{"id":25,"date":"2016-12-28T01:35:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T01:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2016-12-28T04:59:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T04:59:52","slug":"press-release-tapestry-of-souls-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"CD Tapestry of Souls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Press Release<\/h3>\n<div id=\"showItems_ctl00_storyPanel\">Hailing from New Haven, Connecticut, guitarist <strong>Chris Bickley<\/strong> will release his first solo album, <strong>\u201cTapestry Of Souls\u201d<\/strong>, on May 1 via <strong>Shredguy Records<\/strong>. The CD was produced by <strong>Vic Steffens<\/strong> and mastered by 10-time <strong>Emmy Award<\/strong> winner and two-time <strong><a id=\"itxthook0\" href=\"http:\/\/legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com\/blabbermouth.net\/news.aspx?mode=Article&amp;newsitemID=171892#\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grammy<\/a> Award<\/strong> nominee <strong>Jim Chapdelaine<\/strong>. Written and recorded over a two-year period, the album\u2019s initial sessions came together after a friend \u2014 drummer <strong>Gaetano Nicolosi<\/strong> \u2014 inspired <strong>Chris<\/strong> by laying down the drum tracks for what became the first two songs.<\/div>\n<p>Commented <strong>Chris<\/strong>, \u201cCreatively, I just pick up the guitar and I become inspired. I don\u2019t consider myself an enigma, but when I pick up the guitar it just flows out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guest vocalists on <strong>\u201cTapestry Of Souls\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Mike Vescera<\/strong> (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS)<br \/>\n* <strong>Kelly Keeling<\/strong> (JOHN NORUM, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP)<br \/>\n* <strong>Chandler Mogel<\/strong> (OUTLOUD, TALON)<br \/>\n* <strong>Jimmy Kunes<\/strong> (SAVOY BROWN, CACTUS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bickley<\/strong>\u2018s backing band also includes members from <strong>OBSESSION<\/strong>, <strong><a id=\"itxthook1\" href=\"http:\/\/legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com\/blabbermouth.net\/news.aspx?mode=Article&amp;newsitemID=171892#\" rel=\"nofollow\">HOUSE<\/a> OF LORDS<\/strong>, <strong>JOHNNY WINTER<\/strong>, <strong>TROUBLE TRIBE<\/strong> and many more. <strong>Chris<\/strong> himself has played with <strong>Ron Keel<\/strong>, <strong>Joe Stump<\/strong>, <strong>THUNDERHEAD<\/strong>, <strong>\u201c<a id=\"itxthook2\" href=\"http:\/\/legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com\/blabbermouth.net\/news.aspx?mode=Article&amp;newsitemID=171892#\" rel=\"nofollow\">Saturday Night Live<\/a>\u201c<\/strong> singer <strong>Christine Ohlman<\/strong>, and <strong>Terri Lane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While recording this CD, <strong>Chris<\/strong> says everything went very smoothly. \u201cI think the magic comes in the fact that I gave the vocalists free rein and they were able to be themselves when it comes to singing up against my compositions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release Hailing from New Haven, Connecticut, guitarist Chris Bickley will release his first solo album, \u201cTapestry Of Souls\u201d, on May 1 via Shredguy Records. The CD was produced by Vic Steffens and mastered by 10-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award nominee Jim <span class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"more-link btn btn-transparent\" href=\"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/?p=25\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chrisbickley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}