A few of my musical influences - in no particular order:
John McLaughlin,
Miles Davis,
John Coltrane,
Django Reinhardt,
Wes Montgomery,
Michael Hedges,
Mozart,
Bach,
Paganini,
Jimi Hendrix,
The Beatles,
Shakti,
John Fogerty,
James Taylor,
Neil Young,
Burton Cummings,
Mahavishnu Orchestra,
Weather Report,
Yes,
Return To Forever,
David Gilmour,
Andres Segovia,
Doyle Dykes,
Phil Keaggy,
Gary Moore,
Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Jeff Beck,
Steve Howe,
Neils Henning Orsted Pedersen,
Carlos Santana,
Allan Holdsworth,
Frank Zappa,
Sting,
Chet Atkins,
Bela Fleck,
Branford Marsalis,
Loreena McKennitt,
Enya,
Steely Dan,
Pat Martino,
Zakir Hussain,
Trilok Gurtu,
Oscar Peterson,
Robin Trower,
Wayne Shorter,
Pat Metheny,
Dave Holland,
Les Paul,
Ravi Shankar,
Eric Johnson,
Steve Vai,
Ian Anderson,
Paco DeLucia,
more to come...
Kevin is a multi-instrumentalist/composer/performer, an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music and is a music instructor at the university level.
Award winning Celtic CD 'Kevin Michael - Coming Home' released in 2004 on Statue Records, Los Angeles. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kmichael Kevin's newest CD project 'Spiritu Aeternum' is in the works and should be available in stores sometime in 2008.
Kevin has spent centuries on the road with various musical groups and has played numerous international shows. He is the owner of a recording studio and has produced/engineered recording projects for various artists.
Recently completed written works include: 12 Chakras and 72 Melakartas of Indian Carnatic Music for Guitar, Modal Madness In The Quartal Portal (a study of modal improvisation as applied to quartal harmonic structures) Tempus Continuum (a study demonstrating the application and counting of poly-rhythmic structures in music using superimposed incremental subdivisions of a circle), and musical transcriptions of compositions by artists as diverse as Paganini, Bach, Chet Atkins, Miles Davis, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
In September 2004, Kevin transcribed the guitar scores of the legendary John McLaughlin's 3 DVD master class on jazz improvisation 'This Is The Way I Do It'. Excerpts of the scores were published in Guitar Player magazine. The complete scores for all 12 Chapters can be downloaded at www.johnmclaughlin.com
"The new man is the birth of an absolutely fresh man -- unconditioned, without any nation, without any religion, without any discrimination between man and woman, black and white, East and West, or North and South.
The new man is going to be the very salt of the earth, concerned about how to increase the joys of life, the pleasures of life -- more creativity, more beauty, more humanity, more compassion.
We can go through a total transformation: we can create innocent people, loving people, people who breathe in freedom, people who help each other to be free, who are nourishment for each other's creativity and for everybody to be dignified, to be respected.
The new man is the manifesto of a new humanity, one humanity.
This is a great and fortunate moment -- to be in this challenging situation. It is not a situation that is going to destroy the earth, but only the churches and the politicians and those who hold onto the past.
It is a golden opportunity, because if the whole of humanity becomes aware of the roots of the problems, then the solutions are actually very simple..."
Hi Kevin, Thank you for the friendship ! This is the videoclip of my song released by Universal this week. Would you be so kind and please give your (honoust) opinion on the youtube channel for me ? Would be great !!
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Christian
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Thanks so much for the Add.. I surely hope there was some music on my page that you enjoyed. I hope you have a Wonderful and Positive week! New Albums on iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, eMusic, & My Snocap Store. Check them out! Download NoW! Tell A Friend! And Feel Free to Choose One for Profile Song ;) Take Care and Stay Positive:)
Hello Kevin, thanks for the add. Reading some of your influences, all great performers! Some real nice compositions you have here. I'm sure I will become more familiar with them. Carlo D'Anna
I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT DAY! I AM HONORED TO HAVE YOU AS A FRIEND HERE ON MYSPACE.. I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE TUNES.KEEP IN TOUCH MY FREIND. YOUR GOOD TIME BUDDY, KJ
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