In the spirit of Curie's mission to promote undiscovered but exceptional content, we wish to use this twice weekly section to provide an author showcase for some of the outstanding authors who received Curie upvotes in past week. Curie curators and reviewers nominate authors for inclusion in this showcase and author approval is sought and attained.
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@michaeldietrich
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We start off today's Author Showcase with another heavier bit of music. I personally prefer genres like hard rock, and heavy metal. It is great to see this type of music being represented here on the Steem Blockchain. Reading through Michael's bio and seeing who his musical influences are it is no surprise why I like him. While many artists will list Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Ritchie Blackmore as influences, I love to see someone listing the likes of Savatage and Yngwie Malmsteen among those who shaped who they have become as an artist.
Shared from Michael's bio:
Trying to pigeonhole the German artist Michael Dietrich into the singer-songwriter genre wouldn’t do him any justice. Obviously his voice and his guitar build the fundament for his music – according to the slogan “a good song always works on an acoustic guitar”. But you can easily discover his love for great rock bands like Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple, as well as epic metal bands like Savatage, Ayreon and Blind Guardian in his works. Besides his charismatic voice, his songs are characterized by his versatile guitar playing: on the one hand influenced by artists like Ritchie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen and Richie Sambora and on the other hand shaped by his classical guitar education. This makes Michael a much sought-after live and session guitarist. He recently recorded two musicals and played sold-out shows in Germany. Additionally, Michael is the front man of the rock band “Dead Man’s Boogie” and made it to the renowned Classic Rock magazine. His new CD “Across Open Seas” received great reviews in the German music press like Metal Hammer, Rock Hard and Deaf Forever. All in all, Michael Dietrich is an individual artist with great musical talent, rough edges and a strong vision aside from all the music mainstream.
@narchuk
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@davidsuarezmsOne of the great things about the Blockchain is that we all get to experiences very unique musical styles from all around the globe.
David shared the following with me about his music -
You can include in your article something important that I consider about a fundamental aspect in what I like about my music, what I do, and that is that I always seek to transmit emotions through my pieces and focus on the instrument's ability to sing, express itself, transmit with each sound, also highlight that we guitarists are more than an instrument we are also a voice that resonates through the strings. Saludos
He certainly does make his guitar sing an incredible tune for this week's Open Mic. The spot where the piece picks up speed and builds momentum is just amazing.
@for91days
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This post isn't so much a travel post though. They fell in love with Valencia, Spain and now call it home whenever they are not visiting place for 91 days at a time. With the U.S. Independence Day celebrations happening less than two weeks ago it was great to see fireworks displays from the other side of the world. While here in America the displays are more vertical, launching colorful exploding shells high into the air, in Valencia it was more of a grounded affair. A coordinated, elaborate pattern of well timed out fiery light.
@twirble
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I would like people to know there is so much great talent on Steemit they just are not seeing if they focus on the trending page. I want to commit atrocities every time I hear someone mention the "crap" content" on Steemit. Curie is doing so much good in promoting good content; I thank you so much for this.
@lazarus-wistWhat do the stories we tell each other tell us about ourselves? In the case of the horror genre, our tendency towards fearfulness appears to be the topic up for discussion. What makes us afraid, and why, is the question resting at the heart of every half-decent creature feature, ghost story, or slasher flick. Peel back the layers, and uncomfortable ideas about who we are, where we've come from, and where we're going to start to reveal themselves. I truly believe that in this day and age, you need look no further than your local cinema to get a glimpse into the hidden psychology behind our everyday lives. -
As a life-long horror fan, and someone who has made a bit of a career attached to the horror industry I love seeing someone opening up a discussion about why certain things in the horror genre work, and the psychological angle behind horror films.
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