International Guitar Night returns to Kirkland
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- International Guitar Night returns to Kirkland
- Lecture Concert Series presents Marcin Dylla
- Musical renaissance man
- Metallica ‘Guitar Hero’ Details Revealed
International Guitar Night returns to Kirkland
Eastside Business Journal Washington
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Lecture Concert Series presents Marcin Dylla
ASU Herald AR
Marcin Dylla has recorded four CDs including a Laureate Series-Guitar CD “Guitar Recital” on the Naxos label featuring compositions by Joaquin Rodrigo Alexander Tansman Nicholas Maw and Manuel Ponce. This CD has won high praise from critics. Dylla frequently performs works by Rodriguez but he has also devoted a CD to Polish guitar music by composers such as Jerzy Bauer Edmund Jurkowski Feliks Horecki and Jan Nepomucen de Bobrowicz. Dylla is accompanied by Marek Mo and the Aukso Chamber rchestra on “Polish Guitar Music. “For more details contact Dr. Gil Fowler associate dean for the Honors College at (870) 972-2308 via e-mail at gfowler@astate.
Musical renaissance man
Boston Globe United States
Rock music isn’t? A. Rock guitar is exhilarating. I love playing loud in front of thousands of people and I’d never part with it. But for my mind and my hands I really enjoy playing music that’s formally more ambitious. You’re an avid promoter of boundary-smashing and genre-blurring.
Metallica ‘Guitar Hero’ Details Revealed
MTV.com
“Metallica gave us input on guest artists they’d like to see in their game bands that they felt were really important to them” the game’s lead designer Alan Flores told MTV News during a demo in New York earlier this month. “Guitar Hero: Metallica” is similar to November’s full-band music game “Guitar Hero: World Tour” but players will get to jam to songs strictly by Metallica and the musicians that inspire them. The game’s plot line is based on a true story of European fans who attended every Metallica show until they were finally invited by the band to open for them onstage. Players will take on the role of musicians trying to follow in Metallica’s footsteps but they’ll also be able to play as singer James Hetfield drummer Lars Ulrich guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. “The very first thing you do is you play as Metallica” Flores explained. “We wanted to hit you hard and we didn’t want to put that off.
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