How do you make a Luke MacNeil? Start with a deep-rooted love of all things musical. Add an eclectic background of experimentation in various genres of music ranging from classical and blues to death metal and hard rock. Add a pinch of spunk, a handful of lyrical exploration and a dash of dare-to-be-different. Stir it all together until you can't tell one component from the rest because it is so seamlessly well blended. Pour into the center of an acoustic guitar, shake it by strumming with fingers, which were born to play, and cook with the heat of a passionate belief in the pleasure of the experience.