Ted Kirkpatrick (co-founder and drummer of metal band Tourniquet) recently posted a video for Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5 in C Minor”. The track is taken from Ted‘s second solo album – “In The Shadows Of The Masters” which is released in 2010 through Tourniquet‘s own label Pathogenic Records. The video can be seen below.
Ted is influenced not only by other drummers, he is also a big fan of classical music, that can also be heard in the music of Tourniquet. On this album Ted is playing drums over the excisting classical music. You hear existing compositions from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Paganini, and other great composers. “In The Shadows Of The Masters” contains 9 tracks, with a playing time over 40 minutes.
Ted says about the album : ‘I’ve done a few things on past Tourniquet albums, but I think this is beyond anything so far just in length of the pieces. To me, the fantastic music of the classical masters is in a totally different realm – there simply is no other music to compare it to. I believe it was a time in history that will never be repeated – kind of like when dinosaurs roamed the earth. In drumming to these timeless works as with any music, I always strive to treat the drums as a musical instrument – not just a noisy time keeper. These are some of my favorite composers with some of their most brilliant works’.
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Ted‘s latest solo album “Onward To Freedom” (an anthem for the voiceless) was mixed and mastered by ace producer Josh Schroeder / Random Awesome Studios and is released on November 11th. 2014 through Pathogenic Records.
Ted is joined by an impressive array of guest artists on “Onward to Freedom”. The title track (released as a lyric video on October 1, 2014) features Michael Sweet (Stryper) on vocals and lead guitar, and Mattie Montgomery (For Today) on vocals. Other guests include guitarists Marty Friedman (ex Megadeth), Chris Poland (ex Megadeth), Bruce Franklin (Trouble), Tony Palacios (Guardian), Rex Carroll (Whitecross), and Aaron Guerra (Tourniquet).
Guest vocalists include Dug Pinnick (King’s X, KXM), Gabbie Rae, Kevin Young (Disciple), Blake Suddath (Your Memorial), Nick Villars (Sleep Star Ignition), and Luke Easter (Tourniquet), plus powerful narrations by seven time Emmy Award winning actor Ed Asner and Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and Family Channel star Ashley Argota.
Our review of “Onward To Freedom” can be found here.
Video below ‘Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor’
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