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Ray DeTone

RDT: Guitarist - Producer - TV/Film Composer

About Me

RDT joins Reckless on stage at Rocklahoma - the largest '80's metal festival in the world!
July 9 -13, 2008. 5 days with 100 of the biggest bands of the '80's and 250,000 people expected

RDT's 3rd instrumental CD , "Guitar Noir",
available NOW!

The Buzz on Guitar Noir:
"...been checking out your disc and really liking it a lot...The playing is awesome...it raises the bar for everyone, ya know?????.....Anyway, are you available for session work????..." Neil Dorfsman (Grammy winning Producer/Engineer-Sting, Paul McCartney, DireStraits)
"Hey Ray - You're rockin' better than ever" Elliott Randell (Steely Dan)
Ray DeTone has always been an eclectic player, fusing diverse musical elements, styles and genres, creating a signature sound that stands out amidst todays' onslaught of redundancy. Melody and emotional intensity coupled with the appropriate style and sound for the song are of utmost importance to this fine guitarist. And this musical maturity is once again showcased on his third instrumental CD, Guitar Noir!"
Guitar Noir, is guitar driven instrumental fusion of shred metal, classical, blues, prog rock, jazz, latin and blue-grass by virtuoso session guitarist and film score composer Ray DeTone. .
These tracks were plucked from over 80 songs RDT composed for TV & film from April of 2005 to January 2006 - hence the title.
Available at CDBABY
, GUITAR9 and ITUNES
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/27/2006
Band Website: raydetone.com
Band Members: 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Champion, Caroline Zhang,
performs her short program to
Ray DeTone's " Spanish Gypsy" (Guitar Noir)
winning 2nd Place

- Nov 8, 2007 -
Cup of China International Figure Skating Grand Prix in Harbin, China
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RDT has worked with:

Grammy Winning producer, Neil Dorfsman (Sting, Paul McCartney, Dire Straits); Steve Morse drummer, Van Romaine; Anita Baker drummer, Bernard Davis; kd lang drummer, Courtney Williams; drummer, Nir Z(Chris Cornell,Genesis); Miles Davis keyboardist, Adam Holzman; Billy Cliff (vox-Pet Shop Boys,Spyro Gyra); Paul Dianno's Killers; Mark Mangold & Al Fritsch - Drive, She Said; FAME-TV star Carlo Imperato; members of Billy Joel's band, Iggy Pop's band, Blackmore's Rainbow, Steve Vai's band, Billy Squire's band , Renaisance/Willy DeVille Bassist Dave Keyes; RENT bassist, Marc Ensign; Commander Cody bassist, Ric Mullen and so on.

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Record Label: BigMF/Zain - Japan
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

RDT joins Reckless for Rocklahoma 5 day festival!

It looks like I'll be playing guitar with Reckless, formerly on Atlantic Records and now on Retrospect Records, at what looks to be the biggest '80's metal festivalin the US and possibly the world - R...
Posted by Ray DeTone on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:07:00 PST

WIN a CD!!! Caroline Zhang and RDTs Spanish Gypsy at Skate America

What a thrill it was to hear my composition, "Spanish Gypsy" cranked thru the speakers at Skate America this past weekend. 14 year old, Caroline Zhang, skated her way into 3rd place and 2 standing ova...
Posted by Ray DeTone on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:28:00 PST

RDTs music used by 2007 World Champion Figure Skater

Hi Friends - Great News!My composition, "Spanish Gypsy" from Guitar Noir,is being used by 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Champion, Caroline Zhang.Caroline is skating her 2007/2008 short program to i...
Posted by Ray DeTone on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:04:00 PST

Cute Rocker Chick & Broadcast Aslum radio

Two of the greatest lovers and supporters of music here on myspace have joined forces.Every Thursday Night 7pm Central time you can tune in to hear some killer music and some edgy and intelligent dial...
Posted by Ray DeTone on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:37:00 PST

Latest Updates

Four of my comedic instrumental pieces are on the Jan. 15 Comedy CD released by the OMNI Music Library. One of them, "Buddy the Dog" , earned the revered 1st track placement on the disc.Go to http://r...
Posted by Ray DeTone on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:17:00 PST

Guitar Catharsis

As a private guitar instructor I try to encourage my students to explore all the colors of music, not just those of their favorite bands. This implies understanding music theory and how it can aid the...
Posted by Ray DeTone on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:44:00 PST