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Tony MacAlpine (born August 29, 1960) is an American musician and composer. In a career spanning three decades and twelve studio albums, he is best known as an instrumental rock solo guitarist, although he has worked with many different bands and musicians in guest appearances and collaborations. ==Biography== Having started playing piano at the age of five〔Prokofiev, Dane (2012-10-06). (An Interview with Tony MacAlpine (6th October, 2012)" ). YouTube. Retrieved 2012-10-19.〕〔("Tony MacAlpine Interview" ). The Prog Report. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-10.〕 and guitar at twelve, MacAlpine studied classical music for a number of years at the Springfield Conservatory of Music in Massachusetts, as well as various music programs at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.〔("Tony MacAlpine Biography" ). tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2012-10-11.〕〔Reffett, Dave (2011-10-08). ("Interview: Tony MacAlpine Discusses Gear and Tone and Answers Readers' Questions" ). ''Guitar World''. NewBay Media. Retrieved 2012-10-11.〕 One of his musical influences is Frédéric Chopin, to whom he pays homage in his interpretations of the latter's études, which are featured on the majority of his studio albums.〔 Together with his first studio releases, ''Edge of Insanity'' (1986) and ''Maximum Security'' (1987), he had a prominent role on other works during the popular shred era, including keyboard performances on the debut albums of fellow guitarists Vinnie Moore (''Mind's Eye'', 1986) and Joey Tafolla (''Out of the Sun'', 1987). Soon after his own debut, he played guitar in a heavy metal supergroup named M.A.R.S. (an acronym for MacAlpine/Aldridge/Rock/Sarzo), which resulted in the 1986 album ''Project: Driver''. As part of a band effort named 'MacAlpine', ''Eyes of the World'' was released in 1990 as a more commercially-oriented attempt to emulate other hard rock acts at the time.〔Sword, Brian (2014-07-27). ("Tony MacAlpine Interview - The Double Stop Podcast Episode 24" ). The Double Stop. Event occurs at time 15:54–18:51. Retrieved 2014-08-04〕 The venture was short-lived, and his subsequent album ''Freedom to Fly'' (1992) was a return to his instrumental-based work. A further consecutive string of instrumental albums followed throughout the 1990s, most of them through the renowned Shrapnel Records label: ''Madness'' (1993), ''Premonition'' (1994), ''Evolution'' (1995) and ''Violent Machine'' (1996). For his last album of the decade, ''Master of Paradise'' (1999), MacAlpine briefly assumed singing duties in an effort to experiment with different styles.〔 After the release of ''Chromaticity'' in August 2001, he took an extended hiatus from recording solo albums and worked with a variety of other musicians and bands, most notably with supergroups CAB and Ring of Fire. Nearly a decade later, in June 2011, he released his self-titled eleventh studio album through guitarist Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. In the early to mid-2000s, MacAlpine took on a dual role playing both guitar and keyboards in Vai's touring band The Breed. He is featured on the band's DVD release ''Live at the Astoria London'' (2003), along with two DVDs of the G3 tour: ''G3: Live in Denver'' (2004) and ''G3: Live in Tokyo'' (2005). During that time, he was the guitarist for progressive metal supergroup Planet X, alongside keyboardist Derek Sherinian and drummer Virgil Donati. He played with them for three albums in the first part of the decade—''Universe'' (2000), ''Live from Oz'' (2002) and ''MoonBabies'' (2002)—and rejoined them in 2009 for a string of live performances, and at that time a possible new album.〔Pavlichko, Matt (2011-07-07). ("Interview: Tony MacAlpine on His New Self-Titled Solo Album" ). ''Guitar World''. NewBay Media. Retrieved 2012-10-11.〕 His most recent collaborations have included Seven the Hardway, a progressive metal group with whom he released their self-titled album in 2010,〔Hodgson, Peter (2010-08-10). ("Interview: Tony MacAlpine of Seven The Hardway" ). I Heart Guitar. Retrieved 2012-10-11.〕 and a guest appearance on Sherinian's seventh studio album ''Oceana'' (2011). In the second half of 2012, MacAlpine toured Europe and Asia as part of PSMS (Portnoy/Sheehan/MacAlpine/Sherinian), an instrumental supergroup.〔〔("Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine, Sherinian To Tour Europe and Asia, Fall 2012" ). tonymacalpine.com. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-10-11.〕〔Cavuoto, Rob (December 2013). ("Tony MacAlpine Interview: New DVD Release Live In Tokyo" ). ''Guitar International''. Retrieved 2014-03-01.〕 ''Instrumental Inspirations'', a DVD of their live material, was released October 21, 2012.〔("Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine, Sherinian DVD – Coming Oct 21!" ) tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2013-02-19.〕 Additionally, in an October 2012 interview, he stated that he was working on new studio material (one of them being a "strictly classical record" recorded solely on piano), as well as a new album with Ring of Fire.〔 ''Battle of Leningrad'', Ring of Fire's fourth studio album, was released on January 28, 2014.〔("Virtuoso Supergroup Ring Of Fire Returns With Brand New Album" ). Blabbermouth. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-03-01.〕 MacAlpine's twelfth studio album, ''Concrete Gardens'', was released on April 21, 2015.〔(""Concrete Gardens" - Out Now!" ). tonymacalpine.com. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-04-25.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony MacAlpine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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