http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/music/bands/649/ Sun, 18 May 2008 10:20:42 -0500 2008 Unsigned Band Web All rights reserved. Fernando Perez Music at Unsigned Band Web http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/music/image.php?mode=band_image&band_id=649 http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/music/bands/649/ 90 90 en-us Unsigned Band Web admin@unsignedbandweb.com (Ron Dillehay) Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:39:53 GMT http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/music/play.php?mode=song_hifi&band_id=649&song_id=1492 The Resophonic Guitar also known as Dobro or National is an instrument from the guitar family.
Created with the purpose of having a louder guitar to be heard over brass instruments, it fell out of interest when the electric guitar was discovered.
Throughout the years Blues, Country and Hawaiian players adopted it for their music, helping but narrowing its use to only three styles. In my music quest for new, genuine sounds in this beautiful instrument called guitar, I came across resophonic guitars which inspired and offer me horizons I never imagined.
Using my passion for cultures and this new discovery, I wanted to reflect throughout music the link we all have as human beings, one more time proving, that the only differences and barriers between us are just the ones WE created.

The Music...
Among the songs in this CD you will hear echoes of the Hawaiian islands, 'Kalani', 'Ahi', 'Hawaiian Dream' and 'Wiki Wiki' are examples of it. You can notice a certain spanish Bolero air in 'Ahi', as well as the Ragtime rhythm in 'Wiki Wiki'. 'Spooky' is simply some Jazz with lots of weirdness while 'Rain Forest' and 'LaNika' are straight up contemporary acoustic pieces.
From the orient I have a traditional Japanese piece for Koto called 'Ame', and inspired by the old asian 'Samurai Song' I wrote 'Oriental'.
From central and south america comes 'Tango', remembrances of the argentinean style with a short Habanera from Cuba.
'Top of the Mountain' contains a so called 12/8 rhythm popular all around Afrika, while 'Afrikan Melody' came from Mali, in the west side of the continent.
And in 'Arabian' I used a style learned from the gypsies in Spain, although the origins of this Rumba style have been traced to Middle East and Afrika.




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