HOw was it to work with him? Was it difficult/easy? Did you have space or just played what you were told? etc.
And 'course which tracks are you on?
Sphynx.
And 'course which tracks are you on?
Sphynx.
Steve tell about working with Smolski/
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Steve Smyth
Lead Axe
Hey Sphynx!
I did a guest spot on Victor's 2004 release, Majesty and Passion, which was a tribute to J.S. Bach.
The idea was really to do an improvised moment over the "Menuet in C" Victor sent me to do. The spot is just after a spoken word section.
We originally discussed the idea at Gods of Metal in 2004, and Victor gave me a a copy of the melody, and later sent me the track to listen to and lay down my solo. Real easy and fun to do, and he's a great guy, awesome musician!
We toured together years ago, when I was in Vicious Rumors, and he was in Mind Odyssey(sp?), 1996, across Europe.
Being that Bach has been a big influence on my music( not in obvious ways either), it was an honor to be able to do this, and to do it for Victor as well!
I did a guest spot on Victor's 2004 release, Majesty and Passion, which was a tribute to J.S. Bach.
The idea was really to do an improvised moment over the "Menuet in C" Victor sent me to do. The spot is just after a spoken word section.
We originally discussed the idea at Gods of Metal in 2004, and Victor gave me a a copy of the melody, and later sent me the track to listen to and lay down my solo. Real easy and fun to do, and he's a great guy, awesome musician!
We toured together years ago, when I was in Vicious Rumors, and he was in Mind Odyssey(sp?), 1996, across Europe.
Being that Bach has been a big influence on my music( not in obvious ways either), it was an honor to be able to do this, and to do it for Victor as well!
Noumenon
Obsidian Productions
Smolski is one insane bastard on guitar. Amazing. Love that blues chicken picking in Rage - All I Want.
MACvodka
Alcohol-connecting people
yeah there's those couple of videos on youtube of him doing guitar solos on rage gigs recently and he's all over the place!
found them:
YouTube - Victor Smolski guitar solo
YouTube - Rage - Unity (Live)
enjoy
found them:
YouTube - Victor Smolski guitar solo
YouTube - Rage - Unity (Live)
enjoy
yeah he's definately crazy! he also has that jazz trio but they never recorded.
The chicken picking probably came from the country time he played in USA..btw he's also a pro ralley driver, 24 hours and stuff..
The chicken picking probably came from the country time he played in USA..btw he's also a pro ralley driver, 24 hours and stuff..
Noumenon
Obsidian Productions
regarding smolski, I'd love to get my hands on a tab for the intro on Welcome To The Other Side. Tried taking it out, but those damn delays are confusing me hehe
anybody knows where i might get my hands (ears
) on this? if any of you would have an mp3 version of steve's solo and would like to share it, pm me pls
) on this? if any of you would have an mp3 version of steve's solo and would like to share it, pm me pls
