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Billy Howerdel works from intuition, a modus operandi which has defined his career, guiding the move from his days in theatrical lighting around New York and New Jersey to his work as a guitar technician. Billy worked with a number of high profile rock bands, ultimately leading to his creative breakthrough as the songwriter/guitarist/producer for alt-rock giants, A Perfect Circle. Going a step further, Billyâ�™s uses his intuition to guide his own music. He does so without the aid of formal musical training. In fact, in a recent interview about his new project â�œASHES dIVIDE, Billy stated, â�œTo this day, I still donâ�™t remember certain notes on the guitar neck.â� He started playing guitar in high school, and picked up the technical aspects quickly, roughly in six months. He recalls getting to the point that he didnâ�™t want to learn much more. That was the moment when he realized, â�œI had to stop thinking about patterns and scales, and work from emotionâ�. He states, â�œThe best way I can describe it is that it was like opening your eyes and then blurring them out of focus, thatâ�™s how I approach music.â� The intuitive, unpredictable and yet immediately identifiable sound of Howerdelâ�™s guitar work is at play in ASHES dIVIDE. This is his project â�“ heâ�™s the primary songwriter, musician, producer, and vocalist. Itâ�™s an album featuring a wide range of styles, moods, and thoughts, with echoes of early 80â�™s modern rock/Dark Wave mixed with shimmering guitars and heavy rock overtones. Itâ�™s both anthemic and subtle, an album that fans of The Cure to A Perfect Circle will certainly appreciate.

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