Michael Taylor
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Australian Guitarist Makes The Most Of Four Tracks
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Guitarist Michael Taylor from Adelaide, South Australia submitted an eight song demo cassette recorded entirely using four-track equipment. Within the confines and limitations of the medium Taylor has successfully produced his arrangements to display his intensity, attitude, and most of all, his slick, lightning-speed guitar work. "Hyperbola" rocks hard with dozens of swept arpeggios painted over a metallic canvas. Taylor's first experiments at sequencing are documented in "On The Whole" and "Awakening", the former track an exercise in 'funkronicity', with an ultra-high tech solo. Hopefully a full-length, studio CD is in the future for this more-than-proficient guitarist.
Michael began playing the guitar at a young age, starting with cheap acoustics until he bought his first electric guitar at age 16. His first amp was actually made from the insides of an old record player! Totally self taught, Michael learned by copying licks and riffs from recordings by Judas Priest, KISS, Iron Maiden, Gary Moore and others. Later his playing was influenced by '80s greats such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Greg Howe and Paul Gilbert. He currently gigs with the band Darklord, a metal band specializing in heavy, fast music with atmospheric keyboards. Michael has recently gotten into MIDI and sequencing and feels it will open up a whole new world for him compositionally and musically.
Taylor would like to spend the rest of his life playing, writing and recording music, as he finds himself more and more absorbed by it every day. He also would like to eventually compose music for film and other soundtracks.
Contact Information
Michael Taylor
PO Box 869
5045 Glenelg
South Australia
E-mail:
Michael Taylor
Web site:
micktaylormuzik.tripod.com
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Howard Hart
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Creative Self-Indulgence And Adventurous Guitar Playing
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Taking his cue from such work as Steve Vai's "Flex-Able" and Mike Keneally's "hat", California guitarist Howard Hart has released Dancing Madly Backwards, a 12-selection instrumental CD consisting of high-energy electric tracks and a few other-worldly acoustic numbers. An 'exotic little slice of home studio recording,' to quote Hart, Dancing Madly Backwards satisfies on several levels. Hart uses numerous guitar tones and an advanced sense of dynamics to express emotions and moods on songs such as "Purusha" (which was inspired by Indian music) and "Suspension Of Disbelief", a track in which Hart rips and snorts with bursts of guitar mayhem over carefully sequenced backing material. Forgoing "commercial potential" for simply producing good guitar music, Hart's Dancing Madly Backwards should certainly make it to your CD 'want' list.
Guitarist Howard Hart first became interested in the guitar at age eight, heavily influenced by his older brothers' Led Zeppelin collection. Later he found inspiration in Jeff Beck's rock/fusion explorations and he also became a huge fan of Frank Zappa's eclectic guitar style and compositional originality. After spending several years in the club circuit, Howard decided to build his own studio and concentrate on writing and producing. He then released three successful tapes and his most recent CD, Dancing Madly Backwards.
Along with his current projects, Hart teaches over fifty students a week and plans to develop an audio/video home instructional course based on his methods.
Contact Information
H.H.G.I.
P.O. Box 1745
Carlsbad, CA 92018
United States
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