12 Facts About Dewa Budjana

Dewa Budjana is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Gigi.

Dewa Budjana's first teacher was a construction worker who lived nearby.

Dewa Budjana stole money from his grandmother to buy his first guitar Dewa Budjana prioritised guitar in his life, and started to teach himself by playing rock songs.

Dewa Budjana became more passionate about music, and was reflected when Budjana moved to Surabaya, East Java, where he took a classical music course, performed with a band and participated in many of music performances.

In 1976, when he was thirteen, Dewa Budjana's name started to be seen in the music world in Surabaya.

In 1980, Dewa Budjana started Squirrel, his first jazz band, with his schoolmates in Surabaya.

One year after that, Dewa Budjana decided to fly to Jakarta in order to expand his music career.

Dewa Budjana has released his own solo albums: Nusa Damai; Gitarku; Samsara; and Home, a tribute album to the December 2004 tsunami victims.

Dewa Budjana said about his music: "I am trying to blend the ethnic heritage roots of my native Bali and my country Indonesia, which is a unique mix of many different cultural and ethnic influences".

Dewa Budjana is preparing for a museum dedicated to his painted guitar collections as well as other guitars from top international guitarists, such as Steve Vai, Greg Howe, John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Jason Becker, Buddy Guy, John Scofield, Steve Morse, and many more.

Since Dewa Budjana started his professional career as a musician, he has mainly used a Parker Fly Delux as his main guitar, occasionally using Klein and Gibson guitars SG series instead.

Dewa Budjana owns a double neck Klein guitar which was used on his album Home, and pictured on the CD cover.