Britt Burch
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A Clear Vision Of Speed
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After a run through of the tracks on guitarist Britt Burch's CD-R, entitled Speedivision, you'll quickly realize one of the sources for the album title - his lightning quick runs and speedy melodic forays. Honed after a couple of years at Boston's Berklee College of Music, Burch's technique is stellar, and he's counting on his self-produced, self-played, self-composed and self-recorded EP to open some musical doors. He's got a really nice vibrato, and a sense for melodic phrasing, which helps distinguish his playing from so many others. His heavy instrumental music demands a powerhouse group of musicians though; perhaps hooking up with some like-minded keyboardists or drummers in his area might be the best place to start. Continuous refinement of his tunes and recording skills can only help him to achieve his goals.
Britt started becoming aware of the guitar at six years old. Inspired after hearing Metallica, he started playing and practicing relentlessly at eleven years old. During his teen years he played with a few bands and friends. After high school, Britt enrolled at the Berklee College of Music, attending from 1998-2000. The school provided him with a new world of musical and guitar knowledge. Britt has terminal guitar fever and loves it. He is currently studying classical/flamenco guitar privately with world-renowned classical guitarist Lily Afshar (a student of Andres Segovia). Britt recently completed work on an instructional video for the chopsfromhell.com web site.
Burch now lives in the Memphis area, teaching guitar, and is now ready to be noticed and further his career as a musician and a guitarist. Realizing it can be a difficult profession, he would love to have his dream of becoming a professional, full time guitarist come true.
MP3 Songs
Afterburner
Alien Invasion
Contact Information
Britt Burch
1198 Allentown St.
Cordova, TN 38016
United States
E-mail:
Britt Burch
Web site:
www.myspace.com/burchbritt
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Uzumaki
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New Dutch Prog Metal Rising
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Uzumaki is essentially a side project featuring musicians from several other bands and formations based in Holland. Dutch guitar player Joost Nusselder's compositions kick started the idea that this group could record an album by just sharing and recording via the Internet. Their instrumental progressive metal album, Join Us, is the result, and the band submitted a demo CD-R version for review. Nusselder also plays bass and Chapman stick, and is joined on guitar by Matthijs Hoesintalib (say his name five times fast). Fans of Dream Theater instrumentals will be able to warm up to this quartet very quickly, as they are highly skilled musicians, making music for fellow musicians. Technical, and full of prog influences and odd time signatures, the album is sure to appeal to heavy guitar fans everywhere.
The four members of Uzumaki met over the years at different festivals and performances and discovered a mutual love of progressive music. In addition to guitarists Hoesintalib and Nusselder, drummer Ruben Meibergen (the Vimps) and keyboardist Antal Nusselder (Awakening) complete the project band, the members of which are already performing together in the Netherlands to promote their new music. Joost Nusselder also is a member of the band Switched On, while Matthijs Hoesintalib is with Band Zonder Hond. The final version of Join Us is slated to feature eight tracks with a total running time of over 48 minutes.
Nusselder adds, "Since the muddy, under-the-sea level musical climate for prog and metal has a lot to be desired, we are trying to branch out. We haven't done that many gigs with this band yet, but there are more coming in every week."
MP3 Songs
Sweep You Off Your Feet
A Badger's Fluffy Tale
Contact Information
Uzumaki
Somewhere in
The Netherlands
E-mail:
Uzumaki
Web site:
www.myspace.com/uzumakimetal
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