Artist/Band: Revive The Rose Release Date: July 14th, 2021 – Official premier July 14, 2021 at 12 noon EST Location: Southern Ontario, Canada The official music video for their new single, “Heartless Place”. — Filmed and directed by Brandon Primmer of Primmer Productions. Produced by John Angus MacDonald Mixed by Brian Moncarz Recorded and Engineered by…
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Description (by Kevin Estrella) A ‘turnaround’ used by Bach, inspired by the Brandenburg Concertos, by J S Bach. A turnaround is similar to a ‘cadence’ (V – I chord progression). It is a melody that carries a chord progression transitioning from the V chord back to the I chord. This melody can be used to replace diminished…
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Building Melodic Themes from Arpeggios (Spectre of Orion Chorus) Description (by Kevin Estrella) We look at the chorus of ‘Spectre of Orion’ by Pyramids on Mars. I show how I take a very dissonant chord progression (tri-tones) and put together a melody using arpeggios. By finding common notes shared among the chords we can put together a…
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Description (by Kevin Estrella) A pedaltone melody inspired by J S Bach’s Lute Suite (BWV1006) Lesson here. Kevin is the guitarist and composer of instrumental rock band Pyramids on Mars™. His music is hard rock, industrial, and metal infused with lead guitar melodies inspired by violin melodies of Baroque classical composers Bach & Vivaldi. His…
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Description (by Kevin Estrella) A 3-String arpeggio sweep that incorporate the 7th degree of the scale. (1, 3, 5, 7 degrees of the scale). Most guitar players use primarily Major and Minor arpeggios that use only 3 degrees of the scale (1, 3, 5). By incorporating the 7th degree of the scale we are able to create…
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