Guitarist, composer and session musician Adrian Galysh is teaming up with PledgeMusic.com for the release of his next album.
Galysh’s next album, an all-blues affair, will be a departure from his mainly instrumental efforts of the past. Featuring his signature guitar work—and now his voice—he will be visiting some blues classics and recording original blues-rock songs.
Galysh’s Pledge Music campaign is an interactive vehicle that enables fans to witness behind-the-scenes videos and photos documenting the album's writing and recording process.
Fans also get exclusive incentives like private performances, one-on-one Skype guitar lessons, signed CDs, posters, photos, instructional guitar books, downloads, T-shirts, one-of-a-kind artwork and more.
“I’m really excited by the new direction of my music," Galysh said. "After my last album, Tone Poet, which was really complex in composition, production and performance, it's refreshing to take a simpler approach, using a core four-piece rhythm section for these arrangements.
“Don’t get me wrong—I’m sure I’ll be adding a string section here and there. But the new music is based in hard rock, rhythm and blues.”
In addition to raising funds to complete the album, a portion of any of the proceeds that exceed Galysh's goal will go toward the ALS TDI, a charity that funds medical research and therapy for people suffering from Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Get The Pick Newsletter
All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!
For more information, head on over to the album's campaign site.
Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
