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Friday, March 22, 2024

BRIAN TARQUIN NEW ALBUM ‘BEYOND THE WARRIOR’S EYES’ BY BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS: HONORS MILITARY SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS WITH STAR-STUDDED MUSICIAN TRIBUTE!

 

 



B R I A N  T A R Q U I N

Three-time Emmy award winner ... American jazz fusion guitarist recording artist... sound engineer... record producer... composer

NEW ALBUM

'BEYOND 

THE  WARRIOR’S  EYES'

By BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS

* * * * *

 Honors military soldiers who defend our freedoms

 Featuring a true star-studded musician tribute

Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford (Miles Davis), Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Dean Brown (David Sanborn), Hal Lindes (Dire Straits), Chris Poland (Megadeth), John Tropea (Billy Cobham), Steve Kindler (Jeff Beck), Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) & Larry McCray (John Mayall), the late Phil Naro, and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra) and more!

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Brian Tarquin is the Emmy award winning guitarist and composer who has radio hits in several formats such as Smooth Jazz, NACC Loud Rock & CMJ’s RPM charts.  He’s had songs on major TV shows and popular movies including CSI, Seinfeld, Good Morning America, The Watcher (Keanu Reeves), Desert Heat (Van Damme), The Sender (R. Lee Ermey), and National Lampoon’s Repli-Kate. 

He’s won 3 Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series” for All My Children, a Global Music Award, honors from SESAC and several nominations from the Josie Music Awards for best guitarist, producer, and album. Brian has appeared on 50 releases, has 38 million streams on Pandora, Spotify & Apple: selling over 140,000 records in his career. Brian is an award-winning published Author; below is a list of his books.

 Lifting our veterans through music is something that Brian Tarquin & his Heavy Friends will do until there are no more wars. Brian’s friends include superhero musicians that love working with him on several albums he’s released from hard rock to jazz over the past (20) years). “‘Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” was released January 19th on Downtown Music honoring military soldiers who defend our freedoms. I wanted a true star-studded musician tribute of soaring instrumental songs. So, I was very fortune to get such iconic players as Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, and Steve Morse to help me express our gratitude.”  “Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” mission is to support the charity, Hope For The Warriors, who provide medical care, mental health counseling, professional training and education, physical conditioning and transition services for wounded, ill, and injured Marines and Navy members. Brian’s weekly NPR radio show called Guitar Trax on WFIT 89.5FM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFIT)  on the Florida Space Coast is streamed on www.wfit.org. He hosts in-depth interviews with world-renowned guitarists every Monday night from 10pm-Midnight.

PURCHASE

THE NEW ALBUM

BEYOND 

THE WARRIOR’S EYES

 BRIAN TARQUIN 

& HEAVY FRIENDS

Featuring

Jazz violinist Jean Luc Ponty, guitarists Eric Johnson, Grammy winner Robben Ford, Chris Poland, Steve Morse, Phil Naro and others.

“BEYOND THE WARRIOR’S EYES IS A JAZZ ROCK FUSION MAGNUM OPUS. A CELEBRATED PATRIOTIC MELODIC SALUTE TO OUR BRAVE TROOPS WHO GRANT US FREEDOM EVERYDAY… PERFORMED BY AN ALL-STAR CAST OF PROFICIENT MUSICIANS KNOWN AS BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS. IT'S JEFF BECK, MAHAVISHNU, COOL JAZZ AND TARQUIN ORCHESTRATION MAGIC."

5 stars!

By Music Journalist Ray Shasho 

Available at

https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-warriors-eyes


FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

BRIAN TARQUIN

VISIT

https://www.briantarquin.com/

Official website

https://www.instagram.com/tarquinjazz/

Instagram

https://www.facebook.com/BrianTarquinheavyfriends/

Facebook

https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/

Bandcamp

https://twitter.com/guitartrax65?lang=en

Twitter

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2giMW0q2qh3k6ZIrFEsux2

Spotify

https://support.hopeforthewarriors.org/Beyond-The-Warriors-Eyes

“Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” Special Donation Page: 


BRIAN TARQUIN

DISCOGRAPHY

 studio albums

 Ghost Dance 1996

Best of Acid Jazz Vol. 2 1997 (compilation)

Last Kiss Goodbye 1997

Last Kiss Goodbye

Welcome to the Jazz Café 1998

Smooth Moods 1998

Soft Touch 1999

Sweet Emotions: Smooth Jazz Romance 1999

Bossa Brava: Caliente 1999 (compilation)

The Best of Smooth Jazz Blues 1999 (compilation)

This is Smooth Jazz 1999 (compilation)

Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Vol.1 1999 (compilation)

Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Vol.2 2000 (compilation)

Pacific Coast Highway 2000 (compilation)

This is Smooth Jazz: Love Bossa Style 2000 (compilation)

High Life 2001

This is Smooth Jazz: The Box Set 2001 (compilation)

Electro Ave. 2002 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Sanctuary 2002

Smooth Operators: Great Smooth Jazz Moments 2002 (compilation)

Enjoy This Trip 2005 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Junglization 2006 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Bob Marley Remixed 2007 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Guitar Masters, Vol. 1 2008 (compilation)

Get the Led Out! Led Zeppelin Salute 2008 (compilation)

Jeff Beck Salute "El Becko" 2008 (compilation)

Fretworx 2008

Brian Tarquin Collection 2009

Brian Tarquin Collection II 2010

Jimi Hendrix Tribute "Third Stone From The Sun" 2009 (compilation)

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute "Lenny"2009 (compilation)

Eric Clapton Salute "I Feel Free" 2009 (compilation)

Guitar Masters Vol. 2 2009 (compilation)

Guitar Masters Vol. 3 & 4: Les Paul Dedication 2010 (compilation)

Guitars for Wounded Warriors 2014

Smooth Jazz Cafe 2014

Exiled in Paradise 2015

Orlando in Heaven 2017

Band of Brothers 2017

Classic Radio Hits 2017

Guitars For Veterans 2018

Rewind 2018

Crazy Train 2018 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Guitar Masters Collection 2018 (compilation)

Deck The Halls 2018

Smooth Jazz Cafe 2019

Soundtracks I   2019

Soundtracks II 2019

Vegas Blue 2020

LoFi Smooth Jazz Bistro 2022

Lofi Jazzhop Avenue 2022

Lofi-Licious 2023 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Jazz-Fi 2023 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Brothers In Arms 2023

Beyond the Warrior's Eyes 2024


Books By Brian Tarquin

Survival Guide for Music Composers (Hal Leonard) - 2018 USA Best Book Winner Award

Guitar Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Winner Award

Guitar Amplifier Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2017 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Stomp on This: The Guitar Pedal Effects Guidebook (Cengage) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Insider’s Guide to Home Recording (Allworth Press) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Insider’s Guide to Music Licensing (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters (Cengage) interviews with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson.


 Guitar Trax 

Hosted

 by Brian Tarquin 

https://www.podomatic.m/podcasts/guitartrax

Airs every Monday night from 10pm-12pm on WFIT 89.5FM

 On the Florida space coast, you can listen online WFIT.org. 

Tarquin plays jazz/rock fusion styles such as Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham to Jeff Beck and Frank Zappa.

 







BRIAN TARQUIN
 APPEARS WEEK OF
MARCH 23RD 2024


ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

WITH RAY SHASHO

ORDER NOW

 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE  

CHRONICLES,TRUTHS

 CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM 

FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS 

THAT SET US FREE!



BY MUSIC JOURNALIST ...TALK SHOW HOST...  

AUTHOR ... TV SITCOM SCRIPT WRITER 

RAY SHASHO


OUTSTANDING

 COFFEE-TABLE BOOK!


CHAPTER ONE SPOTLIGHTS INTERVIEWS WITH MANY OF THE MUSIC LEGENDS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US

THE HARDCOVER EDITION IS A BONAFIDE COLLECTORS ITEM!

Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   

Gold Award Winner



MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO




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TO BE PART OF MUSIC HISTORY!

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

STEVE JANEVSKI GUITARIST FOR HEAVY METAL BAND ‘WICKED SMILE’ AND THE FATHER OF AUSSIE ROCKER CHICK CASSIDY PARIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW LIVE FROM AUSTRALIA!

 



S T E V E  

J A N E V S K I 

GUITARIST FOR DOWN UNDER'S 

 M E T A L  M A S T E R S 

W I C K E D   S M I L E 

AND THE FATHER 

OF AUSSIE ROCKER CHICK 

C A S S I D Y   P A R I S

 EXCLUSIVE 

LIVE FROM AUSTRALIA!

CLICK BELOW

 TO WATCH THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW




Australia’s Wicked Smile are all about bringing back fist pumping heavy rock to the forefront. The boys released one of the albums of the year in 2021; a collection of ten ‘killer songs’, produced by Paul Laine (The Defiants) and mastered by Bruno Ravel (The Defiants/Danger Danger). Guitarist Stevie Janevski goes on to say, “we’re a five-piece kick ass heavy rock band and I think we made our presence known with the release of our debut album Wait For The Night". 


Lyrically, ‘Wait for the Night’ explores current issues within society such as civil unrest, bullying and mental health. Songs like We Fall, Sign Of Times, Daze Of Delirium, Stronger, Last Goodbye & Don’t Wait For Me are all thought provoking and not the clichĂ© lyrics that you’d expect for this style of heavy rock.Wicked Smile has been overwhelmed by the positive response from the underground rock and metal community.

Steve with his daughter Cassidy

 Fans of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio and Skid Row should feel at home, with the band drawing major influence from seventies and eighties heavy rock and heavy metal. The boys released a new ep titled 'Night Time Riders' and toured the United Kingdom (for the second time in one year) with dates in November and December 2023, where they performed at renowned festivals such as Winter Storm & Planet Rockstock. There's no rest for the wicked with the boys locked in to perform at Australia's Glam Fest in Melbourne, Churches Of Steel Fest in Adelaide & Melted Fest in Geelong in February 2024. Yep, these boys are the 'real deal'.

 

PURCHASE

THE LATEST RELEASE

BY

wicked smile

entitled

NIGHT TIME RIDERS

available at

https://wickedsmileband.com/buy-the-cd

“NIGHT TIME RIDER BY WICKED SMILE IS THE PERSCRIPTION NEEDED FOR EVERY METAL FAN IN 2024 AND BEYOND.  A CONCOCTION OF HARD-CORE MUSICAL MASTERY, POWERFUL VOCALIZATION, EXPLOSIVE GUITARS, AND COMPELLING LYRICAL CONTENT ALL MIXED TOGETHER WILL UNDENIABLY REVIVE ANY HEAVY METAL DEFICIANCIES AND POSSIBLY BECOME AN ADDICT OF WICKED SMILE… THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEAVY METAL MASTERS”

4 AND HALF STARS!

BY MUSIC JOURNALIST RAY SHASHO


also

their debut full length album!

wait for the night

by

w i c k e d 

s m i l e



available

 at

https://wickedsmileband.com/buy-the-cd

also amazon.com


FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

W I C K E D  S M I L E

VISIT

https://wickedsmileband.com/

official website

https://www.facebook.com/wickedsmileband

Facebook

https://www.instagram.com/wickedsmileband

Instagram

https://www.youtube.com/c/wickedsmile

YouTube

https://twitter.com/wickedsmile6

Twitter

https://open.spotify.com/artist/50lg1E6ArWar7DlDNwHyif

Spotify

https://cassidyparis.com/

Cassidy Paris official website

(Steve Janevski’s daughter)

 

DISCOGRAPHY

with

W I C K E D  S M I L E

Wait For The Night

Released: 2021

Format: CD

 

Delirium

Released:2020

EP

 

Night Time Riders

Released:2023

EP

 

with

B L A C K  M A J E S T Y

Sands of Time

Released: 2002

Format: EP

 

Sands of Time

Released: 2003

Format: CD

 

Silent Company

Released: 2005

Format: CD

 

Tomorrowland

Released: 2007

Format: CD

 

In Your Honour

Released: 2010

Format: CD

 

Stargazer

Released: 2012

Format: CD

 

Cross of Thorns

Released: 2015

Format: CD

 

Children of the Abyss

Released: 2018

Format: CD


 




STEVE JANEVSKI

APPEARS WEEK OF

MARCH 8TH 2024


ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

WITH RAY SHASHO

ORDER NOW

 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE  

CHRONICLES,TRUTHS

 CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM 

FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS 

THAT SET US FREE!




BY MUSIC JOURNALIST ...TALK SHOW HOST...  

AUTHOR ... TV SITCOM SCRIPT WRITER 

RAY SHASHO


OUTSTANDING

 COFFEE-TABLE BOOK!


CHAPTER ONE SPOTLIGHTS INTERVIEWS WITH MANY OF THE MUSIC LEGENDS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US

THE HARDCOVER EDITION IS A BONAFIDE COLLECTORS ITEM!

Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   

Gold Award Winner



MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO




RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY
 
TO BE PART OF MUSIC HISTORY!

CALL 941-567-6193

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???