They have created a very strong musical style, that is not so easy to find today, definitely they should have a special attention from all prog rock lovers around the world. “Arrival” is a contemporary progressive rock album with a vibrant and modern sound, the album contains 77:30 minutes, divided into four songs, where all the tracks, offers to the listener an magnificent and vibrant music. So if you are a fan of “Arena”, “Genesis”, “Porcupine Tree”, “Riverside”, “Yes”, “Magenta”, “Mostly Autumn”, “Ayreon” and you like all of them you must get Majestic. Brilliant, fantastic, and amazing work, highly recommendable…
- Carlos Alberto Vaz Ferreira, progressiverockbr.com
At 14 yrs old, I picked up my first guitar. I spent my first year or so being mentored by Joey Mazzola (the former guitarist from Sponge). In '86, joined by bassist Scott Hamel and drummer Doug Mitchell. We formed a band with the working name OSMIUM. We started out playing covers, everything metal in the day such as early Metallica, Maiden, Sabbath, Zep, etc, etc.... We quickly grew tired of playing covers and started writing our own stuff. We stayed together for about 10 years. We had various singers in and out but we always had difficulty working with singers because our music was quickly becoming more instrumental and progressive. As we played clubs in and about the Detroit area, the band's improvisational and conceptual style always received the best responses from our fans even though most of the local venues at the time was not hip to that sort of thing. Even with current atmosphere at the time the band did surprisingly well and developed a decent following. But as in all in life, things must come to an end. Feeling burned out, the band finally disbanded in the mid 90's.
Also in the early 90's, I spent 2 years studying recording technologies at the Record Institute of Detroit under the eye of recording titan Robert Dennis. I specialized in midi technologies which at the time was in it's infancy by todays standards. Doing this, I was honored to do an internship at an R&B studio studying music and recording under T. Harold Bowles Jr, son of “Dr Beans” Bowles creator of the Motown Review and writer for Stevie Wonder. During this time period, hard rock and synth was not common by any means. While most hard rock guitar players spent endless hours trying to play faster and meaner than the next guy, here I am learning the keys and blending them with my style of writing. I do believe it gave me a large piece of the foundation I have today.
For the next few years, I took a hiatus from playing music to focus on other things in my life. After that, I started to focus on writing again. I started several side projects by getting musicians of various styles of influence together to see what can be created. Although some projects turned out better than others, I didn't find that perfect sound I envision. Symphonic by nature, the music I lean towards is conceptual, interesting, changing and reflective. Hence, progressive rock.
Since my first old tascam 4-track, I have been putting ideas down on tape so to speak and eventually moving over to digital. Over the years the ideas grow in more mature arrangements. In April 2007 I uploaded my first group of tracks to myspace. By summer 07, I had enough tracks to bundle the first release of Descension at CD-Baby. Fall/Winter of 07 after some talking with the awesome folks Andromeda Recordings I wrote String Theory for release under their label. Working over the internet I was able to bring in vocalist Di and flutist Elzbieta for that cd. During the writing period for ST, russian label MALS showed interest in my material. After some discussion MALS re-released Descension under their label.
The way I see it, if the music moves me, it may move others and that is what it is all about. My journey so far has landed me in Minneapolis, MN. I will be rotating some samples of my recent work here and sharing my voyage of looking deep inside myself to articulate what I hear, as well as what I feel. Music if done right can be a story that takes the listener through the mind/heart of the writer. Hopefully, you as the listener, connect with me if only for a moment and see life how i see it....
In 2008 I ran across a vocalist name Jessica Rasche and we began working on some new recordings which eventually lead to the Arrival CD available as of July 09. Jessica's powerful voice and versatility was a powerful addition to the Majestic project. Be sure to check out the new CD.
Peace and Love.....
My Dear Majestic, I want you to know that your music and your songs are my passion. I am addicted to Majestic. There is something that pulls me towards them. Keep it up Majestic. Di PS:Follow Me Twitter at http://twitter.com/iaent
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"The FAUST's album FROM GLORY TO INFINITY was released by STYGIAN CRYPT productions-RUS (exclusively in EU) and PARAGON RECORDS-USA (exclusively in USA) on 9/9/9. It will be released also in DIGIPACK format by ABYSS RECORDS-USA on 10/31/09 and in PICTURE DISC format by NEGATIVITY RECORDS-USA on 12/24/09 (limited edition of 666 copies with an exclusive artwork)."
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1. A Pop/Rock/Commercial band with female lead. Band must consist of 2 guitars (Prefer both guitar players to be of lead caliber. However, one lead and one rhythm is acceptable), keyboard/piano, bass, and drums. Lead vocal, followed by backing vocals, in that order, is a plus as it relates to other members of the group. Average age of the band cannot exceed 28 years of age.
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* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
XXX - If you meet the minimum qualifications as described above. Email a link for your MySpace Page and if applicable, a link for your website to: recordingartistsearch@gmail.com
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