My main influences and inspiration have been JJ Cale, Micheal Hedges, Will Ackerman, JS Bach, and many other classical and acoustic guitar composers. May I add the greatest journalist alive today Amy Goodman.
With a career that followed being born in the Mediterranean island of Ibiza and then starting one of the first critically acclaimed rock bands in Ibiza in the ‘80s, guitarist Max Goldston returned to the U.S. and has since lead a intriguing musical career as an acoustic guitar instrumentalist. Following a collection of guitar instrumentals recorded between 1996 and 2005 entitled WESTERN AGE and a 2006 collaboration with Barcelona-based producer ANTONI COLOMAR, Goldston began working in the Vermont studio of WINDHAM HILL Records founder WILL ACKERMAN.
The results can be heard on EMANCIPATION, GOLDSTON'S 2009 CD RELEASE. For anyone who doesn’t know or remember, Will Ackerman’s tenure as the head of Windham Hill yielded some of the most meditative and atmospheric instrumental music of the mid ‘80s and early ‘90s and he’s also the man who helped craft the term New Age.
Recording up at ACKERMAN'S IMAGINARY ROAD STUDIOS, Goldston makes the most of the studio’s high tech sound and comes out a winner with Emancipation. Few guitarists today are as adept and proficient as Goldston when it comes to capturing the Windham Hill guitar sound that Ackerman helped introduce with his signings back then, including the late great Michael Hedges, Alex DeGrassi and Ackerman himself.
An essential spin for fans of the acoustic guitar, Emancipation is a breezy acoustic guitar masterpiece and will appeal to fans of the Windham Hill sound and beyond. Further assisted by top sound engineer Corin Nelsen, Goldston makes his Martin guitar ring out loud and clear on a solid CD that simultaneously traces the legacy of the acoustic instrumental guitar sound while bringing it forward into the future.
One other point to mention is the eye-catching artwork adorning the CD cover of Emancipation, to which Goldston comments, ‘The cover design is a painting called “La Chica con Guitarra”. The painter is TOM PROVO, an artist I met over in Ibiza years ago. He now resides in Blacksburg Virginia and his many paintings are in some of the top art galleries of the country. The design for the CD was done by graphic art designer ANGELES DIAZ in Barcelona and the CD was manufactured by DISCMAKERS.’
ROBERT SILVERSTEIN www.mwe3.com
To read my latest interview at GUITAR CENTER STAGE for "Emancipation" by Robert Silverstein go to www.mwe3.com
Max's CDs
MAX GOLDSTON'S 3RD CD "EMANCIPATION" ,RECORDED AT WILL ACKERMAN'S IMAGINARY ROAD STUDIOS WITH 2004 GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SOUND ENGINEER CORIN NELSEN, IS AVAILABLE!! Artwork "La Chica con Guitarra" by TOM PROVO, Graphic design Angeles Diaz, cd manufacturing at Discmakers. Also available at most digital outlet stores and itunes
"ISLAND LOST" Max Goldston's 2nd cd 2007 is a collaboration with Barcelona based musician/producer Toni Colomar called Aurum.
A collection of acoustic guitar instrumentals composed by Max Goldston with production and arrangements by Toni Colomar. Fingerstyle picking instrumentals with an ambient,chill sound. Mixed and mastered at Can Colomar Studios in Barcelona. Graphic design Angeles Diaz.
Also available at most digital outlet stores and itunes
"WESTERN AGE" Max Goldston's first homemade cd 2005 is a collection of guitar fingerstyle instrumentals with a sense of rock and new age. It is a blend of my original feel and reflections of my main influences–J.J.Cale and Micheal Hedges.
Also available at most digital outlet stores and itunes
Hello Max, thanks for the friend request. Love your tunes and style. I will be buying your albums. We share the same influences. Please keep sharing your beautiful guitar music.
College is great. It's a lot of fun. I'm transferring to UGA next semester and i'm really looking forward to living in Athans. The "America" poem isn't by me it's by Allen Ginsburg hah. Also, I don't know if you know him or not, but i'm seeing Victor Wooten play next friday!!
Hey Max, Great to meet you. Great acoustic compositions that you have. Thank you so much for your friendship. Hope that you enjoy my music. Dave Percell
Greetings Max Goldston, Respect To You !!!!!!! I Give Thanks And Praises For Your LOVE And Support, For Reaching Out Here, Making The Connection And The Friendship !!!!!!! I Am Truly Honored !!!!!!! Please Stay Close At JOHNNYALLEN. COM Blessed Love All Ways Always
Hola MAX, despues de un tiempo sin estar por aquí, a mi vuelta quiero visitar las paginas amigas y desearles muchos exitos en este año y venideros. A la vez quiero darte las gracias por todo lo bueno que aportan a mi mundo, con tu musica.
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