{"id":13344,"date":"2020-06-27T10:42:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T10:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=13344"},"modified":"2020-06-27T10:42:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T10:42:38","slug":"joe-satriani-guitar-protege-geoff-tyson-releases-new-album-drinks-with-infinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2020\/06\/27\/joe-satriani-guitar-protege-geoff-tyson-releases-new-album-drinks-with-infinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Satriani guitar prot\u00e9g\u00e9 , Geoff Tyson releases new album “Drinks With Infinity”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Acclaimed American guitarist Geoff Tyson<\/strong> (born in Berkeley, California) releases his first instrumental guitar album on CD, vinyl and digital on Friday 31 July 2020<\/strong>. Distributed by Cargo Records<\/strong>, the album\u2019s available to pre-order from www.geofftyson.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geoff\u2019s story is an interesting one. In 1983, at the age of 13, Geoff studied guitar with Joe Satriani<\/strong>, and refined his skills jamming with high school mates Alex Skolnick<\/strong>, Charlie Hunter<\/strong>, Jude Gold<\/strong>, Joshua Redmond<\/strong> Third Eye Blind\u2019s Kevin Cadogan<\/strong>.  Geoff is one of two students Satriani has said ‘Graduated’ from his lessons (the other being Steve Vai<\/strong>.)  In 1994, Geoff recorded and toured with T-Ride<\/strong> and released an album on Hollywood Records. In 1999 he appeared on Snake River Conspiracy\u2019s<\/strong> debut album (Reprise Records) and toured with Monster Magnet<\/strong> and Queens of the Stone Age<\/strong>. In 2003, he formed Stimulator<\/strong> with singer Susan Hyatt<\/strong>, and in 2005 they signed a record deal with Universal Music. Stimulator toured the world with Duran Duran, The Go-Go\u2019s and featured on the Van\u2019s Warped Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guitar was my first love,\u201d <\/em>reflects Geoff. \u201cI first met <\/em>Joe Satriani<\/strong> when I was 13 and he helped to develop my passion for playing guitar. I soon became one of his favourite students, alongside <\/em>Alex Skolnick, Steve Vai, Kirk Hammet <\/strong>and <\/em>Charlie Hunter<\/strong>. \u201cSatriani and I met weekly for about 2 \u00bd years, and he became my mentor and inspiration, always challenging me to do something unique and personal. It\u2019s a lesson I have applied to all aspects of my musical endeavours. As popular music trends changed, I evolved into a singer-songwriter, recording engineer and \u00a0producer. <\/em>After encouragement from Satriani and fans, I finally decided to record an instrumental guitar album (aka \u201cDrinks With Infinity). I knew I had to create something that encompassed my experience and skills.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Geoff\u2019s music video for the track \u201cSix Weeks of Tina\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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