February 13, 2019 by jedibunny - 0 comments

Five Weeks Away… Meet the Tilted Axes Detroit Artists

Electric Guitars: Patrick Grant, Jeff Adams, Aileen Bunch (Philadelphia), Jude Closson, Christoph Götzen (Düsseldorf), Erik Grant, John Halo (NYC), Bob Kaufman, James Keith La Croix, John Lovaas (Chicago), James McGlinnen, Chris McGorey, Chris Simpson, and Gerard Smith

Baritone Ukelele: Frank Pahl

Electric Bass: Aaron Butler (Columbus), Alex Durante (Washington D.C.), and Sarah Metevier Schadt (Chicago)

Percussion: Skeeto Valdez, Zac Bru, and Gael Grant

Associate Producer: Jocelyn Gonzales (NYC)

Stage Manager: Rob Knevels

The Detroit Music Awards

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It was an honor to be nominated for Outstanding Classical Recording in The Detroit Music Awards and my warmest congratulations to winner The Detroit Symphony Orchestra for their recording of Aaron Copland‘s “Symphony No. 3.”

I mean, who wouldn’t be humbled to step aside for the work that contains “Fanfare for the Common Man“?

#thumbsup !!!

April 30, 2018 by jedibunny - 0 comments

Echoes and Dust (UK) Interview with Patrick Grant

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The creator of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars discusses his recent album A Sequence of Waves and his Detroit Music Awards nomination for Outstanding Classical Recording.

“Only classical compositions and that kind of inter-related album architecture could pull together elements of rock, world, and techno into a cohesive whole that goes beyond mere pastiche and that is integrated into its core.” Ljubinko Zivkovic chats to experimental / prog musician Patrick Grant.

Read the complete interview HERE

September 4, 2017 by PGrant - 0 comments

“DETROIT INDUSTRY” by Diego Rivera, music by Patrick Grant

2 of 3 (electric guitar version), The Diego Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts, music © 2013 by Patrick Grant, performed by Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars and recorded as “Rivera Court” ℗ 2016 PGM1601 (ASCAP). Premiered March 20, 2013 at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI