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VeetyCast (& Process Paths)

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DEUTSCHE VERSION
Als sich 2005/2006 abzeichnete, dass sich SAMAIN nicht wieder beleben ließ, wurde aus den Aufnahmen das Projekt VEETYCAST. Woher der Name? "Veety" aus dem verenglischten Kurznamen und "Cast" aus der Situation, dass VEETYCAST keine Band imit fester Besetzung ist.
Musikalisch bewegt sich VEETYCAST in der großen Welt des Rock. "Solid Rock" auf einen Nenner gebracht. Tief verwurzelt in handgemachter Musik, in der Melodien, Riffs und Klangbögen ein wichtiges Merkmal sind.
Einflüsse aus Hard Rock, Blues/Blues Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Soul & Funk, treffen auf Jazz, Folk, Klassik, Chanconiers/Liedermacher. So kann es sein, dass nach einem Metal-Kracher eine schmalztriefende Ballade aus den Saiten perlt - und dennoch ist es am Ende Solid Rock.
Auch wenn es keine feste Besetzung gibt - und einer allein eben nicht auftreten kann, es sei denn mit nahezu Vollplayback - gibt es Mitstreiter, die mal mehr, mal weniger involviert sind.
Insbesondere ist da Peter Minoza zu erwähnen, ein langer Wegbegleiter Veetys, der auch den meisten Songs seine Stimme gibt (und von dem überwiegend die Lyrics stammen). Zur Zeit ist er Sänger bei PROCESS PATHS ...
... und bei PROCESS PATHS stehen Peter & Ralph wieder gemeinsam auf einer Bühne. "Progressive Metal" von fünf Leuten mit unterschiedlichen Wurzeln: Visit PROCESS PATHS .
Mehr Infos unten im englischen Teil ...
ENGLISH VERSION
When in 2005/2006 became clear that SAMAIN wouldn't be alive anymore, the project was renamed into VEETYCAST. The name? It's the english version of Ralph's surname and "Cast" because of the changing musicians.
The music has got its roots in the great wide world of rock. Solid Rock, the easiest way to describe. Handmade music with melodies, riffs and sound-spheres are important and typical for VEETYCAST-songs.
The music is influenced by hard rock, blues, blues rock, rhythm & blues, soul & funk which colides with jazz, folk, classical music and chancons. So it can happen after a metal explosion is followed by a very sad ballad - but in the end it is Solid Rock.
Since November, 12th, 2008, Ralph choose - and was chosen - to be back on stage with his friend Peter Minoza (also vox with SAMAIN way back in the 80ies). It's been the third time to join the band since 2005 when PROCESS PATHS was founded by Sid Koenig (who was taught playing guitar by Ralph) and Peter as a music project which should be different to those main streams of metal (also compare "Stormwatch 1" PROCESS PATHS' fan-mag about the band's history).
Weird enough: exactly 25 years after joining SAMAIN, Ralph became the new fifth member of PROCESS PATHS. And as the sound changed way back time it'll be the same again. Together with Markus it's a two-lead-guitar structure which is slightly new for the band, the new songs, and to re-arranged old tunes.
PROCESS PATHS at MySpace
Equipment:
- Gibson Firebird Mark VIII 3PU Non Reverse (2 mini humbucker + 1 DiMarzio Super Distortion II)
- Fender Stratocaster (3 single coils, 5-way)
- Epiphone Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty" (3 humbucker)
- Squier Stratocaster (2 single coils + 1 DiMarzio Super Distortion I, 3-way)
- Fender Hot Rod DeVille 410
- Effects: Ibanez Chorus & Flanger, Wah-Wah, Acoustic Modeler, Line6 Echo Park ... to be continued ...
Bands: The River of Constant Change
1970-... Ralf
1971-1974 Get It On
1974-1977 RW & Friends
1974-1978 Rebel's Agony
1978-1978 Railway
1978-1979 PWM
1979-1980 Sounding Sky
1980-1981 Iron Force
1981-1982 Bronx
1982-1983 H.M.
1983-1985 Samain (and anniversary gigs past years)
1985-1989 Take Care
1995-1996 Mike Al Becker
2004-... VeetyCast
2008-... Process Paths
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Member Since: 12/13/2007
Band Website: http://www.process-paths.net/
Band Members: VEETYCAST

Ralph Veety - guitar, bass guitar, Sampling: Keyboards, Drums, Drum Programming; Recording
(Peter Minoza - vocals)
(several musicians)

PROCESS PATHS

visit PROCESS PATHS at MySpace

Peter Minoza - vocals
Markus Kopetsch - lead guitar
Ralf Wiethoff - lead guitar
Jeffrey Koenig - bass
André Spickhoff - drums

Influences: Rock, Hard Rock, Art Rock, Classical, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Chancons, Pop, Soul, Funk ...

Bands:
Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers, Baker Gurvitz Army, The Beatles, Jeff Beck Group, Black Sabbath (early), Camel, Cream, CSN&Y, Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, The Doobie Brothers, Dream Theater, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Fleetwood Mac, Free, Peter Gabriel, Genesis (-1978), Gentle Giant, Grobschnitt, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Glenn Hughes, Iron Maiden, Jethro Tull, Journey, Judas Priest, Kraan, Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Man Band, Marillion, Pat Metheny Group, The Moody Blues, Steve Morse Band, Mother's Finest, Nazareth, Nektar, Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Queen, Rainbow, Rush, Saga, Santana, Saxon, Steely Dan, Supertramp, Ten Years After, Thin Lizzy, T. Rex, U.F.O., Van der Graaf Generator, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Whitesnake, Wishbone Ash, The Who, Yes, ...

Guitarists:
Roye Albrighton, Paul Barrere, Jeff Beck, Dickey Betts, Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin, Larry Carlton, Eric Clapton, K.K. Downing, Ray Fenwick, Rory Gallagher, David Gilmour, Adrian Gurvitz, Steve Hackett, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe, Tony Iommi, Eric Johnsen, Volker Kriegel, Andy Latimer, Alvin Lee, Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Bernie Marsden, Brian May, Pat Metheny, Micky Moody, Gary Moore, Steve Morse, Dave Murray, Ted Nugent, Jimmy Page, Andy Powell, Uli Jon Roth, Carlos Santana, Michael Schenker, Neal Schoen, John Sykes, Pete Townsend, Pat Travers, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Laurie Wisefield, Frank Zappa, ...

to be continued
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

PROCESS PATHS live on May, 9th - admission free

(deutsch, english see below)Vor der Pause wegen der kommenden Aufnahmen für das neue Album, die vorerst letzte Chance, Process Paths live zu erleben. Progressive RockMetal im typischen Process Paths-S...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 02:06:00 GMT

Back on stage

What a feeling being back on stage with a band after lotsa years jamming or recording. Hardly to believe, 20 years after last (complete) band's performance, and nearly 24 years being together on stage...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:29:00 GMT

Remarks to the uploaded songs

Quite a number of messages asked for the equipment I used by recording. Okay, here we go:- VeetyCast: Echoes, Part I, FamaRhythm: Fender StratocasterLead: Squier StratocasterAmp: Mini-Amp Nobel's Mark...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:17:00 GMT

SAMAIN Anniversary Gig March 8th, 2008

The first gig since March 17th, 2007 - except several jams.It was a great pleasure to meet some old and new friends at www.tante-alma.de and have a lotta fun.Thanx to the audience and ...Peter on voc...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:05:00 GMT