{"id":439708,"date":"2021-01-09T17:05:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T08:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/artist\/leon-todd"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T08:13:54","slug":"leon-todd","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/artist\/leon-todd","title":{"rendered":"LEON TODD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-egb-c-grid c-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-egb-c-grid-unit c-grid__u c-grid__u_medium_1of3\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LEON-TODD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LEON-TODD.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LEON-TODD-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-egb-c-grid-unit c-grid__u c-grid__u_medium_2of3\">\n<h2 class=\"u-mt-none\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Raised in a musical household where guitars were not only played but built, a career as a musician seemed inevitable for Perth\u2019s Leon Todd.<br>However, it took a childhood of shifting passions (AFL, cricket, and skateboarding to name but a few) before Leon finally found his calling in the familiar embrace of the guitar and the classic rock music of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, and Thin Lizzy.<br>Within 18 months Leon was not only performing on occasion but also had a steady roster of guitar students, some nearly three times his age.<br>As a founding member and principal songwriter for hard rock trio Ragdoll, Leon has toured extensively at home and abroad, including over 80 shows in the USA and Europe over a 5 year stretch, and shared the stage with rock heavyweights such as Guns\u2019n\u2019Roses, KORN, Seether and many, many more.<br>Leon also does double duty as the band\u2019s primary booking agent. Ragdoll has released three EPs and two full-length albums, yielding two nominations in the prestigious WAM Song of the Year awards.<br>Ragdoll has been featured in international publications such as Rock Hard (France) and Classic Rock (UK), while Leon\u2019s tutorial material was featured in the online edition of Guitar World Magazine (USA).<br>Leon runs a YouTube channel focusing on guitar gear and tutorials and has produced demo content for companies such as Anarchy Audio (Australia), Mercurial (EU ), and Headway (Japan).<br>Leon currently splits his time between writing and performing with Ragdoll, teaching, and spending time with his wife and their very fat and furry cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Leontoddmusic\/%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Leontoddmusic\/&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youtube&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/kingcrimsonscourt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/kingcrimsonscourt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ragdoll Bandcamp&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ragdollrock.bandcamp.com\/%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ragdollrock.bandcamp.com\/&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LEON-TODD2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15265\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Gear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"p-review\">\n\n                        <div class=\"p-review__item\">\n                    <h3 class=\"p-review__title\">HEADWAY HC-313\/STD 40th anniversary BRB<\/h3>\n\n                    <figure class=\"is-rotate\" >\n                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HC313-40th-top-e1611297694669.png\" alt=\"HEADWAY HC-313\/STD 40th anniversary BRB\">\n                    <\/figure>\n\n                                            <div class=\"p-review__comment\">\n                            <p>My Headway 313-STD impressed me straight out of the box with it&#8217;s articulate sound, smooth playability and flawless craftsmanship.<br \/>\nI need a guitar that can cover everything from aggressive drop-tuned strumming with Ragdoll to detailed fingerpicking sessions, and the 313-STD handles them all effortlessly.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s simply the only acoustic guitar i need in my life right now.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-egb-c-grid c-grid\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-egb-c-grid-unit c-grid__u c-grid__u_medium_1of3\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":439709,"menu_order":137,"template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"artist-brand-cat":[252],"artist-signature-cat":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/439708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/439708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist-brand-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist-brand-cat?post=439708"},{"taxonomy":"artist-signature-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deviser.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist-signature-cat?post=439708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}