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ソロアルバム日本発売日変更 2001年6月13日予定

"MASQUERADE" / REB BEACH
Track List;
01. DARK PLACES
02. MASQUERADE
03. GHOST
04. BETTER SHADE OF GREY
05. BLEED
06. FANATIC
07. RED
08. SORROW STAINED EYES
09. DAY OF THE EAGLE
10. GET OUT AND WALK
11. LOVE SO TRUE
Produced by Reb Beach
参加アーティスト....Tommy Bellin (B)／Dave Throckmorton (D)／Dr. Dave Dodd
 

Japanese release date of "MASQUERADE" has been changed. The new release date will be set on 13/06/2001
Track List;
01. DARK PLACES
02. MASQUERADE
03. GHOST
04. BETTER SHADE OF GREY
05. BLEED
06. FANATIC
07. RED
08. SORROW STAINED EYES
09. DAY OF THE EAGLE
10. GET OUT AND WALK
11. LOVE SO TRUE
Produced by Reb Beach

Members...Tommy Bellin (B)／Dave Throckmorton (D)／Dr. Dave Dodd (D)

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Queenのtributeアルバムにギターで参加
Stone Cold Crazy / a tribute to Queen (VACM-1173) 2,548円
2001/06/27発売予定
参加アーティストは。。。Kip Winger, Paul Taylor, Geoff Tate, Jeff Pilson and more

Queen Tribute album release information
Stone Cold Crazy / a tribute to Queen  VACM-1173 \2,548
2001/27/06 on sale in Japan
Musicians:Reb Beach, Kip Winger, Paul Taylor, Geoff Tate, Jeff Pilson and more

Update from Reb on Beachboard

Ok ...I'm Back.
May 1 2001 at 12:14 PM Reb

Hi forum friends!
After a long hiatus from contact with ANY of my friends, I am back with an album that sounds great.I had to like go into hiding to create this stuff. I didn't return anyones calls, and I'm afraid to go into my fanmail as there must be 400 emails to respond to.I'm just gonna pick a day and do it.There is still alot of work to do. Getting a deal in the states is at the top of the list.I'm burnin copies to send to anyone in the business I can think of.
I have a hard time believing I am finally done recording. It is so nice to wake up and not have to rush into the studio and try to create something cool AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!!I woke up this morning and fired up the grill and cooked up some bacon and eggs outdoors. Today my plan is to lie in the sun and drink beer.Tomorrow, Deb and I will go down to the strip in Pittsburgh, where all the fresh food is, and get a few thick Halibut steaks to blacken on the grill when Kip comes to stay on Thursday night. I have to start going to the Gym this week. Ten pounds of blubber has found it's way to my face, the focal point for any blobbyness, caused by excessive drinking and sitting in front of the speakers for months.I look like Charlie Brown.You could grab my jowls and hang on to them like a water skier while I swing you around.I look like a broomstick with a basketball balancing motionless on top of it. Gym? Beer? Gym? Beer? .....Beer today ,Gym tomorrow. It is too nice outside man!
I will talk to Japan about putting up some stuff.I have a million other questions for them. Like what if my friends at the local radio station want to play this stuff? I think that will have to wait till July. July seems so far away, but that is the earliest I am allowed to release it in the states.
Thanks for stickin with me guys!REB

Update from Reb on Beachboard

Update!
April 21 2001 at 3:20 PM Reb

Ok folks!
I'm stopping in( finally!)to tell you guys where we are with this thing. I have not had time to come here at all in the last few weeks, but last night we had a power surge that knocked out the power section of the board. I have a few hours today while they fix it.
Last night ( before the power surge), we made ruffs and sent them to Japan. I got a chance to really listen to the stuff for the first time, and aside from a few less than adequate vocal performances, which I will fix,the darn thing sounds very nice indeed. Big ass drum sounds,man. There are other issues that I'm just not gonna sweat. Some of the solo tones aren't as good as they could be, cause it was my first time recording guitars by myself at home.I'm used to having an engineer say " move that 57 to the right a little". The first solos I cut aren't as fat as the last solo's I cut, since I taught myself as I went.It was a huge learning experience and shakey at first, but I sure know how to get good guitar sounds out of my house now.
We are mixing, and this is the fun part.The fact is that mixing can make or break a song, and with the Pro Tools technology we are using, it just keeps getting better and better and better.Japan gave me an extra few days to mix, and that was a Godsend.
I have sung in all different kinds of styles, from Matchbox 20 to Alice in chains, whatever the tune called for.I know I am not a REAL singer like Tyler or Coverdale, but my goal here was to just pull it off enough to get the vibe of the songs across,and have it be listenable. Yeah, some of these tunes would definitely be better with a real singer, but this is my record, as Maz pointed out to me. I find that when you use another singer, usually it somehow gets perceived as his record, and all of the sudden there is another chef in the kitchen. Every time there is a question about something, and everyone turns to me like E F Hutton, I just dig it! The first time that happened, I turned to see if there was someone behind me.
I flew to New York last weekend and did the photo shoot for the record. I got really drunk, cause I hate to fly, but the photos came out great because I was so relaxed! The next day we went out and bought a really cool Mardis Gras mask, and then shot it for the cover.It looks great! Mark Weiss ( Art Guy )says I can post the cover when it is done, but I have to ask Japan.
We continue to mix until Thursday when its back to the Big Apple to Master at Sterling Sound. The next day, we Fed Ex it to Japan and hope they don't say something like " Please....Not Finished?"
The album will be DONE on Thursday definitely, and I just can't believe it!
Yes Scullhead, Kip is coming to town on the 4th and has asked me to jam with him. Scullhead and I have been friends since we were kids jammin in his mom's living room. My mom actually called his mom Mrs. Scullhead by mistake one time.Had I known that mom had passed those " foot in mouth" genes over to me, maybe I would not have been quite so mortified. Anyway, Kip knows that getting me to do acoustic stuff is like pulling teeth. Doing Seventeen on acoustic makes me want to puke. Know, if I had my rig.....maybe. Except, Kip knows the power of beer when dealing with me, and always says " Well, bring your acoustic just in case." and then waits till I'm seriously buzzin, and asks the audience to coax me up on stage. I've actually played close to 200 games of chess with Kip and never won. One time, I came so close to winning and the whole bus was cheering me on. Kip was actually sweating.Then I lost, and my father's words echoed in my brain. " Rebbie, that boy is a shark, and you are just Bambi with a penis."

Jeff Pilsonのソロ・プロジェクト「ウォーアンドピース」のセカンドアルバム 「Light at the end of the tunnel」発売
Rebは2曲目と5曲目でギターで参加。他参加アーティストは, John Norum, Paul Gilbert, John Levin, Richi Kotzenがギターで参加
ポニー・キャニオンより2001年4月18日、日本先行発売 (PCCY-01504)



Track list:
01. What cost war (John Norum-solo, James Kottak-Ds)
02. The night you walked away (Reb Beach-solo, James Kottak-Ds)
03. Wrong place wrong time (Paul Gilebert-solo, James Kottak-Ds) 
04. Playing god again (Jeff Pilson -solo, James Kottak-Ds)
05. Solitary world (Reb Beach-solo, James Kottak-Ds)
06. In the dead of night (John Levin -solo, James Kottak-Ds)
07. Sweet release (Jeff Pilson - the pilsound string quartet)
08. End of the tunnel (Richie Kotzen- solo, B.Toff-Ds) 
09. Stay out of my mind (Richie Kotzen- solo, B.Toff-Ds) 
10. Cast the stone (Jeff Pilson - the workd, James Kottak-Ds) 

Jeff pilson's solo project "WAR & PEACE"'s 2nd album "Light at the end of the tunnel" now on sale in Japan
Guest Musicians; Reb Beach, John Norum, Paul Gilbert, John Levin, Richie Kotzen

Rebのソロアルバムリリース日変更 ２００１年５月２３日予定
アルバムタイトル「Masquerade」

01. DARK PLACES
02. MASQUERADE
03. GHOST
04. BETTER SHADE OF GRAY
05. JEZABELL
06. FANATIC
07. RED
08. SORROW 
09. DAY OF THE EAGLE
10. GET OUT AND WALK
11. WEB OF LIES
12. LOVE SO TRUE

"MASQUERADE" Japanese release date has been changed to 2001/23/05

"Masquerade"
Track List:
01. DARK PLACES
02. MASQUERADE
03. GHOST
04. BETTER SHADE OF GREY
05. JEZABELL
06. FANATIC
07. RED
08. SORROW 
09. DAY OF THE EAGLE
10. GET OUT AND WALK
11. WEB OF LIES
12. LOVE SO TRUE

Update from Reb on Beachboard

Update
March 15 2001 at 11:33 AM Reb

Hello everyone,
I have a moment while I am backing up a song here ( It takes forty five minutes on this stupid thing.)and I thought I would drop everyone a line. We've added Tony Janflone to the link list and he is very famous around here. If you ever come to Pittsburgh and want to see some outrageously good guitar playing, just look in the local rag for him, as he plays somewhere every day.
Recording is going much better now that I decided not to have a heart attack every time I pressed record. I'm just having fun with it, and you can really tell the difference between the first couple of songs I recorded, and the most recent ones. I may have enough time to redo some of that stuff, but it still sounds ok. " Fanatic" is really heavy and kinda dark in a Zeppelin/ STP sort of way.
"Better Shade of Grey" has my favorite solo and I sing through a distortion pedal on the eerie verses.
There is also alot of happy stuff. I'd say the album is half and half. The instrumental has an insane drum solo that I ended up doing cool space noises over. It sounds like the whole band got on the space shuttle for a minute.It is an uptempo Satch Boogie kinda thing which I call " Get out and Walk".
Ghost is the obvious single ala Down Incognito. Real Real poppy. I hope it doesn't bug you guys. There is really something for everyone on the record, and as of now I am pleased about that. From reading your post's I am encouraged so much, and one thing I have gotten out of it is that you all seem to like all kinds of music. I mean , I had the biggest problem making some of the more hip and " Now " sounding songs able to have a big long guitar solo in it.It is not the type of thing you hear these days, and it was hard to marry the two. A few friends said it couldn't be done ,and to just do a blues record or a Dream Theatre thing. After all, this is a guitar record for Japan. How are you gonna put Freebird over " Alice and Chains" ? Well, Damn it , it's my record and I like it. I think you guys will really like it. I just finished " Sorrow " and it is a haunting heavy ballad with the big Headed for a Heartbreak outro...big long solo for days kinda thing, ala Gilmore. There is lotsa that on the record.
Sorrow stained eyes
Hide behind the lies inside you
Conceal your pain

Can't forgive what you can't forget
You can't live with all you regret

Sorrow stained eyes
Hide behind the lies inside you
Conceal your pain
That's part of the chorus.It is one of the darker ones , but the lyrics are perfect, as it is a cool heavy ballad. I really relate to Bill Hickeys lyrics.
Well, back to work. I have to get these guitars done before Monday, when I start to Sing! Ha HAAAAAAAAAAA Lalalalalala . HMMMM. ... KIP ! Where are you ? KIP? Oh Kip? This is where you usually come in. I guess I will just do my best and fix it in the mix ( Thank God for Pro Tools) Cheers everyone!
REB

Update from Reb on Beachboard

Untitled March 7 2001, 2:39 PM

Just a quick note to say your support on this post has helped me greatly. Things are going much faster now, as I have taken some of your great advice and decided to have fun, instead of pulling my hair out. Polygram Japan is pressuring me to finish the record so it can be released during a big Japanese holiday that ends on May 6th. I am with them in wanting to have the album released at that time, but it is DEFINITELY cuttin it close.
I can't tell you what it means to have people that care about you and your work like this...I am deeply honored and can't begin to thank you enough.
With much gratitude,
REB

Update
March 1 2001 at 4:04 PM Reb

Hello all,
Well, it's been two weeks of recording guitars, and I have never worked so hard on something in my life. I am so very blown away by the songs that are done, but frustrated that I am now behind schedule. I am alone in a room every day and night going " Do I like that? Is that good enough?" My whole life, there has always been an engineer saying" We are not erasing that... I love it " Nine times out of ten, a half an hour later I love it too, and am glad the engineer kept it.I am finding many spots where , on the demo, I must have said to myself " I'll figure it out when we are doin the record " cause I actually thought that day would never come. Questions like : "What the hell do I do over this minute and a half drum solo?" " Why does track 10 only play back when you turn the machine on and off again?"
I called Yamaha to tell them I was having problems with the machine locking up and dumping unsaved work, and they actually said to me " Do not touch the jogwheel, or you will lose any unsaved performances." I said " Aren't there important functions that can only be done with the jogwheel?" and he said " No , just use the cursor"... Well, it turns out that I probably have more hours on this thing than he does, because there is TONS of stuff you can only do with the jogwheel, not the cursor.
I know what you are thinking..."Why is Reb doing it at home?" Basically, it is a very small budget and the studio is $800 a day... so far I have saved like ten grand doing it here.Anyway, I am thinking of hiring a cheap engineer to speed things up.
The good news is I am so happy with the stuff so far , and Japan has said I can post some bits as soon as there is stuff to post. ( Three Weeks ? )Thank you all so much for your patience while I have been driving myself crazy, it shouldn't be much lnoger until I am back on the forum ( and in the chat room)all the time. Take Care, REB
 
Reb

 Oh, and one more thing... March 1 2001, 4:55 PM

When I said I could poop on these rhythm tracks and still have a great record, I was wrong. The tracks are so good, that anything less than perfection, guitar wise, stands out like a sore thumb. Live and learn.REB

☆ユニバーサルミュージックの４月新譜情報によると、レブのソロアルバムの発売予定は。。

Reb Beach/ TBA タイトル未定
04/25 発売予定 (UICE-1011) 2,427円  (税抜)
 

☆ジェフ･ピルソンのソロアルバムにレブがギターで参加予定
WAR AND PEACE/タイトル未定
04/18 発売予定     Canyon International/PCCY-01504  2,427円 （税抜）
 

*Upcoming Release information from Universal music Japan
Reb Beach / tbd
Release date: 04/25  
UICE-1011, Price 2,427  (+Tax)

*Jeff Pilson's 2nd solo album release information from Pony canyon
WAR AND PEACE/tbd
04/18 Canyon International/PCCY-01504 \2,427yen (+ Tax）

Update from Reb on Beachboard

Top 16 Winger songs
February 10 2001 at 9:45 AM Reb
 
Hello good people !
Today I start guitars here in this dank little garage. I spent all last nite wiring the room with four mics and routing them to the right channels. I am still getting the hang of this new Yamaha recorder, so I am a little slow with the routing. I think I've got it down now.
Anyway, Kip called me last nite, and asked me to come up with 16 Winger songs for the " best of ". I seem to recall you guys already posting your fav's. Maybe I will just scroll back and find them.Your suggestions are very welcome , though.Time to JAM!!!! REB

Update from Reb on Beachboard

Hello everyone,

You are not gonna believe this is coming from me, as I am forever the pesimist, but these are the best sounding rhythm tracks I have ever heard.Throck ( Dave Throckmorton...sent from heaven. I know at the very least I have a cult drum fanatic record)came in and freaked us out with his INSANE drumming... so BAD that the record now has three drum solo's. Also, I am playing piano and singing a song I wrote while we were there in the studio that is just beautiful.I mean these tracks are GOLDEN! I just can't get over it.It just sounds amazing. I am stunned. It is just a great record and I haven't even played on it yet!I could poop on these rhythm tracks and I would still have a great record.I swear you guys must have beamed your positive energy right to the studio. It was like four days of magic.
For Steve and Zander and all the musicians:
I just bought the new Yamaha AW4416 16 track hard disk recorder with 16 ins and the cd recorder and all the bells and whistles and this thing is a beast. Kip told me to return it as soon as possible ( he inspires me so...)but darn it, I have always wanted moving faders and now I got em.Tomorrow, I go in and we dump the drums and the bass and a click to the Aw4416, and then I take it home and get guitar sounds and away we go.When I am done with guitars, we dump it back to pro tools and do vocals and mix.
Played a great amp today at Pianos and stuff. The new automated Fender with the moving dials? It is just sick, the amount of sounds that thing can get, with reverb and the tape echo was really authentic.Now I need a thousand bucks, as the record money is already spent.I could really use that thing on this record, though.The new Marshall combos they just got in were also very very good sounding, and I usually hate new Marshalls.
These backing tracks sound like if Sting went Heavy!!!!Hahahahaha. I am truly the luckiest guy.I can't wait for you to hear it.I am hoping Japan will let me put some stuff on the site before it is released, but have to see what they say.Take Care all, and thanks for rolling on without me.( Even if I wasn't doing the record , I probably couldn't respond very often, as Debbie has discovered Pogo.com, and is hooked on the slot machines. Never again do I have to be gazed at with disapproval when I play Star Trek online.REB

Update from Reb on Beachboard

Rehearsals
January 27 2001 at 9:41 PM Reb
 
Hi Guys,
Just a quick update.Rehearsals were like being in heaven. The drummer I have is like playing with Rod again, but with a style all his own. He is an undiscovered prodigy named Dave Throckmorton, and possesses a gift that I rarely see. Playing with him is an honor, and what he has added to this record has made me giddy. We call him Throck, and Tommy and I just stare and forget parts and laugh at how sick this guy is.Tommy physically fell off his stool today, as Throck made us have to stop the song to recover from what he had done to our heads with his pristine fills.The songs have come alive and come together.They sound like songs from the same artist, even though they are pretty diverse ( one of the problems I was having is " Do all these songs belong on the same album?" ...Continuity is important). There is a Satch boogie-esc instrumental, that is the next step up from Black Magic.I have scary dark grooves and poppy rock songs AND some bluesy stuff and some Led Zeppelin stuff.It is all good. Only three more hurdles.
The recording of the basics :
We are cutting the basics to two inch tape,as my favorite albums were cut that way. Then I take a stereo mix home and do all the guitars.Then we go back in and drop in the guitars, and fly everything into Pro -Tools.
The Vocal:
I have to sound like a real singer,or that will be the weak link in the chain for the skeptical to focus on. At the very least, I know that 60 percent of the songs I can sing well, and don't need anyone else. My friends say I am over critical, but I consider it a large hurdle, none the less.
The Mix:
The most important thing. Kip and I are talking about him doing it,and there are other options. There is no one better than Kip, except Mike Shipley, who I couldn't afford.I will probably mix it myself, so I can make the guitars as loud as I want for once!!! Hahahaha!
Just wanted to let you all know that I am ecstatic, and everything sounds unreal!!I will write again after we are done cutting the basics on Wednesday. REB

Kip Winger New Album "songs from the ocean floor" now on sale in japan
release date: 2001.01.24 Avalon(MICP-10226)
Rebはギターでゲスト参加


Track list
1. Cross
2. Crash the wall
3. Sure was a wildflower
4. Two lovers stand
5. Land slide
6. Faster
7. Song of midnight
8. Free
9. Only one world
10. Broken Open
11. Resurrection
12. Everything you need
13. Headed for a heartbreak (LIVE)*Japan only*