News:
13-02-2008:
Matt Millswith another MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/matthewmillsguitar
Matt has also added new songs plus a draft of the new album art.
The songs are rough mixes. The album release is hopefully April of 2008. Please comment on the new songs and tell me what you think.
Plus some live clinics:
Feb 23 2008 6:00P Make N Music Frederick, Maryland
Mar 29 2008 6:00P Contemporary Music Center Chantilly, Virginia
Apr 26 2008 3:00P Sound Waves Music Summersville, West Virginia
01-02-2008:
This is a series of clips from a guitar clinic featuring clips from Matthew Mills
Matthew Mills Neoclassical Shred Guitar Clinic
29-12-2007:
Confirmation from Dave Shankle that both he and Joe Stump will be providing support shredding skills to backup Matt Mills on his new CD which is planned for release Q2 2008.
04-12-2007:
This is a series of clips from a guitar clinic featuring clips from Matthew Mills and Schecter guitars.
Matthew Mills Guitar Clinic (Schecter Guitars)
09-10-2007:
This is a promotional video of Matthew Mills performing a Neoclassical Shred guitar song. A reminder that NeoClassical Rock Guitar Part 2 is available from guitar9
Neoclassical Shred promo video
05-04-2007:
Matt Mills returns with NeoClassical Rock Guitar Part 2, which is available from guitar9. The CD also features Mike Orlando who puts a guitar solo on "Soul Cage", while Sean Baker plays his role of the mad axeman on "Castle Of Doom"...keep on shredding!
26-03-2007:
A couple more MySpace web sites for Matt Mills bands, where you can here recent samples of Matt's playing:
The Forgotten Realm: http://www.myspace.com/theforgottenrealmband
MOS: http://www.myspace.com/mosband
23-03-2007:
Matt Mills back again this time he will be performing an Instrumental set with members of Forgotten Realm at the Guitar Wars show In Rochester New York at the The Montage Music Hall 50 Chestnut Street. This is a song called the Fury which is the title track off of the album Neoclassical Rock Guitar part 2 which will be out in late March 2007.
Neoclassical Rock Guitar Song Performance
19-12-2006:
A new web site and Matt Mills is on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/matthewmillsinstrumentalguitar
Matthew is also currently finishing up mixing and mastering a new neo-classical rock guitar CD. The album has guest Solos from Sean Baker and Michael Orlando. It is some of the strongest writing and arranging that Matthew has done so far. The album does have a Sequel to Arpeggio Travel called Arpeggio Travel Part 2.
Matthew is also working with band MOS (Mills Oppert Sexton), a more progressive metal band. In addition Forgotten Realm have signed a record deal with Sonic Age Records.
For fans of the old web site
21-04-2006:
hyper arpeggio shred fest++
30-03-2006:
Matt Mills band Forgotten Realm plays a mixture of Neoclassical Power Metal and traditional metal. have a web site http://www.myspace.com/theforgottenrealmband
09-04-2005:
Matt Mills latest album "NeoClassical Rock Guitar"is released featuring 10 tracks of steaming neo classical rock guitar.
Background:
Born in Maryland, Matt Mills, like Theodore Ziras is one of the new breed of neo classical players who are extending the bounds of this genre. He follows in the footsteps of Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore,Joe Stump, George Bellas and Tony McAlpine.
Mills's playing is steeped in vast harmonised arpeggios and sweeps all played at hyper speed. He obtained this facility by practicing a lot in college sometimes 8 to 10 hours a day. He became really obsessed with getting better and this shows on his latest release.
Mills is a big fan of Bellas and Stump:
"I think that George Bellas and Joe Stump are probably the to best in the genre right now. George and Joe both have taken the style a further than their predecessors. George Bellas has the must fluent and clean guitar technique I have ever heard it sometimes resembles a keyboard more than a guitar. He uses massive arpeggio sweeping patterns the have a harp like quality to them, Its like Jason Becker but way faster and way cleaner if that is possible!!!! Joe Stump has some the same elements but he has a bit more of a Ritchie Blackmore feel to his playing and a lot of the pivoting type of playing found in Classical Violin Pieces." Guitar Mania Interview
You can buy his Matt Mills Project (2002) and "NeoClassical Rock Guitar (2005)" releases from guitar9.
If you love neo classical or if you need to feel the speed then check out his web sites: Forgotten Realm, AOL Home Page or Matt Mills Music.
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