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Soaring, Melodic, Instrumental Rock Guitar
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England's Neil Fraser is currently marketing Stratosphere, his latest CD-R project of guitar-driven rock instrumentals in the vein of Joe Satriani and Gary Hoey. The project consists of seven engaging, original compositions, which showcase Fraser's skill on the six-string, and include examples of some beautifully tasteful playing, notably on the song "Antoniette". The other tracks are mainly propulsive, uptempo romps which allow for oodles of lightning-quick finger-wiggling and fluid legato bursts. The same lead guitar tone is used throughout all the cuts, which means each track doesn't quite establish it's own sonic identity. But devotees of athletic guitar affairs will be playing their air guitars over songs such as "Spacewalk" and "Cosmic Chameleon".
Neil began playing guitar at the tender age of nine. He counts as early influences such players as Hank Marvin, Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore and others. Neil joined his first band, "Purple Haze", at age fifteen, and has played in a number of groups since that time, in styles such as jazz, funk, acoustic and heavy metal. One outfit he was in, Broadsword, won an 'on air' battle of the bands, garnering radio airplay for the group. Neil finds working on his own as a solo artist to the most satisfying and he has spent more effort to improve his playing and become a more effective guitarist.
Fraser's aim is to develop his guitar playing through writing and recording, and to spread the word about himself and his music via marketing his CD-R.
Contact Information
Neil Fraser
P.O. Box 1354
Stafford ST20 OSA
England
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Guitarist From The Future
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Guitarist From The Future is a collection of seven instrumental tracks being marketed on CD-R by mp3.com featuring the unique music and style of Johnny Asia. Asia's forte is a unique style based upon using a flatpick on steel-string acoustic guitar, along with an aggressive right hand. The improvisations contained on Guitarist From The Future find Asia exploring the bounty of the meditative grooves he chooses to frame each work, and judicious use of a delay device only adds to the wall-of-sound effect. Asia allows ample time for each piece to develop--"Dance Of The Fairy Princess" clocks in at over eighteen minutes, and many of the other jams exceed the six-minute mark. Discerning listeners who appreciate the spiritual nature of a righteous guitarist need to check out what Johnny Asia has to offer.
Johnny has played many venues in and around New York and New England, including the Knitting Factory and Weill Recital Hall in NYC and several live radio concerts on stations WPKN 89.5 FM in Bridgeport, CT and WDST 100.1 FM in Woodstock, NY. He is currently involved in a collaboration with flamenco guitarist Jeff Armstrong--they have performed together as a duo throughout the Hudson Valley of New York. A CD of their guitar music will be released sometime during the year 2000. Johnny and Jeff recently performed at the Pauline Oliveros Foundation's Deep Listening Space in Kingston, NY. Johnny also works with jazz/new music greats Joe McPhee and Joe Giardulo. Upcoming projects with Joe McPhee are in the works.
Asia has begun collaborating with vocalist and songwriter Sylvia Bullett and a CD is planned for release in the year 2000.
Contact Information
Johnny Asia
United States
E-mail:
Johnny Asia
Web site:
www.johnnyasia.info
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