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| "Finger Noise" is a fire-and-ice mix of acoustic flamenco guitar, world rhythm and percussion, rock guitar chops. Weiss continues to expand his guitar direction by fronting a five-piece band with his classical guitar while playing a red hot, Santana-inspired blend of newflamenco and Latin guitar music. Born in Syracuse, NY to a Chinese mother from Trinidad and a Jewish father from the Bronx, Weiss studied classical guitar at Western Washington University in the late 70s and early 80s, and spent a good part of the 80s playing lead guitar on the Canadian club circuit with hard rock acts. |
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In the 90s, he began composing original music for solo classical and acoustic guitar and self-released an instrumental guitar CD, and today he fronts a five-piece band playing Santana and Jack Johnson covers alongside his originals. Weiss explores unusual territory with his selection of songs and choice of instrumentation. This is evident in his current band lineup, consisting of two classical-electric guitars (played by Weiss and Baron Kim), fretless bass (Jim Lowry), drums/percussion (Nathan Matson) and percussion/multi-instruments (harmonica, guitar, maracas, all played by Daniel DePaola). Although the band initially began as an instrumental group modeled after the new flamenco and Latin music of Ottmar Liebert, Jesse Cook, and Oscar Lopez, Weiss has added soulful two-part vocal harmonies between him and DePaola over the bed of smooth Latin guitar- and percussion-driven grooves.
Following on the success of his 1999 self-released solo effort Finger Noise CD, a regionally aclaimed album, Weiss has expanded his act from solo to a fuller ensemble sound featuring what he is locally known for, the warm sweet tone of the nylon-string guitar. "Burning Cold" is the title track of Weiss' latest 4-song EP, which along with Weiss full-length Finger Noise solo CD is available at most local record stores, online at the links below, or at any of their live shows. |
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| http://www.cdbaby.com http://www.guitar9.com/fingernoise http://www.mp3.com/dweiss http://www.bima.com/lsb |
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