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Revealing Heavy Metal Future Plans
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French guitarist Pablo Gomez demo CD-R is a collection of eight heavy metal and shred oriented tracks, entitled Revelation. From the opening cuts, "Glory Hymn" and "Life Force", you can hear that Gomez has mastered his instrument from a technical standpoint. This is in spite of the poor production of the CD-R which sounds extremely compressed and has entirely too much distortion. It's very difficult at times to pick out the melody lines in the rhythmically heavy pieces because the rhythm guitar is distorted to the max and is overwhelming everything else in the mix. When the rhythm tracks are under control, the lead guitar seems awash in delay, which makes the solos hard to listen to as well. Since Gomez nearly already has the technical ability of his heroes such as Marty Friedman, he just needs to hook up with a good engineer or producer/engineer who can help him record his compositions, because as it is now, most people would have a hard time assessing his potential through the muddy mixes on Revelation. Gomez is sure to overcome these limitations in the future.
Pablo is 20 years old, but has been playing the guitar since the age of six, beginning with classical, flamenco and Oriental guitar styles. At the age of 13, he heard a Marty Friedman album, and it changed his life. Pablo practiced incessantly over the next two or three years, until he could comfortably play anything he heard in his head. He finds it easy now to play any song by ear note-for-note, but he does not want to simply imitate guitar heroes such as Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen. Pablo's goal is to live off of his music, and to give people the feeling of escape in their minds, instead of just impressing them with technical playing.
Another dream Gomez has is to play his compositions with a full orchestra. He is convinced that the oneness of his vision and guitar playing would make him a good musician and composer.
Contact Information
Pablo Gomez
29, Allee De Bruxelles, Appt. 116
17000 La Rochelle
France
E-mail:
Pablo Gomez
Web site:
www.pablogomez.fr.st
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Instrumental Rocker Seeks Record Company
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Spain's Jose Suller is circulating his six song instrumental demo CD-R called Changing Lives, featuring hard rock and shred that Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Jan Cyrka fans could easily relate to. Basic machine bass and drums provide the backdrop for blazing fretwork delivered via a host of 21st century techniques (sweeping, advanced legato, tapping, whammy bar tricks, harmonic squeals, etc.) The opening track ("Intro Solo") is an "Eruption"-like solo guitar piece designed to grab the listener's attention, while the "Swaying With The Wind" brings the 'band' in for a Satriani-esque musical ride. Suller's got all the technique a guitarist could want, and with most guitarists this advanced, his only challenge is to carve out his own unique space in the instrumental rock world. To Jose's credit, the third song on the CD-R, "When You Lose A Friend" was named song of the month by the magazine Guitarra Total - the Spanish edition of Total Guitar - in December of 2000.
Jose has been playing the guitar for about 15 years. He started out teaching himself the basics, then later studied at one of the best known music schools in Spain, "Taller de Musicos de Barcelona", where he studied jazz, fusion, harmony and other subjects. Jose has been the stage guitarist for singer Mikel Herzog (one of the most famous pop singers in Spain). He has spent the past three years as guitarist for the rock band Chicanos, who are seeking a record contract. Jose counts as his influenced Satriani and Vai, as well as AOR bands from the '80s, such as Europe and Whitesnake. He currently is the official endorsee of Crate amplification in Spain, and got to play a clinic with Marty Friedman (who endorses Crate in the USA).
Suller's main objective is to find a record company to publish and release his music.
Contact Information
Jose Suller
Av. Ramon y Cajal 65, 7th A
43005 Tarragona
Spain
E-mail:
Jose Suller
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