album:Return to Serenity genre:Instrumental Rock streams:111 creation date:2009-11-21
12/11/10 09:05:10AM @robertjamacdonald:
simply said, killer guitar work man, wicked shred! cool track! i love a good prog instrumental. rock on man! rob
11/26/09 12:08:44PM @tcp:
yep, quite reminiscent of Satch....no doubt here. Great syncopated rhythm guitar which I can really appreciate. Many don't realize the potential that offers for compelling songs such as this. Excellent guitar work in a very well done song TJ..bravo. ..Blake
11/21/09 07:50:36PM @joel-tuttle:
something new it seems..i liked it...like a new beat to work with
11/21/09 03:02:18PM @the-sorrows-of-the-languedoc:
Very ambient backing tracking and great guitar playing make for a stunning overall sound. ftlpope
11/21/09 02:34:09PM @dazed:
Hey TJ! Good seeing you!
Man you have some serious guitar playing skills. There a re a lot of layers in this tune. The rhythm track is just a powerhouse and then add in the solos and this is just a remarkable track.
Excellent!
11/21/09 03:44:08PM @blue-sahara:
TJ's rockin' again! Yes, just like Dazed said - your guitar's are on fire here, love the arrangement a lot. You sure got some skills man!
Heinz.
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">ABOUT </span></span></strong></p><div class="fw" style="text-align: left;"><p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ffff00;">Tommy Gardner also known as TJ Gardner (born December 30, 1974) is an American drummer and guitarist best known as one of the founders of American heavy metal band ThoreZeen. He was born in Winchester, Virginia along with his twin brother Johnny Gardner who has been involved in Tommy's music in some way or another through out Tommy's musical journey. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Later on in life, in 1983, Tommy discovered a British heavy metal band called Def Leppard. He was so excited about their style of music after getting hold of their 1983 album Pyromania that he involved his life to learning every instrument that he could learn. However, the young Tommy had not fully figured on which he would consider as his prime instrument of choice.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tommy got his first drum set at the age of 4, and although he only made a lot of noise at that age. He started getting serious at the age of 12. Tommy in 1986 started learning piano as well as guitar. In the same year Tommy met several friends in his home town Keyser, West Virginia, and started developing music; and forming bands. Over the next 10 years Tommy had played in several bands such as: Cryogenic Warfare, Dementia, Stomp Faction, Dreamscape, As well as releasing his own music Influenced heavily by Joe Satriani, Def Leppard and Pink Floyd. In 2006 Tommy met up with fellow musician Lou Stone from his former band <br />Dreamscape along with Tommy's brother John to form the band ThoreZeen. Tommy has played several brands of Drums over the years, starting with Tama and switching to Peavey in 2007. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Over the years, TJ Gardner regularly recorded and released his own music, including tracks such as: "moving up", "the path", "tears of the angels", "Never 2 things the same", and "in the dark". </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In 2006 Gardner joined up with independent musicians across the world "RedeyeC", "Valkir", "Paul Oakley" with the group M3. also known as the Mixposure 3. M3 recorded and released back to back #1 hits on the Internet to become one of the fastest growing unsigned collaberation bands on the net. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">On July 5, 2006 TJ Gardner released his debut album crush. The same year Thorezeen was put together with the original line up consisting of Gardner going back to playing drums. Thorezeen has recently switched bassist, John Gardner with Alex Steele. Thorezeen has been working on their debut album entitled highly medicated. They are working to have it out by the end of 2010.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">PERSO</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">NAL LIFE</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tommy has been married only once, to his high school sweetheart. They were married in 1996 and have had 5 children together.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Discography </span></strong></span></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crush 2006 <img style="float: left;" title="TJ Gardner - Crush" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/TJGcrush/crushpromo3.jpg" alt="2006 album release by musician TJ Gardner" width="175" height="153" /><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Three videos were released for the crush album:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In the dark:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><object width="350" height="300" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c3u1EeVbWNE&rel=1"></param><embed width="350" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c3u1EeVbWNE&rel=1" wmode="transparent"></embed> </object></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Powergod:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><object width="350" height="300" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9QYKhsIHs8o&rel=1"></param><embed width="350" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9QYKhsIHs8o&rel=1" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Someone like </span></span><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">you:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><object width="350" height="300" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KGXsyFRC4xI&rel=1"></param><embed width="350" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KGXsyFRC4xI&rel=1" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Return To Serenity 2009</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/TJGcrush/newreturntoserenitycover.jpg" alt="" width="181" height="172" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With other artists<br />Year Artist Album <br />1997 Stomp faction Stomp faction </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> <br /><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <object width="350" height="300" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3V7j0z7piTg&rel=1"></param><embed width="350" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3V7j0z7piTg&rel=1" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></span></p><div style="position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">News & Updates</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="position: relative; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="position: relative; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">2010 Tommy has joined up with the alternative rock group Social Parasite. You can find out more at the official band website ( <a title="The official web site" href="http://www.tommygardner.webs.com">TJ Gardner</a> )</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
simply said, killer guitar work man, wicked shred! cool track! i love a good prog instrumental. rock on man! rob
yep, quite reminiscent of Satch....no doubt here. Great syncopated rhythm guitar which I can really appreciate. Many don't realize the potential that offers for compelling songs such as this. Excellent guitar work in a very well done song TJ..bravo. ..Blake
something new it seems..i liked it...like a new beat to work with
Very ambient backing tracking and great guitar playing make for a stunning overall sound. ftlpope
Hey TJ! Good seeing you!
Man you have some serious guitar playing skills. There a re a lot of layers in this tune. The rhythm track is just a powerhouse and then add in the solos and this is just a remarkable track.
Excellent!
TJ's rockin' again! Yes, just like Dazed said - your guitar's are on fire here, love the arrangement a lot. You sure got some skills man!
Heinz.