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The absolute pinnacle of my classically influenced guitar work. The arpeggio section at the top of the track is insanely difficult. The coolest part of the tune is that bad ass pentatonic lick after the solo section. Also the main guitar track containing the melody, solo sections, classical pedal tone section and arpeggios was played live in the studio, one take all the way through with the bass and drums-no punches, no need to fix anything.
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A short, volume swell, classically influenced melodic piece. A nice break from the sonic onslaught contained during the rest of the record. Even I don`t have the staying power to endure too many of my intense tunes consecutively.
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One of my favorite tunes on this record. I love the rhythm guitar groove after the melody and stop time section. That`s the problem with a lot of technically adept instrumental guitar players, they just don`t rock.
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September 18, the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix` death, also my birthday. This past year on my birthday I lost my closest friend. His name was Rob Jefferies and this tune is dedicated to him. He was my best friend for almost twenty years. I`m not going to go into how close we were or how much I miss him, but when he left, a piece of me went with him. How do you like that, two of my favorite guys on my borthday. Needless to say I played my heart out on this one.
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I love the 5/4 intro section. Playing all those 16ths perpetually and evenly for almost 2 minutes is a pain in the ass. The rest of this track just burns. There`s a lot of interaction between myself and the rhythm section especially during the lead breaks. Also the arpeggio section is one of my favorites.
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Listen to Blackmore playing during "Lazy" on "Made In Japan", and you`ll know exactly where I`m coming from on this one. Enough said.
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Melody, motivic development, counterpoint, form and structure. Bach was the master of them all. This piece was modeled after several of my favorite inventions. It would be great that after hearing this piece, young players would be inspired to go back and listen to some of the beautiful music he composed. Plus it`s a Joe Stump record, you`ve got to have at least one pretentious, self-indulgent solo piece.
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Long before I was signed to Leviathan Records, I was a huge David T. Chastain fan. I love the way he mixed snaky harmonic minor runs with bone crushing power metal rhythms. On this track, I`m definately stealing a page out of his book. During the past few years working with him at Leviathan, we`ve become good friends. I`m extremely grateful for that.
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I love working over this fast Euro-Metal type of groove. Locking on and playing 16th notes against this type of time feel just sounds so cool. The melody soars and the double picking section before the solo break just plain rules.
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A dark, extremely heavy gothic sludgefest of a track. The melody was composed using the Hungarian minor scale (one of my favorites), which really added to the Egyptian feel of the tune, hence the title.
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