The Process
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Aggressive Reggae Rock
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How often to you get the chance to hear blazing guitar solos in reggae-based music? Like, never, man? Well if you want to hear what it sounds like, check out guitarist Garrick Owen's work on Blood And Bones with the aggressive reggae rock group The Process. The group melds the member's varied influences into something you've probably not heard before, and the icing on the cake is that Owen gets to cut loose whenever the spirit strikes - and strike it must! It's been described as 'music for dreadbangers', which is a pretty accurate way to sum up Blood And Bones. Offsetting the normally clean sounding, reggae-influenced rhythms with distortion-drenched guitar solos is a real trip - if you're ready to travel a lot of musical ground on one 33 minute album, check out Blood And Bones.
The raging existence of The Process began brewing in 1990 by co-founders David Asher (vocals) and Garrick Owen (guitar), school pals looking to harness and channel their immense creativity and yearning for a just and peaceful world. Soon after the group's inception, Bill Heffelfinger (bassist and programmer), added his extraordinary arranging skills. The newest member is P-Funk All-Star Gabe Gonzalez who brings his amazing drum assault to the band. Guitarist Owen began playing guitar at the age of 13 inspired by Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Eric Clapton, Rush, and many European metal groups, and later studied classical guitar in college.
With international Internet distribution and swelling radio support around the world, the band is gaining attention and praise from fans and media alike. The Process continues to fuel the fire of musical awakening already spreading around the world!
Contact Information
The Process
521 Oak St.
Vassar, MI 48768
United States
E-mail:
The Process
Web site:
www.theprocessonline.com
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Valerio Dolfi
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Becker-Influenced, Heavy Shred Guitar
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Italian shredder Valerio Dolfi submitted a twelve song instrumental demo CD-R entitled Revenge Oneself that features the guitarist delivering highly structured and complex lines in the style popularized by Jason Becker and Marty Friedman on their solo and Cacophony CDs. Rough on the production quality, the demo nonetheless spotlights Dolfi's abilities - he can shred with the best of them. Songs such as "Evening" and "Revenge Oneself" have long, extended solo sections featuring in-your-face, impossibly fast guitar wail. One of the centerpieces on the CD-R is called "Justblondhair", a ballad tempo piece written to showcase an outlandishly long, improvised guitar solo which speed up and slows down several times during the song. Another track, entitled "November Sunshine", could almost be called "Becker-ola", as it seems a fitting tribute to the music of Jason Becker. Here's another talented guitarist who probably just needs to hook up with serious musicians of the same caliber in order to record some outrageous original material.
Valerio is 28 years old and lives in Rome, Italy. He began playing guitar at the age of 16, learning to play on his own, without the benefit of a teacher. Valerio rapidly improved his technique by emulating the best guitar players he could find, such as Steve Vai, Becker, Friedman and Joe Satriani - he would first transcribe their songs, then learn to play them.
In the future, Dolfi hopes to be able to dedicate himself one hundred percent to his music. Every song he writes has a history, and he is proud of every single note he plays on his original compositions.
Contact Information
Valerio Dolfi
Via Bologna 24
Ciampino 00043 (Rome)
Italy
E-mail:
Valerio Dolfi
Web site:
web.tiscali.it/Valerio_s_guitar
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