ANGRA Check In From The Studio

Brazil's ANGRA, who have been holed up in the studio since February 17th working on their new album, have issued a new update on their progress., Check it out below.

Angra guitarist Kiko Loureiro recently announced a string of clinic dates in Europe and Brazil. The itinerary is as follows:

April
7 - Pro Music - Bisceglie BT, Italy
8 - De Luca Strumenti Musicali - Cosenza, Italy
9 - Solimeo Strumenti Musicali - Catanzaro Lido - CZ, Italy
10 - Alive Club - Latina, Italy
11 - Centro Comunale Per Le Attività Musicali - Perugia, Italy
13 - Rock & Classics - Barcelona, Spain
14 - Rock & Classics - Madrid, Spain
16 - Café Vinyl, Edifício da Orquestra Metropolitana - Lisbon, Portugal

May
8 - Salão Nobre da OAB - Botucatu/SP, Brazil
16 - Teatro Metro - Bogota, Colombia

In February, Rock House announced the release of a new two-set instructional DVD Creative Fusion, Beyond Pentatonics & Power Chord featuring Brazilian guitar virtuoso Kiko Loureiro.

In this new two DVD set, Kiko helps students open up their musical universe by showing how to apply fusion techniques to Rock playing. Kiko shows students a method for using arpeggios to craft amazing leads and melodies. He starts with major and minor arpeggios and triad voicing and builds them into progressions. Then expands on this concept with major arpeggio extensions adding the 7th and 9th and shows how to complete the mission by delivering full dominant and diminished arpeggios in single and cross string technique. Kiko explains and demonstrates how these all relate as tools for creating a unique musical style. Students learn modal arpeggios and how to apply them over full band backing tracks so they can start creating their own masterpieces!

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jason    April 07, 2010