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Cerebrally Extracted Quirky Ideas
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This is a great opening description of the music on Johnny Katchoolik's CD Wings Of The Mind, "The album starts out with an appetizer of tunes that will ease you into the Katchoolik groove. They are filled with light but flavorable percussion sounds, inspired by Katchoolik's taste for world music. Then, you are whisked to a different dimension, where your mind is challenged with various experimental sounds and rhythms. The percussion, fretless bass, and guitars give wings to your mind. Finally, the sonic journey winds down with a few mellow and more contemplative tunes that are designed to help you decompress and relax your mind as you continue your day." No one is 'writer enough' here to improve upon that! For truly unique, instrumentally diverse fusion, rooted in improvisation, yet grounded in composition, check this stuff out.
Johnny Katchoolik (gesundheit!) is a solo indie musician/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer, guitarologist by training but also plays bass, keyboard, synthesizer, and various electronic and software instruments... everything from avant-garde music to alternative, jazz fusion, improvisation, experimental, and rock... eccentric, offbeat, no limits, no boundaries, wherever and whatever the imagination and music inspire. Although Katchoolik (bless you!) has performed with various bands over the years, the studio (Ghetto Sound Studio) is Johnny's true playground, where quirky ideas are surgically extracted from his cerebral cortex... recently, Katchoolik (salud!) co-founded PolyAcoustic Records for the exclusive release his indie music... life is just more colorful with music!
As a musician, Katchoolik (to your good health!) thrives on playing what hasn't been played. Are your wings of mind ready for the sonic flight?
MP3 Songs
F2Y
Wings Of The Mind
Contact Information
Johnny Katchoolik
142 Elm Street, Apt. 14
West Haven, CT 06516
United States
E-mail:
Johnny Katchoolik
Web site:
www.katchoolik.com
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Blending His Diverse Influences
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New Jersey guitarist Andy Rothstein has recently released his own solo fusion CD, entitled Voodoo Tone, which features fabulous players such as his mentor Vinnie Zummo, horn players Steve Jankowski and Tom Timko, bassist Tony Senatore and drummer Lou Petto. There are a few tracks featuring vocals, but the album is driven by the six instrumental tracks, which incorporate vintage rock, Latin and blues, alongside the requisite modern jazz influences. Voodoo Tone is an energetic album, and Rothstein's tasteful soloing and slippery comping are pristinely captured for the fusion ear. Andy has been with numerous bands, so stepping out in a solo context is a new endeavor, but judging by this effort, more CDs are sure to follow.
Andy has been playing guitar since the first day of high school, in 1979. He later became a student of Steve Khan and Vinnie Zummo (of Joe Jackson) before beginning his career in the New York City clubs with The Prayer in the early '90s. He formed Mary's Magnet in 1995 with bassist Senatore and long time friend and drummer Lou Petto. Andy has authored a variety of transcription books for Hal Leonard Publishing under the pen name of Andy Robyns. Some of his published transcriptions include Alice In Chains ("Dirt") and Nirvana ("Incesticide"). These days, Andy favors his own custom-built guitars.
Rothstein now builds guitars, making what was for him a very natural transition from player to builder/player. He views building as an extension of his musicianship. He believes being a player makes him a better builder, and being a builder makes him a better player.
MP3 Songs
Voodoo Tone
Brain Power
Contact Information
Rothstein Guitars
P.O. Box 343
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
United States
E-mail:
Andy Rothstein
Web site:
www.guitar-mod.com
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