Transduction Euphony RELEASED!

SD's new album,Transduction Euphony, is finally out after 4 years of toil and tribulation. You can get your copy on CD by visiting CDBaby.com. It will be available in the coming weeks on several online outlets for paid download, including iTunes.

Transduction Euphony is a record featuring 24 mostly instrumental tracks at a total run time of approximately 1 hour that will appeal to the rock, jazz, and avant-garde music enthusiast. If you enjoy guitar playing, music, and art from the likes of Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, John Scofield, BMR3000, Neil Haverstick, Dan Stearns, Marco Oppedisano, Ken Rubenstein, Infinite Ego, and other experimentally minded artists, you'll probably enjoy this record.

Featuring special guests artists DAVID SLACK (aka BMR3000 on bass) and SCOTT SIMMERMAN (on keys) on the jazz number, Glass Shard Teeth.

Additionally, the Sonic Deviant Official Web Site has been updated heavily. New scores have been added, as well as a new Press and Praise page, featuring encomia from many of Shane's influences.

Named to "Critically Overlooked" on iCompositions

jdwyer05's "Criminally Overlooked" Music Recommendations on iCompositions, featuring special guest contributor becwil, named Sonic Deviant to the list of "Critically Overlooked." This list was sent out via the iCompositions Newsletter dated February 3, 2007, and it appeared in the forums of the website. becwil begins by saying:

I love to listen to music. I love to share my enthusiasm with other people. So, when Julian approached me to write my take on The Criminally Overlooked, I immediately thought about the artists here whom I have found and love that perhaps are a bit under the radar. Because I especially like the more edgy side of musical exploration, I will, today, list some of those artists I personally keep my ears on. This is not an all inclusive list, for I want to keep this brief, nor is it in any order other than as I read down my iTunes iComp playlist. I leave it up to you as to how far you explore each of these artist's catalogs.

Later, he talks specifically about the music of Sonic Deviant:

There's some Zappa influence, admittedly so, and sonicdeviant plays to the beat of his own drummer, all puns intended. In-your-face. Crappy Products knocks your teeth out. While I Frade Errpains is a bit more friendly. A bit.

Thanks jdwyer05 and becwil for the mentions. If you visit my page there, you can browse my list of favorite artists on iCompositions. There are many talented folks over there!