Born Of Osiris are currently recording a new album, but I guess a few months ago, guitarist Lee McKinney had enough spare time to put together a pretty killer solo track which he felt wouldn't work for his band. Thus, he decided to just release it under his own name with no vocals and the result is a really fun shred track:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka10b4Nqu8I[/youtube]
You can purchase the track on iTunes but those of you looking for more than just one track will have to wait a bit. Lee's attention is fully on creating new music with Born of Osiris at the moment, but in the press release we got announcing the track he makes it clear that he hopes to not only have more music later this year but also some interesting guest stars:
“The track, ‘Skylasher,' is the first solo guitar instrumental song I’ve created in what will hopefully become a long discography of full-length records from here on out in my music career. Growing up, playing guitar for the past 16 years, releasing solo guitar albums has always been a goal of mine. Listening to 'Ah Via Musicom' by Eric Johnson, 'Perpetual Burn' by Jason Becker, 'Surfing with the Alien' by Joe Satriani, 'Passion and Warfare' by Steve Vai, and many other solo guitar efforts helped plant the dream into my head at an early age.
"This project finally came together during the process of writing the newest Born of Osiris record. To be quite honest, I’ve become a bit of a workaholic off tour when it comes to the studio. After breakfast every morning I get to my studio and sometimes sessions don’t end till much past midnight. Off tour I rarely go out, and I dialed back on the partying a lot to be able to balance more musical projects in my life. This is now the third musical project I have on my plate, and to be able to balance them all and give my best effort to each one, this kind of work ethic is necessary now in my mind.
"The most fun part about creating this song was that it was limitless when it came to options. I like to keep Born of Osiris fun, live, bouncy, energetic, epic and groovy. While some of my solo stuff will also share these elements, I finally feel like I can get as odd and crazy as I want too! The ideas I already have for the debut album are whacky as hell and I can’t wait to bring them to life. Players like Mattias Eklundh and Guthrie Govan are perfect examples of how insane you can get on solo guitar records these days, and I intend to join the ranks of these guys pushing the limits of guitar to the next level.
"As far as this first solo album goes, I will begin the writing process for it immediately after finishing tracking for the new Born of Osiris album. I’ve made a ton of insanely talented musical friends in the past 8 years of touring, and I plan on featuring as many of them as possible on the album. I don’t feel like enough musicians are collaborating in this music scene. There’s so much cool collaboration potential out there, and I want to take full advantage of it."
This looks like it'll be a busy year for Lee. We look forward to hearing his output.
