Music For Vacuuming
''Music for Vacuuming'' is an album by Canadian guitarist Don Ross. It is his first for the Candyrat Records label. Track listing # "How to Eat an Avalanche" (solo version) # "Rockbarra" # "Dracula II" # "Brooke's Waltz" # "Tochigi" # "My Previous Life" # "Never Got to Pernambuco" # "Another Island of Women" # "How to Eat an Avalanche" (family version) # "Fleetstep Choreography" Personnel *Don Ross - guitar References {{Authority control Don Ross (guitarist) albums 2005 albums ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Don Ross (guitarist)
Donald James Ross, or Don Ross, (born November 19, 1960) is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist. He is the only person to win the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship twice (1988 and 1996). His album '' Huron Street'' reached the top ten on the ''Billboard'' New-age chart. Biography Ross was born in Montreal, Quebec to Scottish and Mi'kmaq parents. He studied composition at the music department of York University in Toronto with David Mott, James Tenney and Phil Werren. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music in 1983, he studied philosophy at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Granby, Massachusetts while living at San Damiano Friary in Holyoke, Massachusetts and then started his novitiate for the Canadian custody of the Conventual Franciscans of Immaculate Conception Province at St. Francis Friary in Staten Island, NY. He decided to leave that pursuit and become a musician. In 1986 Ross produced and published his first album, ''Kehewin'', on cassette, and became a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CandyRat Records
CandyRat Records (also stylized as CANdYRAT) is an independent American record label and online music store located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. They primarily represent instrumental guitar artists, with a focus on acoustic guitar, but include electronic music, alternative rock, singer-songwriter, and progressive rock, with musicians coming from many countries. Rob Poland founded the label in 2004, first signing fingerstyle guitar talent Don Ross (guitarist), Don Ross, followed by Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, and three other artists before officially opening in 2005. CandyRat Records has been called the "biggest acoustical guitar label in the world", and the two-handed tapping technique of playing the guitar to produce bass, rhythm, melody and harmony, which is practised by many of its artists, has become known as the CandyRat style. The label gained fame after videos on its official YouTube page, 'rpoland', gained viral video, viral success. Recording ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robot Monster (album)
''Robot Monster'' is the ninth album by Canadian guitarist Don Ross, released in 2003. It is his third and final recording on the Narada/ Virgin label. The album takes its title from the science-fiction film of the same name. Reception Music critic Mark Deming, writing for AllMusic, wrote "The disc is mostly balanced between the sort of aggressive, mojo-working-again kind of optimistic intensity and more reflective ballads that show a heart in the healing process. Knowing the story of his wife's passing from cancer makes the lush, languid, steel guitar-enhanced "Goodbye Kelly Goodbye" a true tearjerker." Critic Bernard Richter praised the album and wrote "Each one of the 12 tunes has a strong musical foundation, and the listener—while taken aback because of Ross' sheer virtuosity—is easily pulled into the music itself." Track listing All songs by Don Ross except as noted. # "Robot Monster" – 4:22 # "It's Fun Being Lucky" – 4:57 # "So Much Time" (Don Ross, Christoph Be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Don Ross (guitarist) Albums
Don Ross may refer to: * Don Ross, Australian artist, inaugural vice-president of the Contemporary Art Society, Queensland Branch in 1961 * Don Ross (acoustician) (1922–2015), civilian submariner and acoustics expert * Don Ross (baseball) (1914–1996), American baseball player * Don Ross (bodybuilder) (1946–1995), American bodybuilder and wrestler * Don Ross (guitarist) (born 1960), Canadian fingerstyle guitarist ** ''Don Ross'' (album) * Don Ross (footballer) Don Ross (born 20 February 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the seco ... (born 1934), Australian rules footballer * Don Ross (ice hockey) (born 1942), American ice hockey player * Don Ross (theatre producer) (1902–1980), English music hall performer and theatre producer See also * Donald Ross (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |