News:
11-12-2007:
Another interview with Milan Polak with the French magazine Aux Portes Du Metal.
Well, at the moment I am writing and recording new material for my next vocal album in my studio. It will be a lot heavier, more progressive and less bluesy than 'Straight'. All the bluesy stuff will be put in a separate folder for a future blues album. I also want to release a complete acoustic album sometime in the near future but first and most important will be the follow-up to 'Straight'.
In April/May I also co-wrote 10 songs for the new CD of the German metal band Subway To Sally. I played all the electric & acoustic guitars and electric sitar on their album. It's called 'Bastard' and just entered the German album charts at 7 two weeks ago. I also have a few more projects in the pipeline. There's always something to do... (laughs)
06-11-2007:
Some new tracks on Milan Polak's myspace profile: http://www.myspace.com/milanpolakfansite
plus a new video
hero
26-09-2007:
Milan Polak with a couple of new videos
Jan Jan" (Miles Davis)
Beautiful Man" (Carl Pannuzzo)
17-09-2007:
Milan Polak and a brand new interview with Bernd Joachim of Bright Eyes. Find out how Milan Polak feels about reality TV, casting shows and other stuff!
Milan says:
I always stuck with Charlie Parker’s quote, “Learn everything, forget it and play.” I personally am not familiar with Jazz music at all but that’s an interesting thesis. Well, it’s not so much about Jazz or the music style. This goes for any kind of music. I do not really label music or divide it into styles as you can also tell when listening to my instrumental CD’s. I see it like this: There are 12 notes in Western world’s music – some cultures have tones and therefore 24 notes – and you can deal with those in various different sounds, rhythms, musical styles and what not but they will always remain those 12 notes. So you can either use them to create trash or good music.
23-04-2007:
Milan Polak recently completed an interview with Andy Craven of VirtuosityOne.
Well, see that’s the problem. If people do not appreciate or recognize quality music anymore then they also won’t be willing to pay for it. This whole illegal download issue has become a major problem for musicians & record companies. And the worst thing I have recently experienced: Some idiots who claim to be music critics for a magazine receive FREE promo CD’s for reviews and put them on the internet before the actual release of the CD. How stupid is that? paid a lot of money to produce ‘Straight’. Now if some moron who receives my CD for free makes it available for illegal download, I will not have any financial return and therefore won’t be able to record a next album. If I can’t record an album, I don’t have anything to offer to a record company to sign. If the record company doesn’t have anymore CD’s to release then this guy will not receive any more CD’s to review and his job becomes obsolete…
As far as the legal downloads thing goes, I’d say it’s a good thing. It enables people to only pay for the songs they actually like instead of the whole CD. That should encourage musicians to write more good songs and not just put one or two on a CD and make the rest fillers.
16-04-2007:
Milan Polak has a fansite: http://www.myspace.com/milanpolakfansite
The street crew are doing a great job in promoting all the latest news, etc. about Milan. They have also managed to persuade Milan to create a medly featuring some of the steaming guitar moments of his album Straight. Check out his fans site to hear the samples.
12-04-2007:
You can now hear and buy Straight direct from guitar9. Like Richie Kotzen this is a nice blend of singing, sizzling guitar and straight ahead rock.
11-04-2007:
Milan Polak is pleased to announce that his new album 'Straight' has been voted "Best Album /April" (http://www.cathouse.it/bestalbum.htm) by the renowned Italian Cathouse Magazine. There is also a full review in Italian. Like Dave Kilminsters recent CD this is a vocal orientated project.
25-03-2007:
The Bailey Brothers do the first interview for Milan's Straight CD.
I am very excited! It's been a long, hard road full of fun and good times but also full of pain, blood, sweat & tears. Being producer and executive at the same time, I financed the whole CD out of my own pocket, the musicians, the studios, the travels, the mixing and mastering, photo shoot, artwork, etc. But then again, the advantage was that nobody told me what to do. I was lucky to work with awesome musicians and I am really happy with the result.
19-03-2007:
Coming soon...the vocal debut
Milan:
"'Straight' stands for the whole concept of this album. One day I sat down and thought about a single word that could perfectly describe me & my music and I found it in 'straight'. The term 'straight' has a lot of different meanings and they all apply to my personality, my lyrics, my music and my attitude. It stands for the way this album looks, sounds and was produced - no FX, no BS. What you see & hear is what you get - 100% Milan. Enjoy!"
13-02-2007:
Milan Polak has just been informed that he made it to the Top 50 MySpace Faces of 2007!!! You can now worship at Milan's fan site ;o)
09-02-2007:
Lion Music are pleased to announce that they will be releasing "Straight", a vocal album from guitarist Milan Polak featuring John Macaluso on drums and Randy Coven on bass. Milan himself will handle vocals. The album is in a similar vein to that of Richie Kotzen's output but with the distinctive Milan Polak sound. The album is expected to be released in April 2007.
28-01-2007:
Milan has a new MySpace fan site: http://www.myspace.com/milanpolakfansite as things buid up to his first solo vocal release...
22-01-2007:
Straight: To be released soon! Check out sound samples on his website.
This CD was recorded in NY and Germany and features John Macaluso on drums, Randy Coven on bass, Fabio Trentini on bass and me on vocals, guitars, percussion, additional ass and blues harp.
1. Difference
2. Psychobitch
3. Crosses
4. Hero
5. Favorite Vice
6. Some Kind Of Jesus
7. All I Want
8. Superstar Mania
9. Straight
10. Happy Now?
11. I Don't Care
12. Free After All
13. The Glowing Of A Cigarette
08-01-2007:
MSP shred
straight riffs
18-12-2006:
Milan Polak is proud to announce that he is having a signature guitar designed by US luthier MSP. He is also having his own signature amp created from Dominance Amps.
Milan Polak is also set to appear on 'The Alchemists II', which can now be preordered directly from Liquid Note Records. Milan contributed a song called "Last Minute Call/The Saviour" with super Italian guitarist Marco Sfogli.
13-07-2006:
Milan Polak pre-release his EP 'Straight'! You can buy the 5 song EP soon.
03-06-2006:
Milan Polak has uploaded more new versions of his vocal songs: http://www.myspace.com/milanpolak
17-05-2006:
Milan Polak has uploaded new versions of his vocal songs: http://www.myspace.com/milanpolak
05-04-2006:
Hot diggidy dog...JAM videos from Milan.
The Usual Unusual
and Dreamscapes
27-03-2006:
Milan Polak has been very busy recently mixing the first 5 songs from his upcoming CD 'Straight'. The CD will include Milan on vocals who is interviewed in Bailey brothers web site. Track List:
- Difference
- Favorite Vice
- Crosses
- Hero
- Psychobitch
- Superstar-Mania
- All I Want
- Free After All
- Straight
- Happy Now?
- Some Kind Of Jesus
- I Don’t Care
- The Glowing Of A Cigarette (now illegal in Scotland ;o))
He will post snippets on his web site soon. In the mean time, check out Milans'
J.A.M.: Back On the Track
You can/should order this amazing CD, which also features, Alessandro Benevenuti and Joel Rivard from any of the several
outlets listed on the J.A.M. order page.
You can also read the Bailey Brothers interview: http://www.rockunited.com/polak.htm
02-01-2006:
Milan Polak is currently spending the next 3 weeks finishing the recordings of his new album 'Straight' and adding the finishing touches before having it mixed & mastered.
17-10-2005:
Milan Polak's "Guitar Odyssey" is available from guitar9
21-09-2005:
Milan Polak's "Guitar Odyssey" will be released on October 21st 2005. For more details visit: http://www.lionmusic.com/milan_odyssey.htm
14-09-2005:
Highlighted by Si Badham from Essential Guitarist, check out this brief video snippet (mpg) from the John Petrucci forum of Todd Duane and MilanPolak. This culled form a 20 minute video of insane shredding, filmed ten years ago by a friend in Frankfurt Music Messe. Wish you had more!
Confirmation also that Milan Polak - Guitar Odyssey will be released by Lion Music in October 2005. This is a remastered version of Milan's debut album with new bonus track.
Why not also take some timeout to vote in Milan's online poll "What is your favourite CD of Milan?"
15-06-2005:
Check out the great new interview and transcriptions from Milans latest opus: "Dreamscape" by cool dude Simon Badham on Essential Guitarist.
22-05-2005: 'Dreamscapes' is getting some good reviews. Here is one of the best so far by Panagiotis Koutsompogeras of Metal Temple. Also look out for coming information on the Essential Guitarist web site.
12-04-2005:
Milan Polaks' new CD 'Dreamscapes' has entered the '50 Most Popular Fusion' charts of guitar9.com at 1.
25-03-2005:
Milan Polaks' 2nd instrumental CD 'Dreamscapes' is released. Free samples, reviews and order links can be found in his music section. www.milanpolak.com or www.milanpolakfansite.com
11-03-2005:
Dreamscapes is the second instrumental CD. Release date 25-03-2005
Background:
Milan Polak is a former American Institute of Music, graduate and lecturer has made his name. At AIM he worked with musicians like Rich Kern (awesome composer and player but now currently a photograher and building cool web sites) , Lale Larson, Todd Duane, Joey Tafolla, Shawn Lane, Deen Castronovo and Frank Gambale.
If you get a chance check out demos or Cosmic Monstrositors featuring Todd, Lale and Milan around this era.
He has recorded for Mike Varney Shrapnel records and on "Guitar On the Edge" series for Mark Varney head honcho of the now defunct Legato records. These releases highlighted his melodic sensibilities and clean playing style.
Finally releasing a band based release “Changing Times” and a rare solo album, “Guitar 2001” which showcased his strong song writing and pyrotechnic guitar displays.
Since then he has proved his quality by being invited t oplayer with internationally recognised artists such as Billy Sheehan, Steve Bailey , Marty Friedman, Tangerine Dream and Falco.
His commercial skills have also been honed writing catchy advertising jingles.
In 2002 he worked with Liquid Note Records on highly aclaimed "The Alchemists” and ”on the track Sometimes "I Still Miss You" and "Utopia"” for the Jason Becker-tribute “Warmth In The Wilderness Vol. II” for Lion Music.
Out of the blue he appears on one of the best neo fusion albums of 2004, JAM featuring the rather excellent Alessandro Benvenuti and Joel Rivard. A rare mixture of three distinct guitar voices, check out the review at Essential Guitarist.
Not content with that he is now working on a long awaited solo release, recording the awesome new Entranced album with Mario Parga and has found time to work on an explosive new classical instrumental "shreddathon " under the guise of MPII with Mario. Look out for these soon.
You can check out his guitar lesson and interview on essential guitarist web site or dmme.net classic rock and beyond or visit his excellent web site at www.milanpolak.com
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