Decoding Buckethead

The album is dedicated to Stan Diamond, Buckethead's lawyer for his years of support. The album is often compared to Colma or Electric Tears due to its easy-going feel and calm songs, however it showcase some heaviness and baritone guitars otherwise absent from some of his previous works mentioned before.

Superfreak guitarist Buckethead is known at least as much for his bizarre sartorial choices (his stage name comes from his penchant for wearing both a mask and a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head whenever appearing in public) as for his guitar playing, although taken as a whole, his music is actually quite a bit stranger and more original than his image. The bucket remains pretty much the same at all times, whereas his playing is all over the freaking place. With Praxis he contributed white-hot shards of speed metal to what was essentially a funk and dub project; he stuck to heavy rock & roll with a short-lived version of Guns N' Roses. But on his solo work, his approach is often much mellower and more approachable, at times approaching (though, thank heaven, never crossing over entirely into) the realms of the new age. Electric Tears is fairly typical in that regard…

Buckethead, born Brian Patrick Carroll on May 13, 1969, is a highly eclectic guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, known for his eccentricities, such as literally wearing a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head. With over 150 studio albums, Buckethead has collaborated with dozens of other artists, including Les Claypool and film actor Viggo Mortensen. In addition, he has composed and performed music for a number of major motion pictures, including Saw II, Mortal Kombat, and Beverly Hills Ninja. This expansive curriculum vitae has earned Buckethead a place on various lists of distinguished guitarists, including Guitar World's 25 All-Time Weirdest Guitarists.

"Colma" is the fourth studio album by guitarist Buckethead. The album was recorded for Buckethead's mother because she was sick with colon cancer, and he wanted to make an album which she would enjoy listening to while recovering. The title of the album makes reference to the small town of Colma near San Francisco, California, where the dead population outnumber the living by thousands to one. While the previous albums saw Buckethead focusing on his guitar playing skills and guest DJ electronica, "Colma" is a totally different beast focusing on his sensual and tender side. The album is all acoustic and totally based on beautiful and melancholic melodies as the basis for the songwriting.

Buckethead, born Brian Patrick Carroll on May 13, 1969, is a highly eclectic guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, known for his eccentricities, such as literally wearing a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head. With over 150 studio albums, Buckethead has collaborated with dozens of other artists, including Les Claypool and film actor Viggo Mortensen. In addition, he has composed and performed music for a number of major motion pictures, including Saw II, Mortal Kombat, and Beverly Hills Ninja. This expansive curriculum vitae has earned Buckethead a place on various lists of distinguished guitarists, including Guitar World's 25 All-Time Weirdest Guitarists.

Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American multi-instrumental musician who has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans many genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. He performs primarily as a solo artist, though he has collaborated extensively with a wide variety of high-profile artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, That 1 Guy, and Bassnectar, and was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He has released 314 studio albums, four special releases, and one EP. He has also performed on more than 50 other albums by other artists.

Daniel Schnyder - Decoding the Message (1990) {Enja Records - ENJA-6036 2}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Third Stream / Contemporary Jazz / Saxophone

A Zurich, Switzerland, native, composer, flutist, and saxophonist Daniel Schnyder is as comfortable and gifted with classical chamber music as with avant-garde jazz, easily crossing between both significant genres of music. He originally studied flute in his homeland at the Conservatory of Winterthur. After moving to the United States, he switched to the Berklee College of Music in Boston and began to study jazz arranging, composition, and the saxophone. He has worked with Lew Soloff, Lee Konitz, Abdullah Ibrahim, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and many others over the years.