Martin Marshall: Guitars
Fran Rodriguez: Keyboards
Influences
George Lynch, Lito Vitale, Akira Takasaki, Marillion, Vito Bratta, Heart, Tommy Shaw, Loreena McKennitt, Jake e lee, Hans Zimmer, Frank Marino, Dare, Uli jon Roth, Mike Oldfield, Jeff Kollman, Toto, John Norum, Journey, Warren de Martini, Genesis, Reb Beach, Supretramp, Gary Moore, Luar Na Lubre, Michael Schenker, Within Temptation, James Young, Kaipa, Eddy Van Halen, The Flower Kings, John Sykes, House of Shakira, Doug Aldrich, Le tekro, Enya, Andy La Rocque, Milladoiro, Criss Oliva, Nightnoise, Pat Metheny
A distant rendez-vous is an artistic project by Canadian guitarist Martin Marshall and Spanish keyboardist Fran Rodríguez who, despite not having met in person yet, have started a musical collaboration thanks to the internet.
Martin's myspace site has tons of visits from guitar-hero lovers all over the world. He lives in Montreal (Québec, Canada) and speaks French. Fran has been known for being the keyboard player of the melodic rock band Nexx and for writing short films soundtracks. He lives in Pawtucket (Rhode Island, USA) and speaks Spanish. Both of them got together thanks to Myspace and it seems that they speak the same language of music.
Absolute artistic freedom, experimental creativity without restrictions and no pressures of any kind. A distant rendez-vous is a relaxed project that will produce musical pieces at its own pace. Just check out this website once in a while to see if there's something new. In words of Martin: "Just for the art of music, freedom and total liberty." That's the spirit of A distant rendez-vous.
Please come, have a sit and enjoy the show.
Don't forget to visit Martin and Fran's websites to read about their other projects!
Hi there, thanks for the info about this fantastic project in music. I like the songs very much. Your music have added colour to my life !! I wish you a weekend that all smiles for you. With a ~Good Luck~ wave Heidi
