Acoustic Led Zeppelin Medley
www.vio7.com
www.myspace.com/armandvio7
When I visited their myspace page for the first time I thought this is odd, unique and very different I was intrigued by the design of the violin and I was spellbound by the surround sound effect of their sound its like experiencing a live concert in a theatre. Vio7 is a unique different very original masterpiece of sound a pleasure to hear. Vio7 is comming out with the re-release of their full length Album The 7th String soon.!
A Little About Vio7
Armand Melnbardis was born in Riga, Latvia. His violin studies began at age five in a specialized music school. Armand toured internationally since the age of twelve. In 1992 after one of his solo performances in the famous Wagner Hall in Riga, he was offered to continue his education at Stetson University with world renown classical violinist Dr. Alvaro Gomez, where upon his arrival he became the concertmaster of Stetson Symphony Orchestra. During his studies, he performed and competedlocally and nationally, winning several classical violin contests including Stetson Concerto
Competition and A.S.T.A. Musicians Competition. Armand has played and toured with such internationally known artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Barry Manilow, Ray Price, Debbie Gibson, Richard Marx, Rob Rock and N'Sync. In the last few years he has focused on the development of his own model 7-string electric violin.
He has became known as an incredibly versatile player, dazzling the audiences with his admirable technique as a classical player as well as effortlessly switching from jazz to rock with electric violin.
He is an author of the only learning and teaching system for 7-string violin playing technique. His approach unlocks unlimited possibilities of using this instrument in various rock, blues and jazz applications.
Armand is also a director and co-founder of "High Velocity Strings". This non-profit 501 (c) (3) music education program is designed to promote and inspire young musicians by organizing music and instrument demonstrations, concerts and master classes in schools. "HVS" often offer unique opportunities for young musicians to join Vio7 on stage as featured artists for special music selections.
The main attraction has been his hard rock group, appropriately named Vio7. CD titled "The Seventh String" has been released in the summer of 2007.
