Jason LaRoy lives in the Denver, Colorado area and has been playing guitar for over 20 years. Originally influenced by more typical styles such as hard rock and metal, his interests have expanded over the years and he now plays music from a myriad of genres. During the late 1990's he achieved a significant level of success in the music industry with a band called The Quiet Room, who were signed to Metal Blade Records and sold thousands of discs world wide, touring internationally. Though much of his creative effort has been devoted to rock and metal styles, he has always had a fascination with acoustic music and its more natural, intimate feel.
With clever lyrics and an emotional, sometimes dark and subtly sarcastic delivery, this debut disc is sure to please.
His playing of acoustic guitar is somewhat unorthodox in that he plays many of his songs using both hands on the fretboard, though not in the typical tapping style that has been popularized by so many rock guitarists in years past. He calls it slap/tap technique but has also referred to it as the anything goes technique. Of this technique he says, "I don't believe that there is one right way to approach playing the guitar." This is not to say that Jason hasn't studied traditional playing. In fact he has spent many years studying various styles of playing, including jazz, classical, blues, and rock. He also teaches guitar to students of all ages and abilities. While grounded in traditional theory and technique, Jason's approach to the guitar is more direct and intuitive. "There are just too many guitarists that are hindered by what they perceive as the correct way to play." This theory is put into practice when he plays live. It is just as likely that he'll be thumping the guitar like a drum, or slapping and popping the strings like a bass as strumming a chord. He is also a fan of looping. "I am constantly amazed at the doors that are opened to me when I use looping technology."
Of his influences he says "I have drawn from many different styles to create my own style. I love music in general and refuse to neglect any piece of music based on the genre in which it falls. From metal bands like Slipknot to more folk-rooted music like The Indigo Girls to rap artists like Jurassic 5, I can find something I like and draw inspiration from it. I once heard a prominent producer say that people spend too much time waiting around for inspiration to find them, instead I make inspiration happen. I adhere to that type of thinking wholeheartedly!"
Listeners attempting to categorize Jason's music according to genre or style will likely be confounded. But then genre and style labels have never been much more than marketing tools created by music industry magnates to increase sales and target audiences. Music, after all, should be about blurring and deconstructing boundaries rather than creating and reinforcing them.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.jasonlaroy.com
Track List:
1. Useless
2. Every Day
3. Thumb Knuckle
4. Fred (For a Moment)
5. In the Eye
6. Where I am
7. Life on the Set
8. Shouldn't we Know
9. Money or Time
10. Starting to Show intro
11. Starting to Show
12. Ali's Here
13. Circle of Doube
14. A Beautiful Tomorrow
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
With clever lyrics and an emotional, sometimes dark and subtly sarcastic delivery, this debut disc is sure to please.
His playing of acoustic guitar is somewhat unorthodox in that he plays many of his songs using both hands on the fretboard, though not in the typical tapping style that has been popularized by so many rock guitarists in years past. He calls it slap/tap technique but has also referred to it as the anything goes technique. Of this technique he says, "I don't believe that there is one right way to approach playing the guitar." This is not to say that Jason hasn't studied traditional playing. In fact he has spent many years studying various styles of playing, including jazz, classical, blues, and rock. He also teaches guitar to students of all ages and abilities. While grounded in traditional theory and technique, Jason's approach to the guitar is more direct and intuitive. "There are just too many guitarists that are hindered by what they perceive as the correct way to play." This theory is put into practice when he plays live. It is just as likely that he'll be thumping the guitar like a drum, or slapping and popping the strings like a bass as strumming a chord. He is also a fan of looping. "I am constantly amazed at the doors that are opened to me when I use looping technology."
Of his influences he says "I have drawn from many different styles to create my own style. I love music in general and refuse to neglect any piece of music based on the genre in which it falls. From metal bands like Slipknot to more folk-rooted music like The Indigo Girls to rap artists like Jurassic 5, I can find something I like and draw inspiration from it. I once heard a prominent producer say that people spend too much time waiting around for inspiration to find them, instead I make inspiration happen. I adhere to that type of thinking wholeheartedly!"
Listeners attempting to categorize Jason's music according to genre or style will likely be confounded. But then genre and style labels have never been much more than marketing tools created by music industry magnates to increase sales and target audiences. Music, after all, should be about blurring and deconstructing boundaries rather than creating and reinforcing them.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.jasonlaroy.com
Track List:
1. Useless
2. Every Day
3. Thumb Knuckle
4. Fred (For a Moment)
5. In the Eye
6. Where I am
7. Life on the Set
8. Shouldn't we Know
9. Money or Time
10. Starting to Show intro
11. Starting to Show
12. Ali's Here
13. Circle of Doube
14. A Beautiful Tomorrow
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- ROCK: Acoustic
- ROCK: Jam-band
- FEATURING GUITAR