Contains mp3 samples of music created by Jack Madeja.
The style
Inspiration
Equipment
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Jack Madejas style lean toward a guitar oriented progressive metal with heavy guitars, blistering
solos, dynamic and brutal song, all that emphasized by a thunderous drums. Most of this tunes
has a unique style with lot of strange harmony and odd rhythms. Most lyrics
are inspired by a fantasy and science fiction worlds.
Jacks musical inspiration streches from Classical Music to Heavy Metal. The earliest influences was
probably groups like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Accept, Jethro Tull, Rush, with many more.
Later came guitar players like Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, White Zombie and Di Meola, together with
classical influences from Mahler, Berlioz, Bruckner, Mozart, J.S. Bach, Dowland, Händel, Paganini,
Pärt, Schnittke, mm.
Guitars: Parker Nitefly, Ibanez Artist and Acoustic Fender Balboa.
Amps: Yamaha DG130. Music Man 212HD with Marshall speaker emulator. Boss GT-3.
Speakers: Two 4x12 cabinets with Celestion speakers.
Synthesizers: Mainly Roland GR-33 guitar synth controled with GK-2A mic from guitar.
Pulsar XTC synths and samplers, Gigasampler.
Effects: Boss GT-3 and other Boss pedals. E-bow. Effects on Yamaha DSP Factory and Pulsar XTC
Recording: Yamaha DSP Factory DS2416 with AX44 and Turtle Beach Pinnacle. Mackie mixer.
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Brave New World
2
Eyes Of A Broken Child
3
Clown Smell Gasoline
4
A Day At Work
5
If I Only Had A Heart
6
Inquisitive
7
March Of Giant Dwarfs
8
The Human Complex
9
Mercurian Sunrise
10
Procession Of Fools
11
Alien Encounter
12
Awakening
13
Shine You Diamond, Shine
14
Cassandra
15
Humanized Dance From Procyon IV
16
Hands of the Gray
17
From Plough To Sword
18
Birthday Etude
19
And The Whales Fly
20
Lost Days
21
Darkness Of My Heart
22
Blood Of Liquid Iron
23
In Haze
24
Loud n Proud
25
Night In The Center Of The Sun
26
Sacred Wineyards
27
Order Of The Dragon
28
Ninharsag - The Lady Of The Mountain
29
The Myth Of Zu
30
Plea Of Innocence
31
Shadow Of Kyros Empire
32
The Inner Door
33
Aftermath
Brave New World
A progressive piece of music, with lot of harmonies, tempo changes and good melodies.
There's are lot of mood changes in here.
This piece has been posted as two consequent pieces at
www.guitarwar.com
rec: 2002-01-02 to 2000-02-24
Eyes Of A Broken Child
One day I just felt for some Brazilian samba rhythms. I got into a bit sad mood, my mind wondered
to homless children on Brazilian streets, and out came this song.
rec: 2002-05-13
Clown Smell Gasoline
A very abstract tune with strange harmonies and rhtym. This a horrow, musical circus.
This song has been issued at Best of Guitar War 2001
rec: 2000-06-24 to 2000-10-26
A Day At Work
A Day At Work shows the tempo and stress I have to get thru during couple of hectic days as system developer.
rec: 2002-03-20
If I Only Had A Heart
A fast tune with melodic solo and good rhythm breaks.
rec: 2001-11-03
Inquisitive
One of the few song with main stream character in melody leading.
rec: 2001-09-26
March Of Giant Dwarfs
Heavy marching theme, with minor sounding, heavy rhythms, sweat solos and strange sounds.
rec: 2001-08-22
The Human Complex
Alien thema with guitar speaking alien language. This is a alien beeing trying to be human.
rec: 2001-07-18
Mercurian Sunrise
A strange piece with melody, disharmony and harmony, mixed with quick changes and blistering solos.
rec: 2001-03-14
Procession Of Fools
Heavy, procession like and very melodic piece. All that changes into joyful, light melody.
rec: 2001-05-15
Alien Encounter
A very progressive piece of music, with lot of harmonies, wild screems
and tempo changes.
This piece has been posted as three consequent pieces at
www.guitarwar.com
This song has been issued at Best of Guitar War 2000
rec: 2000-09-23 to 2000-10-26
Awakening
Slow and short tune with majestic pace and almost nationalistic mood. It was
done with
simplicity and melody in first hand. One of the favourites on
www.garageband.com.
rec: 2001-03-27
Shine You Diamond, Shine
A heavy metal song with lot of steam, heavy guitars and evil song.
In a land of alien races
man became slave...
until he found magic in a diamond.
rec: 1999-03-14
Cassandra
A tune writen for my beautiful 2,5 year old daughter Cassandra. This is
very light minded tune. Lot of melody and harmony in here. One of the
favourites on www.garageband.com.
rec: 2001-01-22
Humanized Dance From Procyon IV
This is a very extreme tune with lot of odd rhythms and
harmonies. It's all about a race of winged humanoids, very warlike creatures
with predilection for dangerous air dances.
This piece has been posted as three
consequent pieces at
www.guitarwar.com
rec: 2001-03-23
Hands of the Gray
A short, rhythmic piece with Starts with some surprises.
rec: 2000-10-30
From Plough To Sword
Light and darkness side by side. War and Piece. Ying and Yang....
rec: 2000-10-14
Birthday Etude
A short, melodic tune with classical feeling writen during my birthday 20
sept.
rec: 2000-09-20
And The Whales Fly
A total frenzy electric guitar piece.
This was writen as a quick solo for
www.guitarwar.com
rec: 2000-09-10
Lost Days
A soft piece of music, pure emotions.
rec: 2000-12-01
Darkness Of My Heart
A metal song about a danger of becoming a God.
Still I'm looking in to my eyes
where the sun has never reach
In the darkness of my heart.
rec: 2000-06-13
Blood Of Liquid Iron
Melodic progressive metal with influence from fantasy world. It
describes a rather frightening heavy creature, with flesh that remains of metal
and temperature of several thousand degrees. It's not a robot, it's just an
alien being with very different constitution.
rec: 2001-04-08
In Haze
An experimental blues piece with moaning guitars.
rec: 2001-01-10
Loud n Proud
A heavy metal song with strange rhythm, heavy guitars and raw song. This is
about
a man without hope and with hate boiling out to the strange creatures around
him.
Long and Lazy
Little and Loud
Fat and Fulsome
Pretty and Proud
rec: 2000-01-07
Night In The Center Of The Sun
Heavy rhythm with sweet melody and some chaos in the middle
rec: 2000-11-21
Sacred Wineyards
A very soft piece of music, based on one of my oldest tunes.
rec: 2000-11-25
Order Of The Dragon
Hold your hat folks! This is dragon speed with monks on his back
rec: 2000-11-14
Ninharsag - The Lady Of The Mountain
A improvised piece with inspiration from ancient Sumerian tablets.
Its about the Sumerian goddess Ninharsag. A piece with oriental feeling.
rec: 2001-03-01
The Myth Of Zu
This tune is inspired by Sumerian mythology. It contains lot of harmonies,
fast solo and some funny sounds.
rec: 2001-02-08
Plea Of Innocence
A song about a man left out on the alien world where he became a human monster.
When I came to this land
out of nowhere, out of sky
Men died by touch of my hand
and by embrace of my eye.
rec: 2000-03-01
Shadow Of Kyros Empire
Partially a piece of Fernando Sor's op.31 with sound of medieval and oriental
world mixed in war like tones.
A piece about the great king of Persia - Kyros, the man who conquered huge
part of the world, with empire stretched from Balkan to India
rec: 2001-02-15
The Inner Door
Sweet and slow piece with pink floydish mood.
rec: 2000-09-28
Aftermath
Slow heavy tune with lots of surprises. Lot of tempo and mood changes mixed
with 'unholy' sounds.
A favorite amongst those with heavier taste.
rec: 2000-09-28