045 - Tony MacAlpine :: Bands, Bikes and Brews - The Rich Redmond Show Ep 45 - a podcast by Rich Redmond
from 2020-03-13T19:20:34
The name Tony MacAlpine is synonymous with modern musical virtuosity. Whether performing as a solo artist, band member, session player, touring hired-gun, or as a producer, Tony MacAlpine continues to prove that he truly is one of rock’s most amazing and versatile musicians. He incorporates classical, jazz and fusion influences into the hard rock/metal genre on both guitar and keyboards.
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In his 28 year career he has produced, written and arranged eleven solo instrumental studio albums. Tony has also released four albums with his jazz-fusion band CAB, three albums with his progressive rock band Planet X, and a number of other band projects. In addition, MacAlpine has contributed both guitar and keyboards to a long list of records by other artists.
A few things that came up:
-Tony being influenced by classical composers
-Starting by playing his brother’s guitar
-Sharing 4 acts, how manage the drums
-Playing with Billy Sheehan
-Neil Peart
-Lyricless music sometimes creates words
-How he rehearses
-Staying with the same teacher for 12 years
-Playing to a click vs. human feel
-Metrically modulating
-Riding Hayabusas and beer
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The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!
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