie Huang 【正矗昊】 16:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Is the Guild Guitars link on the bottom of the page SPAM? --kirkio 2:01, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• Looks like it coz it seems to have nothing to do with him (even if it does, there must be something on its pages that mention him)... --Charlie Huang 【正矗昊】 22:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

The categories that this artist has been placed are pre-categories that are not meant to include articles, but rather organize sub-categories. He could be in Category:Canadian guitarists or more specifically Category:Canadian rock guitarists or Category:Canadian alternative guitarists. – Heaven's Wrath   ^Talk  05:06, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

What the fuck? Erik Mongrain is NOT alternative rock! He's new age and world smart ones! That's what it says on his myspace! Jesus, how stupid are you? --ForestAngel 04:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)