Viewpoint – Raz Rassel

Rules is a hard rock electric guitar instrumental by Raz Rassel. Raz originally wrote and recorded the song in 1987 with vocals, but this version was recorded in 2001 without vocals. The plan was to add the vocals back in, but it never happened. To record this song, Raz used a 2000 Ibanez Joe Satriani…

Never Forget is a 2001 hard rock guitar instrumental by Raz Rassel. Raz recorded the song using a 2000 Ibanez Joe Satriani JS1000 electric guitar and an Orange Rockerverb 50 MKII tube amplifier with an Orange 2×12 closed-back speaker cabinet.

Solitude is a Hard Rock instrumental song by Raz Rassel. Raz credits the electric guitar influence to Yngwie Malmsteen. Raz recorded the instrumental in 1994, using a 1987 Kramer Focus 3000 with EMG 81/85, a Marshall JCM 800 amplifier through a Fender Bassman 4×12 custom speaker cabinet, and a Tom Scholz Rockman.

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…

Stone is a hard rock electric guitar instrumental by Raz Rassel. The song was recorded with the intent to record vocals at a later date. Credit for the guitar influences goes to Van Halen, ACDC, and Eric Johnson. Raz recorded this song in 2001 using a 2000 Ibanez Joe Satriani JS1000 electric guitar and an…