Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, Dave Gilmour, Jake E Lee, Atomic Tommy M, Randy Rhodes, Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young, Dave Meniketti (Y & T) John Petrucci, Vinnie Moore,
Scott Gorham, Paul Gilbert, Jeff Beck and Alan Holdsworth.
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Chris Vye, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen,
Rock, Instrumental, Dave Gilmour, Dream Theatre,
Petrucci, Vinnie Moore,
a wall of wailing guitars - who knows ?
Something just slightly different I hope !
I have been a Guitar player and musician since I was 15 and am 46 now so you do the maths!! - mind you, thats not so bad am still younger than Steve Vai - lol.
I wasn't a bad kid, but I skipped school constantly and played my cheap little guitar for upto 8 hours a day - oh yeah - my neighbours loved me - lol - and my fingers and their ears bled !!
Music has given me some of the best times in my life and hopefully plenty more to come, especially when I get this show back on the road again later this year.
In the eighties and early nineties I was the lead guitar player in the NWOBHM band Prowler, at the time we released a few singles that strangely seem to be more popular now than they were then, indeed I only have a few copies left cos they are worth good money - I am told!! We just missed making it into the 'big time' but had a good following and a great time so it was an experience not to be missed.
It really was a great time for rock music then.
Following that, I joined a band called Passion XX which was more in the Poison, Bon Jovi mould. We released just one single and an album track but this band eventually wound up going seperate ways in the early nineties.
There have been a few other purely live bands since then and shamefully, a long hiatus.
The tracks featured here were recorded in my home studio in Leicestershire, in the UK and are all rock instrumentals.
These are the first things I have recorded in ten years and are all different in feel - at least I hope so! All the stuff you hear is played, recorded and produced by me.
It was cool to be able to do your own thing without having to negociate with other band members and be able to claim both the good and the bad as your own - whichever that may be!
Mind you, I do miss being able to bounce ideas off other musicians and writing for ALL the instruments can be testing at times.
Future projects will include others though and I am going to be putting a band together (including vocalist !) which will be the next step in moving this forward. For now though, I hope you enjoy the music.
This stuff is unashamedly rock guitar orientated and was done for fun so it probably won't appeal to everbody but I would really value the feedback, so give it a listen and let me know!
I have always been in love with the guitar and the amazing music that has been made with those six strings. My influeneces began with Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin. In later years, Gary Moore, Michael Shenker, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jeff Beck, George Lynch, Vivian Campbell, Angus Young, the great Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Dave Gilmour and numerous others. The influences are obvious but at the end of the day, I hope it just sounds like me - check out the borrowed bits though in "Gilmour for hire".
Hey Teacher... leave them kids alone......lol !!
Dark Star Rising is the lastest track here along with, Usual Insanity, KarmaSutra, Late night at the LA whiskey and Alabama sunset which is a real favorite of mine right now... it's a special tune to me for all sorts of reasons!
What I really wanted to do with these tracks is to not stick to any one feel throughout and keep the interest going and the mood changing. I always wondered what it would be like if you had People like Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dave Gilmour and maybe Satch all in the same band and I guess thats what I am trying to do here - mix them all in a big pot - give it stir and you get Chris Vye - I hope! - Not too derivative, more of a fusion of some of those styles - I Hope you like the results.
With the arrival of Dark Star Rising, I now have a full listing for my CD
so I hope to have that released before the end of the year so watch this
space on that one!!
I have made some really fantastic friends on here - so thanks for taking the time to read this and listen to my tunes !!!
Please do feel free drop me a comment or message, it's a always a pleasure to hear from my friends on here whether it's feedback on my music or just a bit of a chat.
Take care all and have a great day.
Chris ~
Happy Humperz there Chris!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah.., we have a high of 18 today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow.., wake up to 8 degrees and snow as well!!!!!!!!! I think mother nature is playing a serious joke.., and i so ain't laughing!!! We have had 2 hours of above freezing temperatures!!!!!!!!! in 5 days, 2 hours! What!? This is Bama for Petesie Sakes!!!!! Brrrrr!!!!!!!! dddddddd it's s s s s s cold outsssssside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blighty sounds like Alabama!!! U still got the sniffles? Hope not! Hope yer doing better.., Have to call the furnace guy.., mines acting up!!! Crap! time to start breaking down the furniture!!! Luv Ya Chris! Pat'tay! =D
Hey Chris, Hope you have a great week and stay warm.. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...cold here too time for some hot cocoa with baileys..yummy Luv and Hugs.. ~Kim~
Hoping you enjoy these photographs I shot and put together...
Chris, Just lovin' your new Page...wow, it is great, as you are... Here is wishing you a Magical Monday, my sweet friend, A Toast to You....You are the Toast of the Town... Warmly, x0x Carol *********
Hi Chris, glad to hear that you are feeling better. Your JD medicine seems to work wonders lol. I prefer the latin method though, a glass of red wine before going to bed , it helps to count the sheep without having to sneeze all the night away . Anyway, do take care buddy, especially since back in the UK you are getting one hell of a cold cold winter. In the meantime I am sending you the picture of my new bass guitar, the Dimavery MF-100 Burn. A real killer. Take care and get well soon.
Save chocolate for Easter?I cant save chocolate for tomorrow,lol!Im glad you are feeling better now even if you must go back to work :) Have a good week Chris!Lotsa love,hugs and chocolate!
.. Hi Chris! Well it's back to work tomorrow... don't know if I can work a whole week, been a while..LOL Hope your New Year started off great and all the best for the rest of the year!!
Hi there Chris, Thank you very much! Happy New Year to you. The pleasure is mine, Jack talked alot about you, he's right, you are a very good musician, Rock On xxxx - Anne
"Vyespace"..thats Competition for Tom,our Myspace "Major Tom",who I sent messages to via my Status from Ground Control... Wonder whether he took his protein pills and put his helmet on,before leaving his Spacecraft.. Everyone joined in...the repartees were hilarious....Good to know you're feeling better..I used one of your tunes,last week for my Profile..but since I change according to my moods,I don't keep a "track"..met a lovely lady Lisa,a friend of yours she said,after reading my comments etc,posted to you..so now,it appears Myspace is getting more people connected the world over...I was to go Fishing with my sons,however since I was still as Jober as a Sudge,I gave it a pass.
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