After making the festival rounds with Ray Davies over the last month and a half, guitarist Bill Shanley is en route to China to join Sinead O’Connor at the Holisland Music Festival this Saturday. Accompanying him on his journey is his new Fender Acoustasonic Tele guitar. “I haven’t had time until recently to really try out the guitar,” wrote Shanley in an email to Michael Schulz in Fender Artist Relations. “I’ve since used it on over a half a dozen recordings, and it’s absolutely fantastic. The electric side of it is particularly amazing. I’ve used it on some soul tracks I’ve been doing, and its tone and presence are amazing. It’s got a big fat sound that reminds me of an old baritone guitar. It just finds its own space on the tracks wonderfully. I’ll treasure this guitar and put it to use.” So for anyone in China on Saturday, keep an eye out. Also, Shanley informed us that he plans to use it when he heads back out with Davies later this summer.
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Shanley Shares His Acoustasonic Review
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July 16 2010, 3:52pm
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From News @ Taye Drums, tayedrums.com
For immediate release from MusiCo: Taye’s distributor in Ireland has added Andre Antunes has decided that Taye Drums are his drums of choice. Andre is currently holding down the drum chair for the Republic of Loose and as an independent drummer in Ireland he has worked with Amy Winehouse, Styles P, Louis Stuart, Sinéad O’Connor, Damien Dempsey, Soprano Judith Mok, Cora Venus Lunny, Dance Theathre of Ireland, Coiscem Dance Company and Festival of World Cultures with SDDance and the Irish Drum Festival. He has also found time to create his own group, +55 Band, purveyers of very danceable Samba Rock.
André chose a Taye Studio Maple 6pce kit consisting of 22×18 Bass Drum, 10″ & 12″ rack Toms, 14″ and 16″ Floor Toms, we converted the 14×6 Snare to a Woodhoop Snare, with amazing results (see the picture above), and a 13×5 side snare. He is also using the Taye XP1.01 kick pedal as part of his hardware line-up. Welcome, Andre, to the Taye Drums’ Family!
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June 19 2009, 5:37pm
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