The Music Of Tony Dickinson
The Music Of Tony Dickinson. Solos, techno, metal, classical, orchestral, video games
Damnation of Surf (Pipeline, Miserlou & Wipeout) Damnation of Surf (Pipeline, Miserlou & Wipeout)
A metal medley of 3 of the most popular surf instrumentals ever: "Pipeline," "Miserlou" and "Wipeout"
An Enchanting Variance in Perception An Enchanting Variance in Perception
This song is my first major Jazz/Fusion production. It has a very distinct Latin flavor, thick with percussion. This song is really 4 songs rolled into 1, the intro Latin 'jam-session,' a mello slow-down that transitions into a hard rock shred sessio
A Coelo Usque Ad Cetrum (Actraiser Cover) A Coelo Usque Ad Cetrum (Actraiser Cover)
Tony Dickinson: Rhythm Guitars, Lead Guitars, Bass, Programming, Arrangement Mathew Harradine: Lead Guitars Chris Feener: Lead Guitars This song is the 3rd place track from the Dwelling of Duels MAGFest 7 competition. The theme was 'Sidescroller
Sonic Gargles with Garden Marbles Sonic Gargles with Garden Marbles
This tune I made for the Dwelling of Duels competition for November 2008. It's a funky remix of 'Marble Garden Zone' from the game 'Sonic 3'. Special guest GuitarBizarre has a solo.
Hell March to the Apocalypse (C&C:RA1 and 2 Cover) Hell March to the Apocalypse (C&C:RA1 and 2 Cover)
A cover of the classic 'Hell March' song from Red Alert and it's sequel song from Red Alert 2, plus a complete orchestral score written by yours truly. Many of the riffs are the same, orchestra is original.
My name is Tony Dickinson. I play guitar in a band called Sylva (it's my primary band, and is where most of my musical focus is aimed), which is an Alternative Rock outfit with a Funk twist.
Other projects include:
-Shadow Cast [Instrument: Bass] (my primary band from 2003-2008, was my main music focus)
-Shame [Instrument: Bass] (the first band I was in, which we later took members from and fused with the first incarnation of Shadow Cast)
-Mephitic Miasma [Instruments: Bass, Guitar, Drums, Keyboards] (my internet-music project with my good buddy, Jacob Lacy a.k.a. Reaper Of Hate)
-Preserved Moose [Instruments: Bass, Guitar, Drums, Keyboards] (my internet-music project with Mike Morgado)
-Lords of The Eternal Annulment of Continuance [Instruments: Bass, Guitar, Drums, Keyboards] (the result of the fusing of Mephitic Miasma with Preserved Moose with a new additions, GuitarBizarre)
-A New Cover Band [Instrument: Guitar] (hasn't started yet, been planning it out for a while, line-up will hopefully consist of my fellow Shadow Cast bandmates, Travis Moberg and John Wilkins, doing Vocals and Guitar/Keyboards, respectively, with buddies Nick Layne and Ricky Shine, hitting up Drums and Bass, respectively. We will covering bands such as Muse, A Perfect Circle, Ill Niño, Breaking Benjamin, Incubus, Dream Theater and Megadeth.Tony Dickinson [2004- ] (all instruments, programming, composition and arrangements)Have you performed in front of an audience?My influences range from Classical, to Jazz, to Funk, to Disco, to Techno, to Rock, to Metal, to Video Game Soundtracks, and many others...(I'm also starting to really get into the "dark classical" style, a la Danny Elfman)
Specific Bands/Artists (in no particular order):
Megadeth, Metallica, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Muse, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Symphony X, Nile, Nevermore, Children Of Bodom, Malice Mizer, Howard Drossin, Nobuo Uematsu, Akira Yamaoka, Yasunori Mitsuda, Jun Senoue, Bobby Brooks, Brad Buxer, Darryl Ross, Doug Grigsby III, Geoff Grace, Scirocco, (last six guys were actually part of Michael Jackson's composing team circa 1994) Masato Nakamura, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Joseph Haydn, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Stu Hamm, Shawn Lane, Mattias IA Eklundh, Paul Gilbert, and more which I can't think of at the moment.-Main Computer: ADK 1Q SR, Penryn 2.4 GHz Duo Core, 4GB
-Secondary Computer: Dell Dimension 4500, Intel Pentium 4: 2.0GHz, 1GB RAM
-Software:
Recording: Cubase SX 3, Nuendo 3
Sequencing: Cubase SX 3, FLStudio 8
Composing/Arranging: Guitar Pro, Finale 2007, FLStudio
-Instrument Plugins: DFH Superior 1 and 2.0, EWQL Colossus, EWQLSO Gold/Pro XP, EWQL Symphonic Choirs, EWQL RA, EWQL Stormdrum, NI Pro 53, NI FM7, NI B4 II, Misc. Plugins in FLStudio, RealFont 2.1 (for playback purposes only)
Hardware: PreSonus Firepod, Line 6 POD X3 Live
Mics: Shure Sm57 and Sm58, various CAD mics
Instruments: ESP LTD Ex-250 (Primary Guitar), B.C. Rich Bronze Series (Baritone/Extra Guitar), Ibanez SDGR SR506 (6-string Bass), Yamaha RBX-775 (5-string Bass), Ibanez SR300DX (4-string Bass)