Ramin Partovi — Guitar Player
Step into my world for a few minutes.
Not the Bay Area UX designer at raminpartovi.com. This is the musician — guitar, Lake Como / Hollywood, 27 Faces of a Broken Heart. Home: raminpartovimusic.com.
27 Faces of a Broken Heart (2018)
The same heartbreak written twenty-seven times, each version handed to a
different musician and left in their hands. Twenty-seven musicians,
twenty-seven versions, no two faces alike.
Credits: Ramin Partovi — guitar on every version.
Simon Phillips — drums on every version.
Jimmy Johnson — bass on all but one version.
Carl Verheyen — core tracks and his own version.
Jon Reshard — Face 6 (featured; not core four).
Recorded at Simon Phillips’ studio, Los Angeles. Lake Como studio is later / now — not that album’s room.
Featuring Simon Phillips, Jimmy Johnson, Carl Verheyen, Mike Stern, Oz Noy, Scott Henderson, Mark Lettieri, Brent Mason, Dean Brown, Jeff Richman, Tom Kolb, Andy Becht, Brad Bailey, Doug Rappoport, Erick Walls, Ernesto Homeyer, Ervin Toucet, Gabriel Forsman, Giuseppe Vasapoli, Jeff Marshall, Jinshi, Jon Reshard, Masta Edwards, McCoy Mason, Robin Siedschlag, Yussi Wenger.
Listen
27 Faces of a Broken Heart — the album.
Studio / gear (Lake Como)
Private unnamed studio. Monitoring: Genelec 8361 (GLM), Genelec 8030B, Genelec 8020B, Genelec 7050B.
Guitars include Strandberg Boden, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster, Gretsch Reverend Horton Heat, Ibanez JEM.
Amps include Little Walter 22W/50W, Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III.
Effects include Little Walter tube reverb; cabling Mogami DB25 / Neutrik.
Rack highlights: Neve / API / Pultec family; Cranborne 500; Apogee Duet 2.
Drums: Roland VAD504; software Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 (+ SDX).
Little Walter = owned gear (historical), not a live endorsement / shop claim.
FAQ
Who is Ramin Partovi the musician? German–Iranian guitarist and Boeing 737 captain; creator of 27 Faces of a Broken Heart (2018).
Is raminpartovi.com his site? No. Different person (Bay Area UX). Music site is raminpartovimusic.com.
Where was it recorded? Simon Phillips’ studio in Los Angeles.
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