Motive Force

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#		Title	Length
1		Flyboy	3:34	Play
2		Motive Force	3:51	Play
3		Cherokee Trail	4:23	Play
4		Snowfall	3:35	Play
5		Nip-n-Tuck	3:17	Play
6		Mother's Day	3:57	Play
7		Black Mountain Breakdown	2:52	Play
8		In Your Heart	3:27	Play
9		Out to Pasture	3:43	Play
10		Rioja	4:02	Play
11		State Street Shuffle	3:02	Play
12		June Bug	3:46	Play
13		Remember When	4:38	Play
14		Paprika to Taste	7:48	Play
15		Postlude: Smiling Faces	1:39	Play

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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT MOTIVE FORCE

Henk te Veldhuis, Bridge Guitar Reviews (Lochem, The Netherlands)
"The interweaving melodies and rhythms and balance and structures Franklin creates are stunningly well played. This guy unquestionably is a new talent which actually plays any style with ease. Although Franklin has lots of influences..., he manages to create a unique own style with his entrancing approach to acoustic guitar music. Highly recommended!"

Kim Thore, GoTriad Magazine (Greensboro, NC), "It's not often in the plethora of CD racks currently hawking "reverbed" and cookie cutter tunes that one finds a collection of instrumental solo guitar; it's even more surprising to find a compilation that is this good and captivating. Franklin Moore's first CD Motive Force will keep you guessing as to what style Moore will pull from his guitar case next...songs range from quirky renderings to soft acoustic numbers that demonstrate Moore's own versatility and varied influences. "Snowfall" and "Cherokee Trail" are two stand out tunes that have a bookend of equally enticing melodies."

David Downing, owner of Vino Veritas wine bar (Greensboro, NC), and bass player for LabRatz, "Franklin plays a guitar like I've never witnessed before. The crowd would not leave until the last note was played. He is a master at his instrument. He got the crowd going and kept them the entire show. His between-song anecdotes are funny and keep the set going. Don't expect him to stay local for long."

Dave Harris, owner and chief engineer, Studio B Mastering (Charlotte, NC)
"Moore's playing is incredibly fluid and dynamic, the sound engulfs the listener in a sonic playground for the ear. The interweaving melodies and rhythms on Motive Force create amazing arrangements that captivate the imagination. Each song is in itself a thought-provoking theme yet they also work together to create a cohesive album".

Mark Johnson, host of the Mansion on the Hill radio show on live365.com (Springfield, VA)
"I got a great response to the entire Motive Force album during it's run as Featured Album of the Week on my radio show ... "Nip-n-Tuck" was at one point the number one rated track on the station!"

Steve Passiouras, host of the Fret Net radio show, PBS FM 106.7 (Melbourne, Australia)
"Motive Force will be getting airplay on my show and has been permanently installed in my car's CD player. We've been driving around a lot listening to the CD. Everybody's been enjoying it!"



The music of Franklin Moore is a genre-defying blend of rock, jazz, classical, blues, country, folk and world music played on a steel-string guitar. Moore, who hails from Winston-Salem, NC, draws influences from acoustic guitarists such as Leo Kottke and Preston Reed and electric guitarists such as Steve Morse and Yngwie Malmsteen. As one music reviewer put it, "although Franklin has lots of influences, he creates his own unique style". Moore's uniqueness and virtuosity was described this way by a club owner after a recent performance: "Franklin plays guitar like I've never witnessed before. He is a master at his instrument." Strongly grounded in both rhythm and melody, Moore's music avoids the repetitive arpeggiation typical of much solo guitar music. Rather, he seamlessly combines fingerstyle, two-handed tapping, power strumming, and single-note runs into an unconventional yet highly accessible approach that is both excitingly original and strangely familiar at the same time.
Moore's debut CD, Motive Force was released in April 2004. In addition to selling well at performances, it has sold via the Internet across the United States and in several European countries. Motive Force is also receiving both traditional and Internet radio airplay in America and abroad. One of Moore's songs will be included in an upcoming Oasis CD sampler which will be distributed to over 500 acoustic radio stations across the country. Moore is also scheduled to be interviewed at WGWG, the radio station of Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC as publicity for his upcoming performance at the 2004 Art of Sound Music Festival in Shelby, NC.
Moore is currently performing throughout North Carolina, sharing his unique musical vision with his audiences. One has only to witness one of his performances to become captivated by the originality of his approach. As club owner and musician David Downing put it, "Don't expect Franklin Moore to stay local for long."