Dewa Budjana

I Dewa Gede Budjana (born 30 August 1963) is an Indonesian guitarist, songwriter and composer. He is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Gigi. Budjana's style changed dramatically to jazz as he got to know John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, John Abercrombie, Chick Corea, and Weather Report. In his early experience, he established a band called "Squirrell" which was popular in the local community. Throughout his musical experience in Indonesia, Dewa Budjana has collaborated with many famous guitarists such as Tohpati, Balawan, Ridho, Abdee Negara, and many more.

Besides his collaboration with Indonesian musicians, he has also made collaborations with international musicians such as Vinnie Colaiuta, John Frusciante, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Johnson, Antonio Sanchez, Joe Locke, Gary Husband, Jack DeJohnette, Tony Levin, Jordan Rudess, Bob Mintzer and Guthrie Govan . His ability to combine not only jazz and rock but also traditional Balinese style has put him among the top Indonesian guitarists.

Early life Budjana's passion and talent in music, especially guitar, has been very dominant since he was in an elementary school in Klungkung, Bali. Budjana's first teacher was a construction worker who lived nearby. He stole money from his grandmother to buy his first guitar

Museum Gitarku 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. The museum is located in Bali, Indonesia.

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

Discography Gigi Angan (1994) -Dream- Dunia (1995) -World- 3/4 (1996) 2 x 2 (1997) Kilas Balik (1998) -Flash Back- Baik (1999) -Good- The Greatest Hits Live (2000) Untuk Semua Umur (2001) -Unrated- The Best Of Gigi (2002) Salam Kedelapan (2003) -The 8th Greeting- OST. Brownies (2004) Raihlah Kemenangan (2004) -Seize The Victory- Raihlah Kemenangan (repackage) (2005) Next Chapter (2006) Pintu Surga (2006) Peace, Love 'n Respect (2007) Gigi (2009) Sweet Seventeen (2011) Aku dan Aku (2012) Live at Abbey Road (2014) Solo Nusa Damai (1997) -Peace Island- Gitarku (2000) -My Guitar- Samsara (2003) Home (2005) Dawai in Paradise (2011) - Strings in Paradise Joged Kahyangan (2013) Surya Namaskar (2014) Hasta Karma (2015) Zentuary (2016) Mahandini (2018) Naurora (2021)