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Slayen & Fox Guitar Duo
Melding Classical, Latin & Flamenco
Styles | San
Diego's Slayen & Fox Guitar Duo have recently released
Reflections Of San Diego, a smooth blending of flamenco,
classical and Latin styles and influences that's melodic enough to
warrant broad audience appeal, yet laced with a fiery, virtuosic
quality that keeps guitar lovers interested throughout the album.
The CD is a tribute to the beautiful city of San Diego, and, being
that the area is packed with talented guitar players, the music is
an authentic and upbeat reflection of the scene. Songs such as
"Sunny & 70", "Santa Ana Winds", "Gaslamp Tango (Zabrina's
Song)" and "Shores Of La Jolla" evoke images of the area (best
appreciated if you live there, or have had the good fortune to
visit), and can also be appreciated as top quality music in its own
right. Slayen and Fox should have a long career ahead of them with
their instrumental and compositional skills already sharpened - and
bound to improve even more.
Mike Slayen and Scott Fox grew up in the same San Diego
neighborhood and both began playing guitar at a very young age.  They both found themselves studying classical
guitar with well-known local teacher and performer Fred Benedetti at
Grossmont College. They decided to form the Slayen & Fox Guitar
Duo while attending San Diego State University during their graduate
studies in classical guitar and music composition. In the late
summer of 2002, they began writing and recording, eventually
releasing their 10 song CD entitled Reflections Of San Diego.
Slayen and Fox have been actively promoting their new CD at
venues all over San Diego, Los Angeles and other Southern California
locales. They recently performed live on San Diego's local Channel
7/39 on their Concert on the Square series.
MP3 Songs
"Gaslamp Tango
(Zabrina's Song)"
"Santa Ana
Winds"
Contact Information
Slayen & Fox
6390 Lake Arago Ave.
San Diego,
CA 92119
United States
E-mail: Scott
Fox
Web site: http://www.slayenandfox.com/
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Five To The Face
Modern, Guitar-Driven Hard
Rock | Fronted
by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ed McMenimon, Boston area rock
group Five To The Face have released Pain Inside, a six-song
EP-length CD of modern rock permeated with skillful axework and -
guitar solos! What would you expect from a graduate of Berklee,
keyboard solos, or pseudo-rap interludes? Of course, the guitar fan
will bypass the first five cuts in favor of track six, "Brother", a
wild, bluesy, structured yet improvised, guitar solo that will leave
you wondering where are the extended jams in the other material. The
first five vocal cuts are rock and pop oriented, but McMenimon does
manage to get creative and soulful when it comes time to lay down a
solo - he's good. Five To The Face is a power trio, and is rounded
out with drummer Bob Pimental and bassist Erik MacPherson. Check out
their live show when you're up in the New England area.
 Guitarist Ed McMenimon, age 25, has been
playing and touring locally and nationally with Denny Dias (original
guitar player for Steely Dan), Draw the Line (Aerosmith-endorsed
tribute band), and has worked on several projects with Dinky Dawson
(sound engineer for Fleetwood Mac, The Kinks and Steely Dan).
Starting on guitar at age 10, he now is a locally renown session
player appearing on many local and national CDs. Ed also has a
degree from Berklee College of Music and works part time as a guitar
instructor. He counts as his influences Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray
Vaughan, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Slash, Brian Setzer, and many
others. Ed decided in 1999 to front his own band, and Five To The
Face was born. The band gigs two to four nights a week in the New
England area, playing covers and working in original numbers.
McMenimon's next goal is to get on a national tour. He also would
like to get more session work, and he dreams of getting a gig like
in the Letterman band.
MP3 Songs
"Brother"
"Two Girls"
Contact Information
Ed
McMenimon
701 North St.
Randolph, MA 02368
United States
E-mail: Ed
McMenimon
Web site: http://www.fivetotheface.com/
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