Music For All

'Every Guitar Hero Needs a Ballad'. Those were the famous words that sparked the original best selling JTC Guitar Hero Ballads original album in 2015. 2 years later and with an ever growing roster of incredible virtuoso artists from around the globe, we’re super proud to bring you the follow up album ‘JTC Guitar Hero Ballads 2’! This emotive, expressive and darn-right impressive collection of tracks features 14 highly talented players from our artist roster, leaving you with an album that you’ll return to time and time again! Each artist gives their take on what makes the ultimate ballad track, mixing lines that will bring out every emotion, delivered with their own artistic twist. From huge orchestral compositions with rip roaring solos to eclectic laid back approaches you have it all.

Gracing the inspirational soundscape of the 14 ballad tracks (in order of appearance) you’ll hear the likes of Jake Willson, Jan Cyrka, Al Joseph, Claudio Pietronik, Gianluca Ferro, Brian Maillard, Roy Ziv, Mateus Asato, Mika Tyyska, Lari Basilio, Jack Thammarat, Dave Lockwood, Kit Tang and Chris Mike! That’s over an hours worth of non-stop ballad bliss, from some of the greatest guitar players around! So if you’re a follower of JTC, a fan of ballads, or just can't get enough of one/all of the incredible players involved in this album, then this is must-have for your record collection!

That is what our co-founder Jan Cyrka said when we decided to create our first ever JTC original full length album. Vai, Satriani, you name them…they have one! So we spoke to a number of the artists on our glittering roster and asked them to compose their ultimate ballad. The result is a powerful album that is full of pure emotion and drive and takes you on a journey through the minds of 11 in credibly talented guitar players and composers.

Starting with Andy James’ ‘The Wind That Shakes The Heart’ (which was written by Jan Cyrka and James Graydon) the emotion sucks you in from the first note, just as you would expect from a brilliant ballad track. The scene is then set and from there, all 11 JTC artists continue the same trend with their own individual take on the ultimate ballad.

Any album that has brand new original tracks from the likes of Guthrie Govan, Alex Hutchings, Marco Sfogli, Jack Thammarat and more should be in any guitar players collection, there is no questioning that. So, are you ready for over 50 minutes of ultimate ballads?

This Box set (1998) exclusively released by Compact Disc Club label of HIT Music & Communication S.A. ℗ & © 1998 MINOS EMI. Includes 64 great rock ballads that will always move and enjoy. The charm of Kate Bush coexists with the sensitivity of Cockney Rebel, the dynamism of the UFO, the explosivity of Deep Purple, the lyricism of Al Stewart and the folklore element of Jethro Tull. The casket accompanied by an insert with the lyrics of many songs in the collection

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