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Interview: Painting and Drawing Exhibition at START Los Angeles
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Rising Stars: Meet Farzad Golpayegani
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Bold Journey – Meet Farzad Golpayegani
Farzad had another short talk with the amazing people at “Bold Journey,” discussing creativity, priorities, and challenges. Please read the interview..
Discography
Nine
Farzad G has explored new guitar technics which are reflected on his riffs and solos in the 2022 release. He also has used his innovative acoustic guitar tuning along with electric guitar rhythm which creates his signature Oriental Metal grooves. There are instrumental and also vocal music, and as always, many guitar solos within the songs.
Eight
in his 2018 release, Guitar virtuoso, multi-instrumentalist and visual arts artist, Farzad G, brings his musicianship and writing skills together and creates variety of Progressive Metal riffs, sings clean and growl vocals, and exchanges unique solos between electric guitar, acoustic guitar and violin.
Seven
This is the Seventh record of guitar virtuoso and Visual arts artist Farzad Golpayegani, and his first with Vocals. This Progressive Metal album (2016) presents a combination of unique shredding on 7-string electric guitar over modern and heavy guitar riffs, stunning bass Guitar by “Ali Sanaei” and a touch of orchestral arrangement in the background.
Six
Album “Six” (May 2012) by Farzad Golpayegani, Persian composer, musician and visual arts artist is based on the soundtracks he has composed for video games “Quest of Persia: Nader’s Blade” and “Garshasp”.
This album includes 16 tracks with Orchestral Metal theme.
Five
Five released in June 2011. This album is not a heavy or metal record in anyway (nor was “Four”), this time he is getting Electronic Music involved and tries to achieve a kind of music easier to listen, but at the same time the technical playing goes on; this album includes the most complicated and extreme solos on 7-string electric guitar in comparison to previous records.
Four
Unlike previous records of Farzad this one is not in Metal genre. In entire album there is no Electric Guitar, Drums and even Percussion. Composition of the instruments includes: Steel and Nylon Acoustic Guitar, Resonance Guitar, Bass Guitar and Violin. Other elements of this “Fusion” album are influences of Iranian and Middle Eastern music and eastern tuning for Acoustic Guitars
Three
This is an Iranian Progressive Metal album and it includes only 3 tracks that are about 17 to 18 min. each.
Electric, Acoustic and Bass guitars, vocals and programming for drums and keyboards has been done by Farzad. Also “Arash Jafari” has played Kooze, Darbuka and Daf. Like previous albums Farzad has done recording, mix, mastering and has designed the cover.
Two
The second album of Farzad (Two) was going to be released by Bam Ahang Co. in May 2005 (only in Iran) but its license interned by relative ministry and it’s releasing from August 2006. This album includes 11 tracks. Like the previous one, this album is an Instrumental Fusion-Metal and it’s is totally done by Farzad, and in two tracks “Kaveh Hamedanian” has played Cello. Because the delay of releasing previous album , “Two” has been produced between 2004 and 2005.
One
The first album of Farzad Golpayegani “ONE” (2002) is an Instrumental Fusion-Metal album. Farzad has composed, performed, recorded, mastered and even has designed album cover all by himself.
He personally has played 7-string electric guitar, Acoustic guitar and Bass guitar and for the percussion instruments, he has composed the notes by computer programming. No Eastern or Persian instrument has been used in entire record and all the eastern sounds and melodies are simulated and played with Acoustic guitar in an innovated tuning.
Paintings & Drawings
Gallery 12 (2016-2017)
digital painting
Gallery 11 (2015)
mix media on cardboard
Gallery 10 (2014-2015)
compressed charcoal and marker on paper
Gallery 9 (2013-2014)
acrylic on canvas
Gallery 8 (2011-2012)
digital painting [available as Prints]
Gallery 7 (2009)
digital painting [available as Prints]
Gallery 6 (2004)
ballpoint pen and oil on cardboard
Gallery 5 (2000-2001)
oil on plexiglas/canvas
Gallery 4 (1998-2001)
ballpoint pen, color pencil, conté, poster
Gallery 3 (1999)
oil on canvas
Gallery 2 (1997)
oil on canvas
Gallery 1 (1997)
black pen on paper