What is it about LTD guitars that you particularly like? I just love how they look and sound. They look metal and they sound metal too. The “Slayer Season of the Abyss” model is one of my favorites.
What is the songwriting process like for UTT? I record demos at my house before going in to the studio. It
starts off with a guitar riff. Then I build the sound with Jarad as he’s creating the drums. Then we add the bass and vocals last. When the mood hits me, I write the lyrics. What’s funny is that I can write the lyrics to the song with the guitar riffs, but once Jarad adds the drums, it just changes how the lyrics flow. So, I have to add the lyrics last.
Can you tell us about your experience with music at school? Did you participate in choir or band? I’m in a really corny school band and I play
the bass. It’s really corny, but I deal with it because it’s part of the curriculum. I guess everything can’t be metal.
Do you plan to go to college for music or
further your studies? Of course I plan to go to college. I’m going to go for audio engineering. I really want to be a big time music producer and engineer. I already earned 3 college credits from Berklee College of Music’s online Pro Tools 101 course. I’m going to take Pro Tools 110 with them this summer. Then Pro Tools mixing and mastering and advanced mixing and mastering. Afterwards, I can take the Pro Tools certification test.
Do you have a future project that you would
like to promote? Not yet, but we are working on the second
Unlocking The Truth album and we’re sounding better than ever. We have 8 songs completed and more coming. We can’t wait for everyone to hear it. If you thought Chaos was good, wait until you hear this one.
Thomas Amoriello is currently teaching guitar at
Reading Fleming Intermediate School and Hunterdon Academy of Arts in Flemington, NJ. He is a graduate of Rowan University and Shenandoah Conservatory and serves as the Eastern Division Representative on the NAfME Council for Guitar Education. He is the author of the children’s picture book, A Journey to Guitarland with Maestro Armadillo published by Black Rose Writing and available from www.
barnessandnoble.com
Matthew S. Ablan is an elementary music educator in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a graduate of SUNY Stony Brook and The Cleveland Institute of Music as well as holding a Masters in Music
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Education from Case Western Reserve University. Ablan’s list of teaching credentials include having served as adjunct instructor of classical guitar studies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA and maintaining a successful private guitar studio for close to two decades. Most recently he was a guest clinician at the 2016 North Carolina Music Educators state conference in Winston-Salem, NC and is the author/founder of The Guitar Teaching Blog. For more information about Matthew please visit:
www.matthewablan.com
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