The "King Of Background Music" is much more than that.
author: Phil Dirt
The "King Of Background Music" is much more than that. Yes, the album would serve that purpose well, but there are several tracks here with excellent surf guitar and melodies that are well arranged and command attention directly. Beautiful and lush, and very well thought out. Not surf in the classic sense, but not far from the niche that the Aqua Velvets sometimes inhabit either.
Picks: Full Moon In Cancun, Welcome To Paradise, Moonlight Mambo, Be Pacific, I Can't Even See The Shore, The Tiki Hut, The Blue Iguana
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Packed with Latin and flamenco passion
author: Brian D. Holland - Modern Guitars
Chris Brian Gussa is a guitar player of distinction. ‘Full Moon in Cancun’ is packed with Latin and flamenco passion and flair. Though he may be the labeled the ‘King of Background Music’, no small claim in itself, every song on this wonderful CD has substance and personality of its own. Give it a listen; then sit back, relax, and close your eyes. You can almost feel your body sway to the swells of the south Pacific while relaxing to the music.
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"Full Moon in Cancun" is a masterful mixture of several solid style influences
author: Stone Bayliss HitClick Staff Reviewer
"Full Moon in Cancun" is a masterful mixture of several solid style influences, beginning with a percussion intro and a catchy island guitar riff that quickly expands to a full set of instrumentation that, from what I can tell, is all performed by Chris Brian Gussa himself. This includes all guitars (even the fast ones), bass, percussion, the cool electric solo, and the pickup piano parts. The entire song grooves us right onto the sunny surf of Cancun, far away from the squares of the city ... or perhaps the rectangles if you're Uma ... and doesn't drop you off until it puts you down. I even think this tune's got three or four solos, which get slightly more technically angled as the song progresses. "Technically angled"? I meant "rocking". Sorry
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I love your CD been listening to it all week
author: Dave Wood ZptdudaMucic.com
Chris -
I love your CD. I have been listening to it all week during my commutes
to work. I think the Rick Dees quote does your music an injustice.
There is something cinematic about your music, but definitely not wallpaper. I could see it as the soundtrack for an "Endless Summer"
sort of movie or possibly a spaghetti western.
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