I'm "Raven Blayde", a "solo artist" living in Frankfort, Ky. I've spent more than 20 years playing heavy metal guitar. In 2006, I began learning about recording, mixing and mastering. I released my first instrumental cd "On Black Wings" in 2007. Being new at it, the production wasn't all that great, but it was a good start none the less. A lot of people enjoyed the first album and I began getting requests to give vocals a try in my 2nd release. I did just that in my 2011 release "When Darkness Falls". To be honest, I really didn't enjoy doing the vocals very much (it's just not my thing). I decided to go back to the instrumental music that I started with in my latest release "The Dark Hollow". There are 2 songs on the cd that include vocals, but for the most part, it's instrumentals.
No. I have no plans for playing live in the future. I would be happy making instrumental music for movies.
My infuences would be "ManoWar", "Mercyful Fate", "Savatage", "Malmsteen", "SenorX", "W.A.S.P.", "Armored Saint", "Iron Maiden" and the list could go on and on.
I'm currently using Adobi Audition, Johnson J-Station, POD Pro, FL Studios and Arbor Guitars.