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Greg
Rapaport is a 35-year young man from New York who has a love for music in all
forms and mostly of all rock and metal. Throughout the years he has been
working on his guitar technique with inspiration from giants such as Scott
Henderson, Allan Holdsworth and Jimmy Page. He has also recorded three solo
projects, including this one with the weird title "Wyrd". Professionally
recorded in his own home studio this album does not suffer from bad sound
quality and it shows that he takes his music seriously which I give him credit
for. It is not easy to be a solo musician in the world today. Some people will
hate you for being a dive while others will critisize you for not being the
next Satriani or Page. Greg Rapaport is not afraid to test his limits and he
has actually found a very personal sound with this third album. "Wyrd" is
completely instrumental and I think that is a wise choice because if you
don't find a superb vocalist this kind of music is often spoiled that way.
Rapaport stands firmly with one foot in he jazz / fusion arena while the other
one feels more at home with crunchy progressive metal riffs. You may think
that these two would not fit together very well but they do, at least for Greg
Rapaport. If you are into passionate music, funky jazz / fusion, progressive
metal or all of it I would advice you to give this young man a chance because
this is a nice album. Nothing exceptional but a nice laid-back album suited as
background music.
| Tracklist |
1. 11th |
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Portal 2. Mahdah 3. The Unconscience 4. Bugjuice |
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5. Trust 6. Diminished Returns 7. Powderburn 8. |
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Slik 9. Darkmatter |
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