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| | Yamaha Corporation of America - Amir Derakh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | In January 2004, Derakh was named one of 75 "Masters of Metal and Hard Rock" by Guitar Player magazine for his combined fret and synth work in Orgy, which, according to the magazine, revolutionized the sound of late nineties hard rock and metal and spawned dozens of imitators. |
 | | First, however, Derakh enrolled in a two-year program at UCLA to learn the intricacies of studio production and engineering, a side of the business he had been fascinated with since he was 12 years-old, when he first started tinkering with his mother's television set. |
 | | Derakh's passion in the studio and easy going personality so impressed the band Coal Chamber that they recorded the tongue-in-cheek song for Derakh, "Amir of the Desert," which appeared on the band's self-titled 1997 debut album. |
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