It's nice to see Our Trev back on social media...
Friday, July 28, 2023
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Investigating the inspirations
Some might be aware of the recent fan-created documentary series on the making of Van Halen's 1984 album, the first two parts of which were pulled from YouTube due to copyright claims. Part three was uploaded yesterday (with legal adjustments), specifically focusing on the making of the album and so takes a look at what external musical sources inspired the songs...and what the creator notes as the specific inspirations for the introduction/riff of "Hot For Teacher" do not involve "Lookin' For A Lady (Wolfman)." However, he does make a compelling case for those compositions actually cited.
If you're curious, it's at the 17:27 mark.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
It's official!!!
Today the official announcement has been made by InsideOutMusic regarding the release of Rio.
Per the press release:
InsideOutMusic are pleased to announce the signing of Trevor Rabin, the South African guitarist, singer, multi-musician, writer and producer. They will release Rio, his first solo album of vocal material in 34 years on October 6th, 2023 worldwide.
Of the signing and the forthcoming album, Trevor comments: “Signing to InsideOutMusic was the most natural and happy signing. Thomas and I have been friends for a while, and we’ve wanted to work together for a while. As I got close to completing the project, I called Thomas. It was that simple. I am extremely happy to be working with the InsideOutMusic team and being part of the Sony family.”
InsideOutMusic label-head Thomas Waber adds: "Working with Trevor is a big bucket list moment for me and the label. I became a fan of his signature writing style at the beginning of the 80s and have been following him ever since. He is one of the true greats in Rock Music. Rio is everything we could have hoped for and more!"
Rio, named after Rabin’s grand-daughter, features a painting by Trevor himself and will be available to pre-order from August 4th on several different formats. More information will be available soon.
Trevor’s social media presence has been newly relaunched, and you can find all the key places to find out more information below. You can also see a video of Trevor checking in here: https://youtu.be/VRx4eyxT8Hs
(And we get a great new promo photo too!)
As is noted in the press release, Trevor's social media presence has been updated for the new promotional cycle.
The first single from the album "Big Mistakes" is now available for digital distribution pre-save via Trevor's Instagram stories and on Facebook.
Saturday, July 22, 2023
update: Rio
According to a few sources, Trevor announced the release date of his new solo album Rio on social media sometime within the last 12 hours or so. It appears the album will be released on October 6th through InsideOut Music. But then the announcement seemingly vanished, perhaps revealed too soon? But a two-month lead time is pretty standard I would say. Here's hoping there's more news (or even the original news re-posted) appearing very soon!
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