InstruMental Guitarist from Louisville, Kentucky
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Can't Breathe Beer
I remeber when you joined the site kelly...you have always been talented...but this is such a good sound....needs bass, but apart from that..brilliantly done Steve
Mix is way better now Kelly - really dig this one, definitely my favourite KM track to date. Love the Eastern vibe and Satch influence. Levels are just right this time around IMO, that new setup of yours sounds excellent! Rated and nominated. Superhuman - 03 January 2010
Working now K!! Some bass would really make this kick off.
Still sounds great, and just loved those pinched harmonics! Blistering work Kelly!
Heeded advise and added more lead 12/22/9
I'd slap up the lead even more dude - at least 3dB. Good sound on the other guitars - just waiting for some pumping bass and some more drum rolls to giv it a real buzz. Rated, and i hope yer gonna take this to the next level dude; it's fine stuff.
Sounding a lot better now Kelly, I would even push that lead up a fraction more to let it cut through (especially in the second half of th etrack). Damn fine playing, real catchy - I particualrly liked the transition to the Eastern scale at around th 1.20 mark. Shades of Satch and a host of other great players evident in your playing here. Not a hint of cloning about it either, you're own unique style seems to have jumped out with the new setup. Great job!
Wow Kelly, this is highly impressive work. Not only SUPERB playing, but as a song, the structure/progression is fantastic. I see all the influence references below me here, but for me, this has got a kind of Led Zep vibe to it. Could hear Jimmy Page playing it! Brilliant stuff man! Mark
Wonderful thing about music is that one doesnt need to know anything about the instrument being played to know its being done well. Cracking bit of axe (is that what you guys say lol). 09:30 here and its shaking off my cobwebs for sure and got me quite motivated for the day. Nice one Kelly Ant
Hell yea! Liking the sounds straight off the bat - new gear is kickin! Great rhythm bed Kelly, catchy track with some nice harmonisation in the chord structure. Now onto the lead - I'm lovin it! It's got that Eastern feel I love written all over it and dare I say a hint of Satch. Only thing I would advise is to crank up the volume on that lead, it's a bit lost in the maelstrom of metal. I would go as far as saying this one has the potential to be your best piece with a little tiddying up on the levels. If that's what you come up with when you inhale beer I'm off to the pub! Pushing those buttons my friend:)
Nice well controlled grooving, Kelly. Like Craig said, give it some low end thump and it will rock. That drum loop needs something, but the guitar work is first class.
Nice or nasty? grove on this one Kelly. You are easly one of my favotite guitar slingers on this site. Keep on rocking!!! EZ rate BADLOVEJUNKIE
Love your "riff songs". They just are a treat to groove to. Musta starting breathing the beer around the 2:36 mark....l0). Dan
Really like the riff to this track. Sounds like early Satriani meets George Lynch. Some excellent lead playing too, again very remiscent of Satriani and Lynch. Ends a bit soon and needs some bass to flesh out the mix but really like what you've got so far. Rated. Craig
Nice groove throughout, really like the tone on that rhythm guitar! Interesting progression; too bad about the beer, hope the second one went down better! Easy rate, Kelly, I liked this.
Fusion has been my genre of choice for several years, but I am also inspired by rock, jazz, blues and most recently, metal.
My recording/mixing skills have yet to be acquired, my playing is at best sub-par, but my enthusiam for creating music shall never waiver.
The bulk of my future lies in Alternative Metal. I have recently gained a keen interest in creating that crunch! I have no real "Rock Star" aspirations, but enjoy engaging in collabs to create something new and different.
I also build custom guitars. Please view my artists gallery for a look at some of my projects.
Thanks!
<pre>Cryin: I think I must go around with my head in my ass sometimes...I don't remember listening to yor music before and it's just fabulous, Kelly...damn I am so impressed...you and Joseph have a lot in common...take a nom!! dawnsinclair - 16 May 2008
This is beautiful and dramatic music - it is obvious that you love playing it - every note is wonderful. MoonTurnedBlue - 27 July 2008
Cause We've Ended as Lovers: Great soulful guitar playing! Always interesting. Rated.Cheers, Smudge from Smudgie aswann - 03 November 2007
Insanity: Wow Kelly, this is awesome! Love the mix of guitar and electronica, the sweeps are spot on an there is also some lovelt whammy bar work in there. Love the Eastern feel again - have a soft spot for the harmonic minor and arabian sounds. Cool tones too, really look forward to hearing the completed version. PM me when it's up! Superhuman - 05 December 2007
Superhumnan's Phantasm: God Kelly. How I have missed you on this site eludes me. Seems everyone knows who you are. If I didn't need to head off to work I would have a new album to listen to. Be back and thanks for the DL's. Rated. Beluga - 08 May 2008
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I hear the Sheik Yerbouti style of Big Frank especially at about the minute mark or just a tad over. Dead good this dude. Oh yeah 1min 36 and it's got that vibe real cool. Great final 30 dude. Rated (as if there was any doubt) James Oakwood - 15 September 2008
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This is one is quite different for Kelly, given the electro slant. I liked this track the first time I heard it, although there are a couple of rough edits the track flows in a nice unusual way. The track open with Kelly's signiture use of the whammy bar - something that is not easy to do at all. I really love the little diminished run followed by a more traditional solo break. Over the yea
This really blew me away, you can tell there is a lot of passion in what is being played. Element of several bands i loved came through, Sabbath being the first feel i noticed.I'd love to see something like this on Guitar Heroes, largely cos i'm no where near that good on guitar and like pretending i am(hey its cooler than air guitaring)Top notch stuff#:)
For a newbie/beginner, the composition is conceived well, and the arrangement was laid out in a thoughtful manner. I can hear a lot of the influences you mention on your page, but you do not call special attention to any of them, which is always a good thing for a player of your level. There are enough genres/styles blended in to make this tune interesting to other devotees of jazz fusion, prog r
This tune had me fooled for the first 8 bars or so. I thought it was a totally generic jazz track that some wanna-be would be adding his licks to. What I got instead was a truly artistic contribution to a rather basic jazz rhytm section that turned this generic into a genre that needs to be focused on. What was jazz fusion is no longer con-fusion with this artist. Rock meets Jazz meets Acid
While this track left no doubt as to why the composer named it as such, I must say that without a structured tempo as well as the frequent non-timed breaks throughout the piece I found it difficult to gather in the full emotion of the artist. Great sound and unique effects give homage to this artists influences, but needs more structure in this reviewers opinion.