Tune in on Facebook Live to Watch Sold-Out Roland/BOSS Andy Summers Event at the GRAMMY Museum® on Thursday, March 23
Special event, presented by Roland and BOSS, marks the debut of new album Triboluminescence by legendary guitarist from The Police
Los Angeles, CA, March 22, 2017
— Tickets for legendary multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning guitarist Andy
Summers performing live at the GRAMMY Museum® on Thursday, March 23,
2017, are officially sold out, but fans around the world can be part of
the evening by tuning in to the Roland/BOSS Facebook Live stream here:
https://www.facebook.com/BOSS/videos/10155151148298588/.
The event, presented by Roland and BOSS, will feature an intimate solo
performance, conversation, and multimedia presentation by the legendary
guitarist from The Police, who is also an award-winning songwriter,
composer, and noted photographer.
GRAMMY Foundation Vice
President Scott Goldman will host a conversation with Summers and the
audience about Summers’ illustrious career and new album, Triboluminescence
(set for release by Flickering Shadow Productions on March 24). Summers
will perform selections from the new album in addition to a
presentation of original photography by Summers, who will also provide a
live, improvised solo guitar “soundtrack” that will accompany the
presentation. Viewers of the Facebook Live stream will be able to
contribute their questions as part of the comment section.
Triboluminescence is Summers’ 14th
solo album, and is a collection of nine new tracks reflecting the style
that he has evocatively dubbed “New Exotic.” It reflects Summers’
penchant for endless layers, rich tone, sound loops, and his love of
jazz. The tracks showcase his abilities not only as a guitarist, but as a
drummer and percussionist as well.
Summers, who was
recently presented with the Roland and BOSS Lifetime Achievement award,
reflected on the gear he used to record his new album and some that will
shape his sound during his upcoming performance, noting, “Most of the
drum tracks [on the new album] are on the Roland TD-20 drum kit. The
beauty of it is that you can try different snare drums, different kits,
you can move around, you can sort of mix it up.” For the guitar sounds,
he shared, “On ‘Elephant Bird,’ we used the distortion in the Roland
VG-99. It’s just a superb lead guitar sound, and I’ve used it for quite a
while now. We just never seem to be able to beat it; it’s a very nice,
slight overdrive sustain; it’s got elegance to it. The first track, ‘If
Anything,’ for instance, has got this soaring guitar like a soprano
singer. Whenever I want to play that kind of liquid lead style, that’s
the sound I almost always go for.” A longtime BOSS pedal user, he says,
“I used a classic one from the ‘80s called VB-2 [Vibrato], a CS-1
Compressor Sustainer, and I have the new Waza Craft CE-2W Chorus.”
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Photo Credit: Mo Summers
About Andy Summers
Multi GRAMMY® Award-winning artist ANDY SUMMERS
rose to fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s as the guitarist of the
legendary award-winning, multi-million-selling rock band The Police,
recognized as the most successful and critically acclaimed group of the
era. SUMMERS’ innovative guitar sound was a key
element of the band’s popularity, creating a new paradigm for guitarists
that has been widely imitated in the decades since.
Not one to ever rest on his laurels, SUMMERS
launched a prolific solo career that continues to this day, positioning
him on the cutting edge of musical innovation – all the while following
his passion for music as he keeps diligently busy writing, touring and
recording in the studio.
His
awards and honors include induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame and the Guitar Player Hall of Fame, multiple GRAMMY® Awards, the
Prog Guiding Light award in 2016, the Roland & BOSS Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2017, the Key to New York City, an honorary
doctorate from Bournemouth University, the Chevalier De L’Ordre Des Arts
et Des Lettres by the government of France, and dozens of other
accolades. For more information, visit http://andysummers.com/
About Roland Corporation
Roland Corporation
is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical
instruments, including keyboards and synthesizers, guitar products,
electronic percussion, digital recording equipment, amplifiers, audio
processors, and multimedia products. With more than 40 years of musical
instrument development, Roland sets the standard in music technology for
the world to follow. For more information, visit www.Roland.com or see your local Roland dealer.
About The GRAMMY Museum®
The
GRAMMY Museum is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
created as a partnership between The Recording Academy and AEG. Paying
tribute to music's rich cultural history, the 21st century Museum
explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music, the
creative process, the art and technology of the recording process, and
the history of the GRAMMY Awards, the premier recognition of excellence
in recorded music. The GRAMMY Museum features 30,000 square feet of
interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, with four floors of
dynamic and engaging multimedia presentations, and is located within
L.A. LIVE, the downtown Los Angeles sports, entertainment and
residential district. Through thought-provoking and dynamic public and
educational programs and exhibits, guests will experience music from a
never-before-seen insider perspective that only the GRAMMY Museum can
deliver. In addition to its Los Angeles location, the Museum opened its
first GRAMMY Museum outside of Los Angeles in Cleveland, Miss., in March
2016. Also in 2016, the Museum opened the GRAMMY Museum Gallery® at
Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. In January 2017 the Museum
announced its plans to open the first international GRAMMY Museum in
Sanya, China, within the next three years. Later this year the Museum
will debut the GRAMMY Museum Experience™ Prudential Center in Newark,
N.J. For more information, please call 213-765-6800 or visit
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