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 | Orianthi Believe At 24 years old, Orianthi has already experienced what most aspiring musicians only dream of. She's opened for her hero (STEVE VAI), backed an Idol (CARRIE UNDERWOOD), traded solos with a legend (CARLOS SANTANA) and shared... more » |
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Album Description At 24 years old, Orianthi has already experienced what most aspiring musicians only dream of. She's opened for her hero (STEVE VAI), backed an Idol (CARRIE UNDERWOOD), traded solos with a legend (CARLOS SANTANA) and shared the stage with the King of Pop (MICHAEL JACKSON). What's left to conquer? The world stage, for one, and this guitar wunderkind has her sights clearly set on the road ahead. After a performance with CARRIE UNDERWOOD on stage at the 2009 Grammy Awards the blogosphere was buzzing with news of this little-known guitar prodigy. It prompted MICHAEL JACKSON to call with an offer for her to be his guitarist for his dates at the O2 Arena in London. When offered the gig in MICHAEL JACKSON'S live band, Orianthi joined a prestigious line of guitar players including EDDIE VAN HALEN, SANTANA, SLASH, STEVE STEVANS, JENNIFER BATTEN and LARRY CARLTON. Sadly the tour was not to be and music lost an icon. "Working with Michael was a life-changing experience," Orianthi reflects, "One I will never forget." Her story starts in Adelaide on the southern tip of Australia where, at the age of six, Orianthi began taking an interest in her dad's record collection. "Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Cream, Santana. he was into guitar players that are real songwriters," she boasts. Growing up in the 80s, a decade remembered for its many guitar greats, Orianthi also listened to a lot of Whitesnake, Van Halen and Def Leppard. Her father, who used to be a player in a Greek band, also kept plenty of instruments around the house, and it didn't take long before Orianthi strummed her first chord. Mastering the six-string came naturally. "When I was 11, Carlos Santana came to play Adelaide and that show really affected me," she recounts. "I begged my dad to get me a second hand electric guitar so I could be like Carlos, and that was it, no more acoustic. After that, I would buy all of Carlos' videos - on VHS! - which I kept rewinding to try and learn his solos. I totally wore out the tapes." Some seven years later when Carlos Santana passed through Adelaide again, Carlos' brother arranged a sound-check meeting between the guitar god and his young disciple after hearing some of her music. A sound check jam evolved into an invitation to join him on stage where Orianthi played for about 35 minutes and took a solo in front of a hometown crowd. Performances, tours and guest appearances with STEVE VAI, ZZ TOP and PRINCE have kept Orianthi busy up to this point. But guitar is far from Orianthi's only means of expression. Before she received the call from the King of Pop, Orianthi had already been hard at work on her upcoming album, Believe, on which she sings, writes and leads her own band. Working with Geffen Records Chairman and A&R veteran Ron Fair and producer Howard Benson (All American Rejects, Daughtry, My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace) her fierceness of character has made its way to songs that will simply knock the socks off of any boy in the rock star schoolyard. Orianthi packs modern girl-power punch into every turn of phrase, but it's the shredding that takes her brand of rock to an entirely new level. Songs like "Suffocated" and "Think Like A Man" are anthemic rock tracks recalling at time Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, Paramore and even a less-music row more-sunset strip Taylor Swift. First single "According To You" is a catchy tale of an ungrateful boyfriend with a killer guitar solo. The result: a thunderous, hook and riff driven debut that sounds larger than life. If, for a moment, you've thought the music world could use another taste of The Runaways' Joan Jett, let us introduce you to Orianthi. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsApples for Apples, I agree to be fair Lance G. Rigley | Brisbane, Queensland Australia | 08/06/2010 (4 out of 5 stars) "AT A GLANCE:Young Australian guitarist, with awesome style and a half decent voice, delivering her first industry produced CD, that launches her into the pop market with a bang.Taking the first steps in cementing a career that could go anywhere.A collection in two parts, with the rockier guitar shredding of the last half of the tracks to turn your head and make you sit up and listen clearly eclipsing the commerical friendly pap of the first half.Worth a listen if you like a genuine rocking guitar lick, from a genuinely talented young female up and comer, in the popular music genre. Rating :3 1/2 - 4 stars
This is one of those careers that could develop into anything, if handled properly, and not swamped by overly high expectations and media hype.This is the second CD from Orianthi, after the surprising, "Violet Journey" but the first really serious attempt to crack a listening market.She was the child guitarist at 16 years old who could write all the songs, play all instruments, produce, mix and sing all vocals on "Violet Journey". It was easy to be swept away that she was the next Santana,or Clapton or whatever and ahead of her time.A few years have passed and she has been noticed, and exposed to international scrutiny on the recent Grammy Awards and sought after by the King of Pop himself. She now has talent in spades as a guitarist (being only 24 years old) and a decent if not outstanding vocal range. I agree that if you are going to review her work, do not compare her to guitar legends, of the past or present, in unrelated fields who are twenty to thirty or even forty years her senior.She is not strictly rock or blues or funk but an evolving mixture of styles.She has the immediate appeal to the MTV generation X and Y ers,and something that makes a picky old middle aged person like myself see something on offer here, if managed correctly from now on.She can deliver a shredding chord feast and can make the guitar cry or sing with out any apparent trouble.It is unfair to expect her to exhibit all the experience,interpretation and grit of hardened players, when we should be congratulating her on delivering a well worked and listenable pop/ rock CD. In saying that, I must point out that you will go a long way to find a 24 year old, or older for that matter, that can joust with Steve Vai so competently, and blow you away as she does on "Highly Strung".This is clearly the highlight for me on this CD.So many glimpses of brilliance here that she teases the listener into expecting that the next CD will be fantastic. However, the second half of this CD is much better than the first, Or is it that I cannot warm to the pop formula rock chick stretch of the first 4 or five songs?"According to You" is a pop song pitched to the adolescent broken hearted/disappointed teen and for download off the net/radio play, not to my generation or the serious adult listening public.This in itself, is not fatal for the CD, but if she wants to develop and hold an audience she will have to move on in style and substance.Hence, my favouring of the second half songs which are, grittier, rockier, a little bluesier and showcasing the guitar sensation. The first half , forgettable songs as they are the same and can be produced by anyone who can play a guitar and has a clever producer and managing agent and an eye for the mass market. Here today gone tomorrow. I would like to listen to the second version of "Believe II" and see if the new songs show a development and not merely a clever marketing ploy to cash in on the promise shown at the Grammy Awards and the hype surronding the death of Michael Jackson. Orianthi is a work in progress, and certainly has the potential to be a truely great artist and sought after as a session guitarist, but just not yet. She is paying her dues ,but watch this one for the future. I will give a 4 star rating based on the promising and excellent second half of the CD." |
