Reviews of Patrick's Ginnaty's Work

"Filled with lyrical guitar solos, the music [To Sail Beyond the Sunset] is heavily influenced by the lilting tones of Clapton's guitar and the spirit of 60's music... Ginnaty's work is evocative but leaves much to the imagination of the listener. In the style of Clapton, Ginnaty at points seems to be singing the lyrics with his guitar...with no human voices, the songs...have a dreamlike quality and flow from a variety of sources.

"Take a Chill Pill" is written for his oldest child--now an adolescent--and will be self explanatory, words or no words, to both teen-agers and their parents. "Sirens" is based on Homer's "Odyssey" and he uses lilting guitar strings like some use synthesizers to recreate the songs of legend. Lest the reader get the impression that the lifelong rocker is being drawn down the new-age path, the pounding "Carnivore" is a more "heavy rock" tune, written with the primal heaviness of dinosaurs and 400-cubic-inch engines in mind... The title track, "To Sail Beyond the Sunset," perhaps sums up the essence of the album best--creating a message which is easy to read-it's traveling music inviting one to come along for the ride... it's all good music--well worth listening to.

LINCOLN COUNTY WEEKLY, June 29, 1995

"...Ginnaty's music is pretty easy to understand and appreciate... He writes for his guitar, plain and simple...folks who enjoy guitar melodies or balls-to-the-wall riffing will dig [To Sail Beyond the Sunset]...
"The eight songs here are split about equally between the soft and the hard. "Carnivore" and "Heat of the Flame" (particularly the former) crank. "Sirens" is extra ethereal, while "If I Could Change It All Today" creates within a tighter structure that atmosphere of floating through the mist. The opening "Revelations," the title song ["To Sail Beyond the Sunset"], "Don't Be Afraid to Love" and "Take a Chill Pill" fall somewhere between those extremes.
"...if you just love the sound of a guitar To Sail Beyond the Sunset is something you'll embrace.
FACE MAGAZINE, August 16-29, 1995

"...generally up-tempo instrumentals that sound as if they should be accompanied by video images of crashing surf or speeding Formula 1 racers... Ginnaty is doing something rarely heard in these parts. He's playing the guitar god role to the hilt, and it happens to sound pretty good...
FACE MAGAZINE, July 20-August 2, 1994

"Ginnaty is probably at his most lyrical on "Don't Be Afraid to Love"...it sounds as if he's actually trying to sing the words with his guitar...a soaring slice of rock that would really sound great doming out of the car radio speakers on a hot summer day.
FACE MAGAZINE, May 8-21, 1991

"...there's serious merit to both Ginnaty's playing and writing. More, please...
FACE MAGAZINE, June 6-19, 1990

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