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Franco Carrieri is a virtuoso heavy metal guitarist and composer of Gothic Classicism. Free samples of his work are available at his web site. He released his debut single in July 2000. He is currently working on an album release.
Despite the diverse nature of rock and classical fusion, I believe my work can be distinguished from other music under the broad umbrella of Classical Rock. Underlining the diversity of classical and rock music is the fact that neither discipline writes original composition for the other. This is not the nonsensical statement it may first appear to be. I write rock music which is by the measures of 17th and 18th century composition, as melodically, harmonically and structurally sophisticated as the symphony or concerto of that time. Moreover, some of my compositions use structures typical to these eras. In short, my work is original and serious classical music, while also being original and serious rock music. While the structure of some of my compositions are baroque or classical, these terms alone do not differentiate my work. The term Baroque originally had a figurative application in music, being borrowed from archetecture where it once described the ornate, and eve!
n the macabre. In this sense, it might seem somewhat tautological to describe rock as baroque. Rock music is contemporary baroque. On the other hand, my use of classicism with heavy metal guitar ensemble might be described as musically macabre. The term gothic is useful here as it can take a similar figurative application and doesn't come with a musical history. Gothic Classicism, as a description and appellation is not be an entirely wrong description. Or perhaps should that be Classical Goth?
© Franco Carrieri 2000
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