The Commander-In-Chief Management has issued the following:
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF was invited to the legendary Mike Read`s show, on BBC radio recently, to talk about her unique guitar version of the classical piece called Zigeunerweisen Op.20. The interview is streamed on this link and The Chief comes in at 02:06:00.
Her guitar duel with classical guitarist Thomas Valeur is now on the iTunes charts of top classical new releases in USA and Norway.
The guitar duel video is featured in both Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines and is about to reach 50 000 views, 6 days after the release.
The Commander-In-Chief Management has announced that The historic guitar duel and recording of P. Sarasate’s violin masterpiece, Zigeunerweisen Op. 20, has become an instant internet sensation! It was released on The Commander-In-Chief‘s YouTube Channel a couple of days ago.
The Commander-In-Chief with Thomas Valeur
World leading guitar magazine, Guitar World, posted it on their website, FB and Twitter less than 48 hours ago. The feature on their website has more than 20 000 Shares already!
The two guitar virtuosos, The Commander-In-Chief (also known as the Queen of Shred) and classical guitarist, Thomas Valeur, are totally overwhelmed by the positive feedback and amount of support this release has gotten.
This is the first professional guitar duel between a metal guitarist and a classical guitarist. This is the first time this piece of music has been recorded on guitar. The response has been 99% positive, with metal fans being very supportive of it.
The Commander-In-Chief Management has announced that the Norwegian 7string guitarist/singer/songwriter THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF has released the result of her secret cooperation with Norwegian classical guitar virtuoso, Thomas Valeur.
It is the first ever professional guitar recording of P. Sarasate’s masterpiece for violin virtuosos, the entire Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 or “Gypsy Airs”.
The Commander-In-Chief with Thomas Valeur
It is also, as far as we know, the first guitar duel between a classical and a metal guitarist.
The music was recorded at Modern World Studios in Cotswolds, England. It was produced and mixed by James Mottershead, who has worked on numerous albums that has charted in the UK. It was mastered by Oscar and Grammy nominated Stephen Marsh (Life of Pi, Megadeth).
As the producer says in the video interview, we released yesterday:”Everything you hear on this recording is a performance. There are no studio tricks of any kind. They played it until we got the perfect takes”.
The single is available on Itunes, Amazon, CD Baby, etc, and a limited number of signed CD singles are available on The Chief’s website, http://www.thecommanderinchief.net.
The Commander-In-Chief Management has issued as follows:
I am proud to announce that my artist, 7string guitarist/singer/songwriter THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF has published a video interview with herself, producer James Mottershead and the Classical guitar virtuoso she has cooperated with on her new recording, Thomas Valeur. The preparations have taken 5 months and the project has been surrounded by secrecy, since it is so unique.
The Commander-In-Chief with Thomas Valeur
This cooperation is the first professional guitar recording of an extremely challenging piece of Classical music, never before performed in its entirety, correctly, on guitar.
And as far as we have been able to find out, there has never been a professional recording of a guitar duel between a Metal guitarist and a Classical guitar virtuoso before, either.
Thomas Valeur has a master’s degree in music from the prestigious Grieg Academy in Bergen, Norway, and he has mesmerized audiences all over Europe with his Classical guitar playing. In November he performed at the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize Ceremony in Norway, which was broadcasted live on national TV, NRK.
The Chief was recently featured on national TV, NRK, as a pioneer and one of today’s role models for women in music. She has been featured in numerous international music magazines, such as Metal Hammer UK, where she was featured as “1 of 10 modern guitar Gods” and Total Guitar Magazine calling her “The Queen of shred”.
For more information about the new release, watch the video interview here
The single and performance video will be released tomorrow, December 4th, at 6pm UK time. The single will be available on Itunes, Amazon, CD Baby, etc and a limited number of signed CDs are available from The Commander-In-Chief’s website, after the release.
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