John Kulinich
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Country/Blues Instrumental Mix
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Alabama-based guitarist John Kulinich submitted his eight song CD-R that was recorded entirely in his living room. He managed to get a great sound on his country/blues instrumental mix considering the environment, as tracks such as "Workin' Man Blues", "Raisin' The Dickens" and "Nine Pound Hammer" amply demonstrate. Kulinich's countryish twang is a derivative of him combining his stylistic influences, and he is able to flow effortlessly from substyle to substyle when the compositional situation demands it. Plenty of rapid, chicken-pickin' licks can be heard emanating from his Telecaster, as years of experience have put a razor's edge on his playing and technical ability. One can only wonder if there are even more astonishing country/blues based riffs in Mr. Kulinich's repertoire - we'll see if a big country star takes the chance to snag him for their touring group to find out.
John began playing guitar seventeen years ago at the tender age of eight as a way to both impress and emulate his dad, a career musician. His father instilled in him the tools he needed in order to play effectively in a professional environment and be a good sideman. John's influences include the Allman Brothers, Chet Atkins and Danny Gatton, among others. He recently completed a season of work as a guitarist at the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, TN, and worked some of the other dinner theaters in the area. Finding the structured environment too confining, John returned home to a full schedule of students, the semi-local bar circuit and the occasional studio session.
Kulinich is currently debating a move to Nashville. He would ultimately like to end up riding a bus with a name act, or getting known as a studio cat - whatever prevents the necessity of getting a day job. (Amen, brother!)
Contact Information
John Kulinich
P.O. Box 621
Dora, AL 35062
United States
E-mail:
John Kulinich
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Star-Z
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Blazing Instrumental Shred From Italy
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Fabio Carraffa, AKA Star-Z, submitted his nine song CD-R project entitled Inside, which fuses rock/shred guitar with sonorities taken from jungle, trance and psychedelic music, as well as some of the more straight ahead hard rock rhythmic ideas and instrumentation. Most of the tracks are instrumental, except the last track, "Obsession". The weakest part of his package is probably the name 'Star-Z'; everything else, from the music, to the playing, to the arrangements is top notch. You'll hear head-chopping riffs, propulsive (danceable) rhythms, searing wang-bar pyrotechnics - and a good dose of mega-heavy, earth-crushing shred guitar. Check out the aggression emanating from tracks such as "Synergy", "Digital Anger" and "Blow Your Mind" - this is a fresh and completely realized fusion of popular idioms with all the high tech guitar playing you could want. Many have tried this combination, but haven't succeeded at the level of Star-Z.
Star-Z has been a professional guitarist for many years. From 1990 to 1993 he was part of the Jam Roll Project, and after that, spent time with Animali Rari, a top Italian cover band. Star-Z has endorsed, or currently endorses, Washburn guitars, Steinberger guitars, Labella strings, Brian Moore guitars, Marshall amps, and Rocktron and ADA guitar effects. In 1998 he released the instrumental album "Synergy" and in 1999 released another instrumental CD "Plastic Dream". Star-Z has also worked on several guitar method books, as well as backing tracks products. From 2002 to 2003, he worked as a Boss/Roland guitar products specialist.
Star-Z cannot find interest to produce the kind of music he composes in Italy, and so is looking for a company to produce his music. He is willing to locate wherever he needs to in order to get his music produced.
Contact Information
Star-z/Fabio Carraffa
Italy
E-mail:
Star-Z
Web site:
www.fabiocarraffa.com
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