Sayonara Sweetheart + Callista + Chasing Imortality + Vanity Draws Blood + Roy Stone 18 August at 19:00

Here is the Event Page for NAMBUCCA on Sunday the 18th https://www.facebook.com/events/553537504688035/

Live sound is back on Track & lead guitar can now be recorded, following the repair of some electronics, NEW TRACKS will be completed over the next couple of weeks ! After this Album is complete some live performances on google are the next project....URL will posted. Have a Rockin' Good Monday !

Albums, Live, Online Gigs ........

Following the completion of the 4 Track EP "I LURV ROCK'N'ROLL" 6 more Tracks heve been written & are in the recording process currently, hindered slightly by a breakdown of some guitar electronics, which should return from repair soon. The Drums, Bass & Rhythm Guitars can still be recorded & the Vocal Lyrics written. So its looking good for a complete Album some time in September. After that its back to Live Performance with the immediate plan being to do some Gigs on Google web-cam which will be well posted at the time. If the response is good enough there is a possibility of making these into an hour & a half long shows but initially they will be half hour Gigs with a Lead Guitar intro. As far as Live in Stage is concerned some London dates will be booked. The Album is as yet untitled ....but there's a lot of lyrics to be written yet so a title will surely emerge from them. Roy Stone London entertainment rock metal radio concerts venues festivals live gigs CD Albums MP3 Downloads Record Stores T-Shirts Band Merchandise rock & pop music show lead guitarist singer vocalist artist star live act musician 2012 logo

"I LURV ROCKN'NROLL" on ROY STONE .COM ......

The finished Mix of "I LURV ROCK'N'ROLL" is on the Web-site now, the other Tracks on there are new work but are not the final mix yet. ROY STONE .COM Hopefully these will be done by the end of the week & the rest of the Album can be proceeded with.

"QUANTUM DRIVER" & General News ....

The Track “QUANTUM DRIVER” is now finished, three New Tracks are now ready to go, two are sets of lyrics were written last week & the other exists only in my head as a guitar piece currently. The next step is to make a rough, one rhythm guitar, recording of each & get the drums recorded. That will bring the new Album up to seven tracks. Then there is a track from some time ago, which was never recorded, or played live for that matter, that has potential. Which brings it up to eight….nearly enough ! A break from recording for about a week is also coming up to go through one of the older Live Sets, so something is ready to go with Jay the new guitarist & a backing recording needs doing, so if push comes to shove we can play as a duo, with recorded bass & drums. Alum Titles are only possible choices …. They are either Ideal World or Chaos Theory but who knows something may crop up at the last minute that sounds right !

New SINGLES, MP3's & T-Shirts on ROY STONE .COM...

New SINGLES, MP3's & T-Shirts on ROY STONE .COM... http://www.roystone.com "CALL AFTER MIDNIGHT" "HELLSFIRE DAMNATION" & "LITTLE SAVAGE" are now available as Singles on ROY STONE .COM

Guitars & songwriting ….

Guitars & songwriting …. BC RICH's are my Guitar of choice because of the whining lead sound, the sound of electric guitars surprisingly enough is made by the density of the wood, they actually produce the same sound unplugged but you cant hear the tone unless you put your ear right next to the strings. The songs are all composed by me, I have written around 300 Rock/Metal songs to date & I think of so many new ideas daily when I busy mixing or rehearsing that a lot of good ones get forgotten. For instance the Track "Baby Doll" was written initially at the top of the stairs, it just came into my head & I stood for about 5 mins working out a solid format & what I wanted to be the prominent sound. Mostly though I work out the front guitar part … what I will be playing live, record that on the studio & archive it for future reference. The lyrics, unless I already have a strong idea are simply what the music "says" to me after repeated listening & the lead guitar is more technical, going from minor to augmented & into major keys mortly, sometimes the backing picks up the these chords but mostly for clarity the backing is very "route note" orientated. I use various guitar electronics, plugged directly in to the power amplifier of a 300w unit that will actually power 8 4 x 12 speaker cabinets, though one speaker cabinet has the power to completely drown out the band! & a small amplifier as stage monitor that I gave "legs" so it can lean back at the appropriate angle. The songs are all written by me, I have written around 300 Rock/Metal songs to date & I think of so many new ideas daily when I busy mixing or rehearsing that a lot of good ones get forgotten. For instance the Track "Baby Doll" was written initially at the top of the stairs, it just came into my head & I stood for about 5 mins working out a solid format & what I wanted to be the prominent sound. Mostly though I work out the front guitar part … what I will be playing live, record that on the studio & archive it for future reference. The lyrics, unless I already have a strong idea are simply what the music "says" to me after repeated listening & the lead guitar is more technical, going from minor to augmented & into major keys mortly, sometimes the backing picks up the these chords but mostly for clarity the backing is very "route note" orientated.

GUITAR MAINTENANCE ....

Restringing all guitars this week, ready for recording, the black Ironbird in the current photo's is done, got the blue Warlock, the red Beast, the green Ibanez & the Warlock Bass still to do, the Bass is a long scale, I cant reach the end when I've got it on ! The guitars all have tremelo systems too so the strings need a great deal of settling in before they will stay in tune, the heavy bottom strings have a huge amount of stretch to lose before they are at a consistant tautness. Five Wah Pedals & Why New Strings…. A bonus from the new effect settings & equipment is that the Wah now has five variations, although an impossible amount of "tap dancing" on the foot switches would be necessary to use them consecutively in one track, for use on a track a time, the five are available. New strings produce double the amount of sound that old ones do, this is because the invisible back of the string gets a groove worn into it by the fret, so the vibration of the string is no longer over the entire length at a uniform thickness. The guitars all have tremelo systems too so the strings need a great deal of settling in before they will stay in tune, the heavy bottom strings have a huge amount of stretch to lose before they are at a consistant tautness. The string that has gone out of tune on tremelo guitars will make the others go the other direction, so a string that is too low can make the other to high, knowing which string is at fault is important because correcting the other will make matters considerably worse. The Guitars all have simple but important modifications, strap positions for balance, bridge settings & pick up adjustments to emphasize certain strings & also to bring a chord sound that complements the EQ settings for the electronics, a harmonic edge is desirable on the 4th & 5th strings in particular, whereas the bottom string sounds better with a drier bite & the 2nd string needs to have bite but also produce a harmonic from emphasis with the plectrum, so the pick ups are set to enhance this pattern. The guitar strap height is set to put the strings at precisely the same wrist position on each guitar, so changes of instrument live don't effect performance but for this reason the Ibanez is not used live for rhythmic tracks because the strings are far higher from the guitar body than on the BC Rich's, causing low string strum difficulty simply because of this difference.

10 Singles ... 21 Downloads

10 Singles ... 21 Downloads http://www.reverbnation.com/store/store/artist_9698?item_type=music

METAL MUSICIANS…..Live Performance

METAL MUSICIANS…..Live Performance I am probably the fastest lead guitar in the world, I sing lead vocals at the same time, I have 5 Albums recorded, an hour & a half of which I have prepared live currently. I have a P.A. System that would do a small festival & a professional recording studio. The music is publicised on-line by ROY STONE .COM & extensively across London UK through many high street promotions. Before I get started on the next Album I would like to ask if any musicians are available for live performance, I can perform it all to a backing recording, which I have been doing for a while now but obviously a full band would have greater opportunities. I need bass & a drummer & simple backing vocals. The instrument electronics are all programmed for precisely the recorded sound live, its not like it…. it is it ! ……..all that's needed is to plug in Check out the music …… http://www.facebook.com/METALROYSTONE/app_2405167945

Pleased to announce that there is a new guitarist, Jay, currently working on rehearsing the live show. 2 Brand New Tracks now play from ROY STONE .COM …… “I LURV ROCK’N’ROLL” & “EVIL EMPIRES” as well as a load of others too! That takes us up to Tr4 of the current Album, another new guitar set up has been created for Track 5 & beyond …..which is HUGE ! …. This will feature on the last six Tracks being recorded, don’t worry it is only a development on the previous effect programming & it doesn’t change the Album route sound halfway through.

OUT NOW "SIDEWINDER" Album from ROY STONE

OUT NOW “SIDEWINDER” Album on CD …. http://www.amazon.com/Sidewinder-ROY-STONE/dp/B005CKI1SQ/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1310686929&sr=1-5

OUT NOW “SIDEWINDER” Albums MP3 Download…. http://www.amazon.com/Sidewinder-ROY-STONE/dp/B005CJQLMK/ref=sr_1_5_digr?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1310686929&sr=1-5

OUT NOW “SIDEWINDER” Album Review …. http://www.roystone.com/roystonepagesidewinder.html

New myspace Blogg updates

New myspace Blogg updates, Album & recording ...... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=116040581

Album progress .....

Finishing off some lyrics today, 4 more to write...
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ESSEX ROCKS !! London & South East UK......
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Pulled in at the last minute again for the
EDGE BARS Live Rock night (more info
on this Gig from the ROCK MATRIX) it
turned out to be a five Band evening in
spite of the original doubts about the
number of Bands & a great evening was
had by all who attended, although
suffering from some monitoring problems
due to a rush decision to leave a small
monitor Amp behind to make more room,
the Gig went well with THE REAPER &
3rd REICH cut from the set to give the
other Bands a little more time to play,
the full set is an hour & 7 mins, so cutting
2 from the already short half hour set
makes the Gig a breeze! although
WAKEN NOSFORATU was a bit of a struggle
because of the previously mentioned lack
of on stage sound. The other Tracks can
mostly be played only hearing the drums
but this track has a lead section that alternates
from f# to e chords quickly & well.....it
probably didn't, at least not in a way that
is faithfull to the recordings & as a faithfull
note for note lead guitarist it is a matter
for some concern.

Hope there's more panic Gigs at THE EDGE
in Romford...
its a great Venue & cool Gig to play every time!

Back to the peacefull undisturbed world of
studio recording for the present, working on
Track 6 presently, a powerfull Thrashy "thang" !
think the Album will be called HELL BOY after
one of the Tracks but it may change as the
Album progresses, working title for now anyway.
The other Tracks are mostly nameless at
present, so STAR CHASER & HELL BOY
are the only to possibles to date.

ROCK MATRIX nights are back on on
Thursdays at Bexleyheaths THE RAT & PARROT,
or IVORY LOUNGE as it is now renamed,
ROY STONE CD's will be available at
ROCK MATRIX Events very soon & the next Album
should be ready for release around July....

BE COOL BE METAAAAL !!

Monday nights stand in Gig......

Monday nights stand in Gig, myspace blog....

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Let there be Rock !!! another track completed, well the music is down...do the vocals later in one big session http://www.roystone.com

New Track "HELLSFIRE DAMNATION" is done mostly, with a mega complex lead guitar section, kick ass verses & a dark reminder of medievil justice. Thats the 3rd song, on track for a new Album in the summer.

Rock Ballad "WARRIOR" is number 12 on the Musicrush Chart.... http://www.musicrush.com

Next Track is a thing called "STONEY GROUND, a moody Power Ballad with lots of jazz chords in the verses but with its roots in Metal in a power chorus & a buzzing lead section.

All current tracks play & dowmload on http://www.musicrush.com/members/274

Got a complex lead guitar section to write, learn & record tommorow....

Part of Hellsfire Damnation, the lead section is over a 6 chord rythm piece but I'm going to tackle it by playing to harmony leads then finishing on key, so I need to learn an 18 key lead section plus obviously playing it in thhe middle of recording quality verses too

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Running through the short live set everyday, Canterbury UK Gig coming up...

Keep the short set to the lower more punchy tuning for short Gigs, the full set has all the Pop Rock too !

Cool interview with Radio Phoenix Tthe Big Noise In Rock Radio at last nights Gig....also great performances from Internal Skars, Callous & Into Exile.

Interview Broadcast date will be posted