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Vol. 13, No. 6: Dec.-Jan. 2008
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Denis Taaffe
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Review of "Modern Rock Guitar Vol. 1: Abducted By Aliens"
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uitarist Denis Taaffe has assembled a versatile mix of guitar hero instrumental pieces in his self composed/self recorded solo effort, "Modern Rock Guitar Vol. 1, Abducted By Aliens". His musical vision in composition is wonderful - with many changes and musically interesting transitions within a myriad of different music styles. The record starts out with a Floydish pedaling muted single line guitar in "Abducted by Aliens" and moves into a cool single line that is off key/dissonant, and perfect. "90210" (Beverly Hills?) is a well written poppy instrumental that should find its way onto some TV show or background to a film, it is extremely well composed. Another gem on the disc is "Plymouth Rock", a lighter more classically written tune that is the most ambitious musically on the records - somewhat reminds us of Steve Morse's style - while remaining true to
Taaffe's individuality. And as far as Taaffe's playing - he's a solid player with great feel and command of his instrument - his range is well documented on the CD as he darts in and out of different styles with the occasional lighting flurry to guide us. Cool stuff. As a bonus, Denis includes a sealed "Kradl" pick inside each of his CDs - the pick looks designed to fit between
your fingers more securely...anyway...good music.
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