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Planned Interviews....
Jürgen Steinmetz (Silent Force, Rock Ignition), Vivien Lalu, Russell Allen (Symphony X), Alex Holzwarth (Sieges Even, Rhapsody of Fire, Dol Ammad), Kristoffer Gildenlöw (ex-Pain of Salvation, Dial), Mattias Norén (Art & Graphic designer).......
Latest interview: DAVE KILMINSTER
- April 16th - Cologne / Roger Waters Tour (read part 1 of the interview at ytsejam.com )
Dave Kilminster is a highly regarded UK guitarist whose radical technique and mesmerizing sounds were featured alongside rock luminaries
John Wetton (former ‘ASIA’ and ‘KING CRIMSON’ vocalist/bassist), drummer
Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and (ex ‘Uriah Heep’ keyboardist)
Ken Hensley on international tour and on recordings. He was also writing, recording and touring with keyboard legend
Keith Emerson who complimented
Dave’s playing in the press: “
Dave is a marvelous guitarist,â€
Keith told one journalist, indicating that
Kilminster challenges him musically. “He’ll speed up Hoedown by a third and I’ll think What? Okay! We’ll go there.â€
Since
Dave won the first, prestigious “Guitarist of the Year†competition in 1991, he wrote, transcribed and recorded for practically every issue of Guitar Techniques in the last years, as well as hosting his own ‘Killer Licks’ column in
Guitarist. Furthermore he has his own Sky TV series called ‘Killer Guitar’ on the Musicians’ M-Channel featuring both his electric and acoustic playing and he’s a featured instructor at the Academy of Contemporary Music in the UK.
In 1996
Dave Kilminster recorded the classical guitar album ‘
Playing With Fire’ along with former student
Fraser T-Smith. Recently he released his highly acclaimed sophomore album:
Scarlet.
His latest effort is a song orientated rock album. All tracks - written, sung, performed and co-produced by
Dave , featuring the amazing
Phil Williams and
Pete Riley (e.g.KEITH EMERSON BAND) on rhythm instruments, his multi talented girl friend
Anne-Marie Helder on backings, who complements
Dave on vocals brilliantly and even a string quartet. Guitar heroes are known primarily for their instrumental pyrotechnics of course, but some wizards like
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani and
Steve Vai have stepped out –have taken on lead-vocals and lyric-writing duties. On
’Scarlet’ Dave Kilminster has embraced this practice as well.
Musically speaking, ‘
Scarlet’ radiates a variety of surprises.
Dave has not included a certain type of songs on ‘
Scarlet’ his fans might have expected, but the stuff that comes from his honesty and sincerity. He made very conscious efforts to expand his vocabulary on vocals. Although this is a song orientated rock album,
’Scarlet’ showcases that he’s still madly in love with the guitar and playing it. It’s hardly possible to recommend one particular track - you can’t listen to the wrong song because each one has its specific musical highlights and unique charm.
You can listen to excerpts of '
Rain','Liar,Liar', 'Angel' and 'Brightest Star' from
Scarlet here .
Since June 2006
Dave Kilminster is touring with
Roger Waters. THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON TOUR features an all star big band line-up, a veritable who’s who of the session world namely: Andy Fairweather - Low Guitar; Snowy White – Guitar; Dave Kilminster - Guitar and Vocals; Graham Broad – Drums; Jon Carin- Keyboards; Harry Waters – Hammond; Ian Ritchie – Saxophone; Katie Kissoon, PP Arnold, and Carol Kenyon - Background Vocals.
Musicians I'd like to interview somewhere along the way:
Vangelis Papathanassiou, Peter Hammill, Peter Gabriel, Paul Gilbert, David Bowie, Bruce Dickinson, RAMMSTEIN / all guys, Russell Allen, Mike Portnoy, Keith Emerson, Paul McCartney, Mike Garson, Peter Murphy, Jason Becker....
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