Brian Bart - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Production, Mixing
*Ernie Laviolette, Steven Klingler, Mark Miller, Ron Heyne - Drums
*Cee, GVL, Rhashidi, Forest Winters, Slashback, Double B. - Rappers
*Sean McLaughlin, Dianne E'laine, John Richardson, Emil Cambell,
Julius Collins, Sloan, Shauntae, Ryan Arthur - Vocalists
* additional music, Todd Clouser, Brad Baker, Donnie LaMarca,
Influences
The artist that were paid homage to on these tributes, as well as; Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, The Beatles... hell, all great musicians and songwriters!!
When hired by Tribute Sounds to do 30 Tribute records, Brian Bart was running his studio "Logic Productions" full time and teaching audio and multi-media part time at Musictech college. The first 2 years produced cloned cover versions of artists ranging from Hip Hop, R&B, to Rock and Metal. The third year into the deal, the concept of doing mash-up Hip Hop/Rock was tried. Rather than use MIDI drums and keys, Brian decided to keep it heavy and use Real drums and guitars with rappers, loops, FX and keys to cover mash-ups like Metallica, Zeppelin, Floyd and AC/DC. The first release "Hip Hop Tribute to Metallica" created such a commotion that bloggers in Europe, Russia, China, South America and the U.S. condemned the Sacrilege without hearing it, and wanted the heads of someone responsible. Although several reviews claimed it worthy because of the real rock elements, people were mad as hell, but like most shocking things in life, it soon began to sell thousands of copies. The next release "Hip Hop Tribute to AC/DC" had the same effect, although this time the song "Back In Black" downloaded 250.000 copies. The other mash-ups of Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Pink Floyd have had the same effect of pissing off hard core fans off without ever hearing them, but selling huge numbers. Having played in several bands, 3000 gigs and on over 80 albums, producer / Performer Brian Bart paid tribute to his guitar hero's by keeping it real rock, and had a blast creating these records.
