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6 Degrees Entertainment

Title - Double Exposure
Artist - Vinnie Moore

For those unaware, the follow up to Vinnie Moore’s 2019 Soul Shifter will be released on November 8th, 2022 on his Mind’s Eye Music label.

On the propulsive Double Exposure, Vinnie is joined by singers Ed Terry (Rage And Beyond, American Mafia), Keith Slack (MSG, Mother Road), Mike DiMeo (Riot) and Brian Stephenson (Old James) on this half vocal half instrumental album.

This is his first solo release that features vocals and the band members include Richie Monica (Billy Cox, Papa Chubby, Tantric) on drums, Michael Bean and Pete Griffin (Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa) on Bass, John Cassidy on Keyboards, and John Pessoni on Drums.

Vinnie has released ten solo albums and six albums and a LIVE DVD with rock icons UFO, and is considered to be one of the originators of shred guitar and he has made many guest appearances with others and played and wrote the soundtrack for a classic PEPSI TV commercial.

He’s also recorded and toured with ALICE COOPER and was opening act for RUSH with his solo band on the ROLL THE BONES tour. Vinnie has toured all around the world with UFO and solo, has two best selling guitar instructional videos, and has been an inspiration for fans and guitarists worldwide.

1. Vertical Horizon
2. Rise
3. Still Waters Run Deep
4. Paid My Dues
5. River Flow
6. Hummingbird
7. Astro Man
8. Breaking Through
9. In Too Deep
10. Rocket
11. One Day
12. Southern Highway

On yet another album that perfectly showcases Moore’s ability to bring forth a technical, and vibrantly melodic musical masterpiece, he opens with the funky, Extreme-esque Vertical Horizon and the melodically-charged AOR of Rise and follows those up with the countrified rock of Still Waters Run Deep, the funky blues rock of Paid My Dues and then we get both the low slung balladry of River Flow and the mid-tempo flow of Hummingbird.

Next up is the free flowing guitar mastery prevalent throughout Astro Man and the veritably scorching Breaking Through and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the soaring In Too Deep, the blistering chord maneuvers that showcase the breakneck Rocket, the album rounding out with the cinematically-sculptured One Day, coming to a close on the beautiful rhythms and melodies that make up Southern Highway.

“This project started during the period when we were all grounded from touring,” Vinnie reveals. “I had some song ideas and originally thought I’d do an instrumental EP with 5 or 6 songs. Before recording, I always do listening sessions with my demos to get production ideas. While playing “One Day”, I started hearing vocals in my head and naturally started singing along and it hit me that this would make a good vocal song.”

“As I listened through the rest of the tunes, one by one I realized that they all could be vocal songs. It was a light bulb moment where I realized, ‘hey dummy, here’s the vocal thing you’ve been wanting to do’. So the idea to take a group of songs and create dual versions of each was born.”

“To set this all in motion, the next step was lining up singers. I knew right away that I wanted to collaborate with a few different vocalists I have known or worked with over the years. Keith Slack and Mike DiMeo quickly came to mind. I have known Keith for more than 20 years and we have always talked about working together. Mike has toured with me in the past as vocalist and keyboardist, so he was an obvious choice.”

“Brian Stephenson opened for me on a tour in 2016 with his band Old James, I liked his voice and lyrics and knew he would be a good guy to collaborate with. Ed Terry and I were on a track together a couple years back. I really dug his voice and ideas and knew I wanted to work with him.”

“The only good thing about the world being shut down for months is that it gave me the time I needed to put this thing all together. It was a big undertaking. In between recording guitars, I would shift gears and go into phases where I sang and sketched out lyrics. It took some thought to decide which singer I wanted to be on which song.”

“After that, I sent out the recordings with and without vocals and told everyone to be creative whether that meant totally following their own inspiration or using any of my ideas. In the end both things happened.”

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