MTV Features Rodrigo Y Gabriela with Alex Skolnick

Press release
Source: Magna Carta Records

Rodrigo Y Gabriela are featured on MTV the entire week of August 20, 2007. RYG will be the featured artist on MTV as part of the channels "52/52" campaign. Original performances, interviews, and behind the scenes, including Rod, Gab and Alex jamming together in Mexico. All three are interviewed together and discuss their mutual respect and individual guitar techniques. RYG video segments and pictures will be streamed from this site: http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/rodrigo_y_gabriela/artist.jhtml.

MTV's 52/52 is a brand new way for the channel to give unprecedented exposure to unsigned artists, indie bands, and established acts on major labels in a completely new and innovative way. MTV will handpick 1 band /artist per week for the entire year and will give them the equivalent of roughly 11 hrs of on-air commercial time per week on the channel. This essentially means that Rod and Gab will receive over 1,190 30-second commercials the week of August 20 - constituting around 11 hours of on-air time. 52 weeks, 52 different artists.

MTV works closely with each band so the artists can provide creative direction for the spots. Then, the band / artists come in from anywhere between a day to a week to film with MTV and collaborate with them as they or their music appear in each and every one of these spots. MTV lets the artists have the freedom to do whatever they feel comfortable doing in these spots, ranging from performances, skits, interviews, behind the scenes, footage of them just hanging out, the artists doing promos for MTV programming in their own unique way, and much more.

30 Second Spots Featuring Alex:

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1567417&vid=169644

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1567417&vid=169645

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1567417&vid=169646

Alex Skolnick Trio To Support Rodrigo Y Gabriela on upcoming tour.

Alex Skolnick Trio will be hitting Arizona and California with Rod and Gab next month! Set times TBA. For now, visit Rod and Gab's website www.rodgab.com. There is one AST show at Viper Room on Sep. 9 at 10:30 p.m. West Coast dates below. In addition, AST will play their first European appearance at London's Pizza Express jazz club on Sep 26. October East Coast dates TBA soon.

07 Sept - The Marquee, Tempe, AZ (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

08 Sept - Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

09 Sept - The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA. (AST on at 10:30pm)

12 Sept - Canes, San Diego, CA (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

13 Sept - Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

26 Sept - UK Pizza Express Dean St., London (AST two sets)

17 Oct - Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

18 Oct - Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

19 Oct - Roseland Ballroom New York, NY (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

21 Oct - 9:30 Club Washington, DC (supporting Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

Alex Skolnick Trio:
Alex Skolnick-guitar
Nathan Peck-bass
Matt Zebroski-drums

New Album Last Day In Paradise Available Now: www.alexskolnick.com.