Steve Pierson
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Searing, Yet Soulful Blues
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Entering the world of electric blues is California based guitarist and singer Steve Pierson. Assembling a crack team of backing musicians, Pierson released his debut CD, Blues Head, featuring well-crafted, smoldering blues tracks topped with plenty of soulful guitar playing. Pierson seems especially adept at the slow blues numbers such as "Secrets" and "Found Somebody To Love", but can also rip on the uptempo numbers, such as the wah-wah inflicted "Bad Condition". "I Chose To Sing The Blues" features a great example of a clean, yet bone-cutting solo; Pierson clearly has all the requisite blues tones at his fingertips (even acoustic, check out the slide work on "Melinda's Eyes" and "Cold In My Bed"). However, it takes years to develop the touch to use those tones skillfully - Pierson has the experience, the chops and the edge to pull it off.
Steve started playing music at a young age, starting on piano. When he was 13, his older brother taught him to play a couple of chords on the guitar, and he was sold. Steve has always wanted to play blues, drawing on influences such as Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He then discovered bluesmen such as Albert Collins, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Taj Mahal, Robert Cray and the Kings. Steve later moved to California from Maryland and played both in blues bands as well as solo acoustic gigs. He recently put together a 'dream team' of his favorite musicians to record his debut album.
This is only the beginning for this young "blues head", and promises more great music to come.
Contact Information
Doug Deutsch Publicity Services
1443 Seward St.
Hollywood, CA 90028
United States
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Steve Pierson
Web site:
www.stevepierson.com
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Erix Pizano
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Telling His Life's Story With The Guitar
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Tampa, Florida guitarist Erix Pizano submitted a CD-R of the best songs he has written over the past ten years. The collection is entitled Historias Y Lugares, and represents the story of his life told with guitar music. With eleven songs, the set features mainly instrumental music, with a few cuts featuring vocals, spoken voice (in Nahuatl) or choir voice. Pizano has developed a fluid guitar vocabulary, while compositionally, the songs range from Tangerine Dream-like ("Mortal Race Towards Balance", "The Great Voyage") to hard rockers ("Metallurgy"). We'd like to hear Pizano improve his intonation and bending a bit, and strive for a better selection of note choices for his key melodic phrases, but with continued development, this young axeman should have a lot to offer.
Born and raised in Mexico City, Erix had an unusual introduction to the guitar - he was forced to take guitar lessons as a punishment when he was 13. He did enjoy being able to learn chords and sing songs in order to impress the girls. Hearing Iron Maiden and Def Leppard in a high school yard drove Erix to want an electric guitar in order to play those sounds. He began taking classical lessons from Gerardo Carrillo, while working to save enough money to buy his first electric instrument. He eventually succeeded, and since the age of 14, Erix has been playing and composing guitar music.
Pizano has been influenced by almost every musician he's ever heard, but his favorites include Andres Segovia, Paco de Lucia, Eddie Van Halen, Carlos Santana, Ian Critchton, Steve Howe, Joe Satriani and Frank Gambale.
Contact Information
Erix Pizano
9266 Lake Chase Island Way
Tampa Bay, FL 33626
United States
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Erix Pizano
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