Rob Balducci: voilet horizon cd

News:
01-11-2008:
Rob Balducci has a new CD on the way. Rob says:

Hello, I thought I would log on while I had the time and talk over with you some of my thoughts about this new CD that I have almost complete!

With scheduling a release date anf finishing up mixing and mastering, Violet Horizon will be released in the new year 2009. This way the year starts out with a fresh CD and a BIG BANG lol....

Here is the track listing:
Violet Horizon Track listing in order is:

1. Violet Horizon
2. Friction
3. Devils Juice - guest solo by Dave Weiner
4. The Essence
5. Liquid Soul
6.Shape-Shifter
7. Trinity
8.Choke
9.Float ( I Remember ...)
10. My Desire
11. Bal's Groove "Thang"
12. Shine
13. Sleestak - guest solo by Guthrie Govan
14. Violet Horizon - Reprise
15. ILU - bonus track

not sure where this will end up but there will be a version of the release with this bonus track on it!

I take the whole recording and writing process very serious. Each CD that I have done all have a special meaning to me and all reflect a certain area of my life. When I go back and listen to each CD it basically brings me back to the time of when I wrote the tune or what caused me to write the tune in the first place.
Each song and CD is like a catharsis for me and I enjoy being brought back in time to these special areas of my life. .

Balance my debut CD is a very special CD because it was my first CD and a lot of the material on that CD was written when I was a kid from around 12 to 17 years old.. so I had some time to write the material.

Each song on every CD of mine means something to me and is on the CD for a reason. I never just put a song on the CD for the sake of needing another track. There are no filler tracks on any of my CDs and I think all of the people who have bought my CD's appreciate the fact and can hear it for themselves when listening.

Another thing about each of my CD's is that each song is in a certain place on each CD. I take a lot of time into the order of each of the tunes and the placement of where they will be. I experiment on how they sound going into each other so when listening it is best to start from track 1 and listen all the way through to the end.

My music is instrumental and the main instrument is the guitar but I feel my music even though it has no vocals, the Guitar is the voice.
My songs are not vehicals for shred... they are melodic and I write my songs so that the melodies stick in your head. That is my mission when writing tunes... the melody must stay in your head.

Don't get me wrong... lol there is a lot of guitar playing on them.

I can see the reaction from my shows and from the emails I get from fans that people pick up on this vibe. People of all ages can enjoy my music and I am very proud of that fact.

VIOLET HORIZON - is my fourth CD and to me is a very important CD as an artist and as a song writer. As all of you music fans know, a lot of fourth albums have been killer as far as music History goes... Zeppelin 4, Van Halen 4, Stone Temple Pilots etc... the list goes on...

I feel this is an important step for me as a musician, my song writing is at its best, I feel this is the best sounding CD I have done. I think the guitar sound is amazing. To me , I have to like my music. I must be excited by it. My test as with any music is if my fur rises lol... I got that term for it from Eddie Van Halen. When I hear songs that I like, and this is any kind of music or feeling, the hair on my arms and the back of my neck stand on end lol... I must be excited about my own tunes if I expect anyone else to be excited. I am really excited about this CD.

The inspiration for the songs on Violet Horizon, as with all of my music comes from my own life. Living the day to day.. getting inspired by the people around me, movies I see, the feeling i may get from watching the news. My wife and family play a big part of the inspiration.

This CD is special because what I see and hear when I listen to the new tunes is what got me interested in the guitar in the first place. The guitar players who got my juices flowing I feel I can hear certain influence of them in the new tunes...

For example:
Shine has a little Alex Lifeson influence in it. The title track and the Reprise both have a David Gilmour influence to it. So does the bonus track titled ILU 9-5 .
Friction, The Essence have a little Eddie Van Halen in it...
Liquid Soul and Devils Juice - Richie Kotzen
Trinity - Gary Moore, Prince
Float (I Remember...) - Jeff Beck
My Desire - Vai and Santana... - Rage !
Also throughout the CD there are Zeppeliny.. type of grooves... Sleestak - a little Randy Rhoads -- I actually doubled the whole solo break ala Randy. Randy did that on all his solo's. It def sounds cool. I also used some tri-tone stuff and diminished arps... which is is famous for..



Of course this is how I see it etc... but it is all Balducci!! all the way...


This is what got me excited to play guitar and I hope you all will be as excited as I am...

Last but not least..... the title... Violet is my favorite color and has to do with my birth sign of Libra, plus it was my father's mothers name. Horizon basically means to me the Future and always looking and moving forward in your life....

Thank you all for your support.

Thanks for listening to me Ramble on..