Amy K
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Reflective Classical/New Age Instrumentals
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Amy K's new CD, Reflections, is a well-composed collection of new age style instrumentals and one vocal tune. Amy, who mastered the guitar in only a year and a half, puts her personal stamp on everything she writes and plays, creating a very heartfelt work which lets the listener into her mind and soul, albeit instrumentally. Highlights include the opening title track, the breezy "Spanish Theme", and the four-part opus "Inquisition", which spans tracks 2 through 5. Amy's performances on her Guild Paloma, Mario Tezamos-Perez and Horabe acoustic guitars is mood driven, tasteful and at times subtle and understated. It's said her playing and compositional approach mirror her introspective personality, which leads to musical results fans of new age instrumentals can readily relate to. Reflections covers emotional territory such as loneliness, despair, joy and love - things many of her listeners can appreciate and understand.
A perfectionist by nature, it's no surprise that Amy pursued her dream of playing guitar by studying the strict disciplines of the classical style. She started writing her own music about a year after she started playing. Amy graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor's degree in classical guitar performance, and has performed in Master Classes for over 26 world-renowned guitarists, including Christopher Parkening, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and Ben Verdery. In addition to her live acoustic performances, she also currently performs on electric guitar with the progressive rock band Slate, where her technical skills are showcased in an aggressive rock setting. Amy's career as a session player has recently come to fruition; she has worked on several projects at Crossroads Studio in Tempe, Arizona.
Amy believes that music provides the ultimate fulfillment in life, one that cannot be adequately described, nor even substituted. Her future plan is to continue to seek this fulfillment.
Contact Information
Amy K
11459 N. 28th Dr. #2048
Phoenix, AZ 85029
United States
E-mail:
Amy K
Web site:
www.amyk.net
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Little Dead Riding Hood
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My, What Loud Guitars You Have
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Here's a first. We received the hard progressive metal CD Fortune Cookie Monster from the New Jersey band Naked Mole-Rats, only to find out that, inspired by a little girl's wild imagination on Halloween night 2002, they've decided to change their band name to Little Dead Riding Hood and rename the CD Unhinged. So whatever title you may find it under, you'll hear music influenced by '70s progressive, the heavy metal explosion on the '80s and the deep tonal mood of the '90s. Bruce Gatewood is the guitarist responsible for the heavy sound shock - doom'n'gloom rhythms undercut slinky, snarling lines and head-splitting guitar fills. With the CD containing tracks with names such as "Graveyard Blues", "War Zone", "Unstable" and "Frustration Disipation" (sic), you probably won't be humming the tunes at your next family reunion - rather, lock your doors and windows, grab the beverage of your choice, turn off the lights, put whatever-your-copy-is-called into the CD player and prepare for a guitar heavy descent into the madness of a fairy tale character slowly becoming... unhinged.
All the band members of LDRH/NMR (Danny Eng, vocals; Frank Baron, bass; Mark Mari, drums, in addition to Gatewood) are veteran musicians and have been playing with various acts and solo projects for many years before banding together in the year 2000 as the Naked Mole-Rats. Mari's in-the-pocket percussion beats and Baron's stalking bass lines allow Gatewood to lay down a wide range of guitar sounds to which Eng applies his deeply engaging lyrics tying all the songs together. Their CD contains this great quote, "A work of art is never finished. Just abandoned." Fortune Cookie Monster (soon to be Unhinged) is the group's first abandonment, and probably not their last.
LDRH/NMR is currently looking for decent management and, of course, a label with wide distribution.
Contact Information
LDRH/NMR
P.O. Box 2424
Secaucus, NJ 07094
United States
E-mail:
Little Dead Riding Hood
Web site:
www.nakedmole-rats.com
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