Infatuated – Raz Rassel
A rock/jazz instrumental by Raz Rassel. Raz recorded this instrumental in 1995, using a 1987 Kramer Focus 3000, a Marshall JCM 800 amplifier through a Fender Bassman 4×12 speaker cabinet.
I Scream Sunday
I Scream Sunday is a hard rock song by Raz Rassel. The guitars and music were influenced by Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. To record this song, Raz used a 1976 Gibson SG Standard electric guitar on an Orange Rockerverb 50 MKII tube amplifier with an Orange 2×12 closed-back speaker cabinet.
Viewpoint – Raz Rassel
A synth rock / orchestral styled instrumental by Raz Rassel. Recorded in 2001 in New York City.
Frosting Rules – Raz Rassel
Frosting Rules by Raz Rassel. This is what happens when I’m left alone on a Saturday afternoon with a 6 pack of Negra Modelo. Frosting Rules is a heavy metal song concept inspired by Black Sabbath and Ronnie James Dio. These are all first takes to develop a song concept, but I never touched the…
Gangster’s Ball – Jazz Guitar Instrumental
Gangster’s Ball by Raz Rassel is a 1991 smooth jazz instrumental experiment. I recorded it in 1991 on a Fostex X-18 Multitrack Tape Recorder. The instrumentation includes a horn section, which was created using a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. This synthesizer sampling technology has clearly come a long way since ’92. My electric guitar was a…
Cant Stop, Oh No – Raz Rassel
Can’t Stop, Oh No by Raz Rassel. This is a power ballad recorded on an old-school 4track cassette multi-track recorder in 1993. This is before Auto-tune. I used a Digitech Vocalist for backing vocals, which was one of the first vocal harmonizers released commercially. The guitar used was my 1987 Kramer Focus 3000 (which I…