Emmanuel from buffalo
Monday - August 02, 2010
That would be awesome. Thank you so much. I'll be checking back here periodically but, if it's more convenient for you, my email address is mannythegoat@gmail.com Hope to hear from you, but whatever happens, you've made a fan. Thanks again,
Manny
Emmanuel Abreu from Buffalo NY
Sunday - August 01, 2010
Rachel, my sister and her fiance have always said, maybe like a quarter jokingly, that they wanted This Love by Pantera to be their wedding song. Well, now that they've finally set a date, and put me in charge of organizing the wedding (psychos!), I thought it would be pretty sweet if I could find a piano cover of the song for them, kinda combining traditional wedding with our sightly bent personalities to meet somewhere in the middle. And I found a couple of passable versions. But then I ran into your performance of Cowboys From Hell. That blew me away. And showed me that strings were absolutely the only way to go. Unfortunately, I can't find anyone that's ever covered This Love on violin or cello, nor have I been able to locate sheet music for it. I realize that you are probably far too busy for me to ask you to do it, but I'm gonna do it anyway. Pretty please cover This Love by Pantera. No? Well, it never hurts to ask. Haha, no I was more hoping that you'd know some people that were similar minded to yourself, though perhaps a bit less busy, that would be able to pull it off. I wouldn't be able to pay much, but I'd do what I could. Anyway, hope to hear back. You're awesome by the way.
Rachel:
Like you guessed, I'm super busy, but I'll put the word out and see if any of my rock violin friends bite!
Aric from Deerfield, IL
Tuesday - July 13, 2010
Saw Earthen Grave at Millennium Park. Possibly the best show i've seen. I was blown away by the rendition of Rainbow's Stargazer, i had such a huge smile on my face, i used muscles i haven't used in years, i know because my jaw was shaking, and i can't watch the video on youtube without weeping uncontrollably. Your story is an inspiration to anyone looking for some.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUTgRA5aJys
Rachel:
Thank you so much!
Mariah scholle from lasalle,il
Sunday - May 09, 2010
hello,rachel. im an 8th grade student at lincoln jr. high. ive seen you perform at my school and i would like to say that you are amazing!!! i could not keep my eyes off of you.Our school had a great time and we could not stop talking about you after you left. thanks for coming!!:)
Dave from Cos Cob, CT
Friday - April 23, 2010
Just recently discovered Earthen Grave. I was totally blown away. Rachel's violin adds enormous depth and emotion to an already heavy sound. Earthen Grave is the metal sound that I have always wanted to hear, and now that I have , it will be on my ipod ASAP
sean terrell from madison il
Friday - April 23, 2010
you should come to St. louis and if u do send me the dates u will b playing
AJ from Ottawa
Monday - April 19, 2010
You should definitly post the sheet music for your rock songs. Aspiring violinists such as myself would love the oppurtunity to learn to play some of your music.
Mike from Palatine, IL
Thursday - April 15, 2010
Hey Rachel, See you're doing a show with Tyr - awesome! You should do a song with them on stage - I think your styles go together - they're really epic.
\m/ (o 0) \m/
Tracy Hill from Kenosha, WI
Thursday - April 08, 2010
Looking forward to seeing you perform on Saturday at the Brat Stop in Kenosha, WI! ROCK ON!!
Alec from Spring Grove
Saturday - March 20, 2010
You performed with us at MCYO and your performance moved my mom to tears. We all really enjoyed hearing you play and for all the things you helped us with during rehersals.
Beverly from Jamestown, TN
Wednesday - January 20, 2010
My friend plays in the Knoxville Symphany(violin), she told me about your performance last week with them....she thinks you are THE GREATEST! And I think she is awesome so I can hardly wait to hear you in person...keep on playin' !!!
Vince from Grayslake IL
Tuesday - December 22, 2009
Hey there! i saw you up at the Rave in Milwaukee and wanted to say that you guys rocked! I also wanted to ask if you've ever listened to Children of Bodom and had considered covering there stuff...very classical and fast!!!! Check it out!!
Rachel:
Glad you liked us at the Rave, we had a great time playing in Milwaukee! Yeah, saw CoB a year ago when they played the House of Blues, really good stuff. Looking forward to going to their country (Finland) for the first time in a few weeks!
Mike from Palatine, IL
Wednesday - December 02, 2009
Caught your Earthen Grave show in Schaumburg – was head-banging the entire time! Excellent! I really like the way you integrate the violin into metal - doing twin leads with the guitars, or doubling with them on heavy riffs – a shredding lead break here and there - very cool. So when will we see EG at Ravinia?
\m/ (0_o) \m/
Kevin Steensma from Cnicago Il.
Sunday - November 22, 2009
Saw you last night in Schaumberg. We spoke breifly. From a bar full of metal fans, may I say "F...n loud and fast. Loved it!! I'm thinking- you opening for Metallica next time they are thru Chicago. I'll call Lars right now.
daniel from dallas
Monday - October 19, 2009
Violin and Rock the perfect combo. Need more bands like Kansas. I see great things for you and your band. Come see us in Dallas Texas!
Michael Clauss from Oxford, Ohio
Friday - September 25, 2009
Hi Rachel, I am a classic heavy metal lover. sabbath, deep purple, dio ect...
I recently discovered some tunes from your band and
I have to say I love your Music!
Keep on rockin! Michael Clauss
jim fetterman from massapequa ny
Friday - September 25, 2009
Love your music. I am 58 and love the 60's - 70's music. Hve you ever heard of Papa John Creech? He is deceased now but what a crazy violinist. Best of luck to a very strong and amazing woman.
allison anne bandy from Indianapolis, Indiana
Friday - September 11, 2009
Rachel, you were absolutely sublime at Viva Violins this past winter up at Zionsville. I was a 2nd violin player at the concert and I had the most amazing time, experiencing what it is like to play in a large orchestra. I loved meeting you. It was so much fun to play a song with you as well as listen to you. Paranoid was the best song to play. It was awesome! I still have that sheet music and I play it from time to time.
Frank Cienniwa from Southern Georgia *HELL!*
Thursday - September 03, 2009
Hey, we might be able to comp Earthen Grave some really awesome shirts. Check out www.nightshadeonline.com and let me know what you like and the size. Keep it BRUTAL! Frank
Chelsea from IL
Wednesday - August 19, 2009
You're amazing Rachel!!!
I am a young violinist and I really want to play all kinds of music like you!! You are such a mentor for me!
Hawk from Chicago, IL
Monday - August 03, 2009
CONGRATS! on the smokin performance at Nitecaps on 7/31! The Today Show knows a virtuoso when the hear one! The Paganini piece/solo was awesome! You are truly blessed!
Hawk
shupe13 from Greenfield, IN.
Thursday - June 04, 2009
I just recently ran across the July 08 clip of you pounding out Cowboys From Hell! Absolutely awesome! You've gotta new fan.
Joe from Chicago
Thursday - March 05, 2009
Can't wait to check out one of your Earthen Grave shows! \m/
Anna
Sunday - February 15, 2009
Thank you for coming to Mahone today for the orchestra boosters tea. Me and my friends really enjoyed your playing. It was really amazing and I'm sure all of the young musicians were inspired by your playing.
P.S thanks for the autograph. I will keep it forever and tell my children and grandchildren all about it.
Thank you for the wonderful experience again. It was a pleasure listening to you preform. A once in a lifetime opportunity!
Meadowlarkmark
Sunday - February 15, 2009
Love your website--I have followed your career for a number of years. You are great. Keep it up.
Alyse
Friday - February 06, 2009
You are soo raw. I hope one day I can play as good as you. Thank you for inspiring me
Michelle
Friday - February 06, 2009
Your music is really amazing and inspires me to keep playing the violin
Tracy
Thursday - January 29, 2009
You are a blessing to music. To be able to translate passionate, raging emotion with an instrument as delicate as yours is just amazing. It is also so awesome to have another person come in and blow away some of the stereotypes of metal and rock. Raw emotion can be as graceful and beautiful as you desire it to be. Thank you!
Wayne
Thursday - January 22, 2009
This has probably been said before, but WOW! You can feel the love, the energy, and the beauty in every vibration of the violin's string. I only listened to the rock but I will listen to the classical too. Thanks.
emily
Thursday - January 15, 2009
I'm a student at centerville high, the school you visited thursday. thank you so much for coming to play for us. Your work is truly amazing. The audience got so much out of your performance, from the smallest fourth grader up to the senior musicians. It's performances like this that inspire the younger generation towards music. Thank you so very much.
Ian-Brandon Hazel
Wednesday - November 26, 2008
I was a bassist for the Tri-State Honors orchestra. I must say, it was an absolute honor to get to play with someone of your stature and command of music. And any violinist that loves the "darker", so to speak, side of music too, and to express that without fear of negative judgment, is someone who deserves my respect. So, thank you.
presley
Sunday - November 16, 2008
hi, i was at the honors orchestra at morehead state university and just wanted to say that you played wonderfully. God has blessed you with talent.
Emily R
Wednesday - November 12, 2008
Hi, Rachel! Just so you know, I am a huge fan of your music! I can't wait to meet you this Saturday at Morehead State University! This is going to be a Tri-State Honors to remember forever!
YahooBot
Tuesday - November 11, 2008
Nice site, thanks for information!
Amy Luckette
Saturday - October 11, 2008
Amazing work. I can hear your passion through your music. Its strong and entertaining. Great job.
Rob
Thursday - October 09, 2008
Hi, Rachel, I saw you perform with Uli Jon Roth at the House of Blues last Sunday in Chicago and you blew me away. I especially loved the rendition of 'All Along the Watchtower'. I thought when you threw your shredded bow hair to the audience, as rock guitarists throw souvenir picks, was very funny. You Rock!
Rachel:
Glad you liked the show! It was such a great honor to jam with Uli. And now I know that bow hair doesn't travel very far in the air (it didn't even reach the edge of the stage) - oops!
bill
Monday - October 06, 2008
incredible at house of blues with uli!!
FARA
Tuesday - September 30, 2008
YOU ARE ASTOUNDING!!!!! THANK YOU ...THANK YOU!!!
Jake
Sunday - September 28, 2008
You Rule!!! That's pretty much it. I just wanted to say that... You Rule!!!
Adam
Saturday - September 20, 2008
really cool stuff! Im a huge metal fan and huge classical fan and having stumbled onto your site from a link about pantera I am very impressed. it's great to see that some people will push musical boundaries far enough for everyone else to see that in music there shouldn't be boundaries!!
Brent Wilson
Friday - September 12, 2008
hi, i'm looking forward to meeting you soon btw your playing is amazing. :)
stephen
Tuesday - September 09, 2008
i listen to violin adventures im a beginer violinist and love the tips and anicdotes. their a great help
vladimir
Sunday - September 07, 2008
i found you by accident when i was readin an article bout u playin pantera on blabbermouth,,you are amazing you are really gifted,, im so gonna buy your cd,,keep it metal,,
Jay
Sunday - September 07, 2008
Loved Cowboys from Hell...kickass!
Anthony
Sunday - September 07, 2008
Wow am I ever glad to have found you. This is just so brilliant, keep it up.
Josh
Wednesday - July 09, 2008
I am so pleased to have found your site. Your renditions of the two Metallica songs have been burned in my head for over 10 years. I only heard them once you, your sister, and another gentleman were live on a Chicago radio show. Those two haunting versions of great songs have stuck with me all this time. Thank you.
rickola
Thursday - April 24, 2008
if you are ever jammin out in the far south suburbs,like monee,please let me know. by the way, i love that metallica thing you do.i sang for a metallica tribute band for two years and i wish we had you to play leads for us!
Shelly
Tuesday - April 01, 2008
Yes I did notice you mentioned us! I was so excited I saw it on your myspace that night when we got home! I told my husband that was us haha! I have to admit I love you even more now;P You are so down to earth, and your work is so great! Are you planning on being in San Antonio sometime we are moving there in July and I want to see you again!
Jesse
Monday - March 31, 2008
Awesome website! I love the rock C.D. My friends (who aren't musicians) freak out (and head bang) when they hear it! HAHA. Hope to see your playing soon!
JJ Musgrove - Executive Director
Monday - March 31, 2008
Rachel, we loved having you in Columbus, GA. You performance with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra was passionate and heartfelt. It is also great to meet someone in the business who is kind and gracious and a joy to work with. I am sure that we will keep you in mind to come back and play with us again!
Shauntel aka Shelly
Monday - March 31, 2008
We went to our first classical concert on Sat in Columbus to see you and you blew us away! I love your style I love you! Thank you for showing us the light... We bought your Storming the Citadel CD and it ROCKS! lol thank you! Your a true inspiration!
Rachel:
Wow ... thanks for writing! Glad you enjoyed my show in Columbus, and I hope you have a chance to check out lots more classical concerts! (Did you notice I mentioned you on my Twitter?)
Joy
Sunday - March 30, 2008
I heard you tonight at the Columbus Symphony Orchestra concert. You were phenomenal and so inspiring!! I am a student studying viola here at the Schwob School of Music and I am interested in playing jazz and metal inspired music. Your site has given me much inspiration in going into this field. Thank you so much!!
Rachel:
Thanks for coming to my concert, and good luck with your rock viola playing! I look forward to hearing you some day!
Karin
Sunday - March 30, 2008
Rachel, I just read the article about you in the Chicago Tribune magazine and I wanted to let you know how touched I was by your story. I love classical violin, but I also love what you're doing on the rock/heavy metal side. You have an amazing gift and are on an equally amazing journey. Your music, as well as you, are truly inspiring.
Fred
Sunday - March 30, 2008
Some years ago I had the pleasure of meeting you and receiving your autograph...You have bridged heavy metal and classical music...I watched the video clip on the Tribune today and it was truly inspirational!!! I continue to pass the "Rachel" word to my fellow headbangers...and the response is the same: "awesome".
Peter
I just wanted to thank you for turning me on to classical music. I'm 36 years old and have been a lifelong fan of heavy metal. Metallica and Slayer are a couple of my favorites... I've always found classical music to be boring, but that's because I never gave it a chance and really listened to it. Then one day I heard you on the radio when you played some AC/DC and Zeppelin on the violin along with a classical piece and I was blown away. I immediately went out and bought "Storming the Citadel" and have been a fan of yours ever since. I now have CDs by Mozart, Bartok, Debussy and others alongside CDs by Motorhead, Megadeth and Sepultura. Thank you for broadening my horizons.
Bill
Just wish to say a word or three about how much I am enjoying your playing. I bought your "Stringendo" CD as a curiosity a few weeks ago, and it has excited me more than any other recording I have listened to in a while. Being a longtime metal fan with only the very most glancing and superficial knowledge of classical, (own 1000+ CDs, maybe a dozen of which are classical) Stringendo has opened my eyes into a whole new realm. It has lead me to a curiosity and love for classical that Yngwie Malmsteen could not inspire, and I am a pretty big fan of his. Yesterday, I stumbled into "Instrument off the Devil", and bought it immediately. Thanks to these recordings, I have my first clues as to what classical I actually do like. Thank you for the first steps into broadening my musical horizons.
Michael
I was at your show tonight and enjoyed it immensely! This was the first "classical" show I have been to, and since I knew the names, Vivaldi and Barton, I figured what the hell ...although I'm normally seen at a Dave Matthews Band concert! I just wanted to let you know, not that you need it, that you are doing a wonderful job and you really opened my eyes tonight. I am hoping to see you in another performance soon!
Neil
I finally got to see you perform tonight in Albuquerque! It was awesome! This was my first Symphony and I loved it. I heard you on 94 Rock and had to go. I love music and I would like to understand classical music more. I haven't had a lot of exposure to it. You are so talented, thanks for playing here! Hopefully you will play here again soon.
Spence
I recently purchased "Storming the Citadel" and I find it incredible. I had heard your version of "One" on the radio a few years back and finally picked up the CD... I have always liked classical music and heavy metal and had noticed similarities. Thanks again for an awesome CD!
Peggy
I just wanted you to know that you have been a great inspiration in my life. I play the flute and love Metallica, Pantera, and other hardcore bands. It's really cool to know that there are people out there like me. I considered quitting band, but when my dad got me your CD, I decided that if I stuck to it that maybe one day I could release a flute CD with Metallica and Pantera and Megadeth songs on it. Thank you a thousand times over for being such an inspiration in my life!!!
Theresa
I heard you play on XL102 in Richmond, Va. I thought your playing was great. I never knew violins could be so cool. Thank you for your time and keep rocking.
4G63POWER
Howdy there Rachel... I saw you at Fat Cat in Modesto, Ca, sometime last year, and thought you were awesome! I bought your "Storming the Citadel" CD. Absolutely amazing! I have never heard Symphony of Destruction on a violin. That's one of my favorite songs. You are one of my favorite musicians. Keep up the good work!
Russell
It's inspiring to hear AC/DC and Metallica played in a new way. Hopefully someday soon you'll be in New Mexico and I can hear it live. Best wishes
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