Search - W.L. Milo :: Rhythm of Spirit

Instrumental guitar based "heart" music

M. Music | Austin, TX. | 10/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"earBuzz Review: What Santana is to guitarists of the 70's, with his melodic sense and sustained distorted ear candy, W.L. Milo, or MILO, can be to the millenium's melodic guitar lovers. The mp3 track, "Feel Your Presence", dedicated and inspired by MILO's higher spiritual source, is just gorgeous - three to four chords backup an over five minute instrumental piece that is just a long lush guitar solo - sounds boring, eh?.. no. MILO caresses each note of the melody and solo sections with so much passion. . so much passion in just one note, that the listening of the cut is an emotional experience. Milo's music would fit well within a movie sound track, or on a quiet night, laying on the floor, with the tower speakers facing each other - you laying between them with your eyes closed. MILO performs all the instruments on the CD, and is inspired to perform at levels worthy of comparisons to some of the great contemporary guitar masters of the last 40 years, including Clapton, Knopfler, Carlos, and Jeff Beck. Amazing melodic sense. The first cut, "Pyramids in Sight", an Indian rhythmed mild groover, is a lesson in control as a guitar player.. here, MILO plays octave single note lines for the melody - and the solo sections show mature control and occasional flurries of perfectly selected notes - and one of the coolest and original sounding vibratos at the end of phrases. Track 9, "Groovin' up Slowly" is a contradiction - MILO performs his "fastest" guitar playing in this track - a jazzy even toned excursion, mp3'd here. Figures he's from Austin. (eh Eric and Stevie?) And MILO pays tribute to guitar hero, Austin originating, Stevie Ray Vaughan, in the last cut of the album, a live track entitled "Missing Stevie". MILO takes a crack at the blues genre and creams the notes with a finesse that Stevie would be proud of - and we miss him too. MILO is making his mark here - Great guitarist, great music.- EARBUZZ COM"