Vic Hyland

vic_hyland.jpgVic Hyland is nationally known for his educational work with the guitar, and his research work into creativity in music. Vic’s guitar playing has also been likened to a mixture of Hendrix, Santana and Jeff Beck and his voice to that of Sting.

He is a prolific and versatile songwriter often creating a hybrid from differing influences, which can be experienced on his CDs to date. He has also had a considerable influence on many up and coming musicians, thanks both to the bands he has nurtured and his regular lectures on the music business.

blues_album.jpgThese lectures include the weird sounding, but genuinely impressive use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Vic learnt this ‘dark’ art from its creator Richard Bandler and the world famous hypnotist Paul McKenna).

Vic’s work of late for the Registry of Guitar Tutors has taken him to numerous places such as Greece and Malta examining for the guitar grades and playing. His interest in the consciousness and creativity area has led to the book Art of Practice and the CD Creativity and Health that deals with the areas of learning and the problems with education within society Vic does all of his work at Cyclone over many years and he is currently undertaking a number of ambitious plans that will include risk reversed sales of the graded teaching CD’s that guarantee a pass in the guitar exams or your money back!

www.vichyland.com

What people say

I have used Cyclone for my last two mastering and manufacture jobs, and as it is a 350-mile round trip for me there must be a good reason why. After numerous mastering, printing and duplication nightmares from several other similar production houses who shall remain nameless, [clippie mastering, bubbles on the CD labels, off centre printing!], I eventually found a company to trust with my recordings and artwork. The service at Cyclone is always professional and helpful, with the final product being excellently mastered, printed and packaged.

Trevor Brown

I first worked with Cyclone for the mastering/duplication of Mercury Rain's debut album - 'Dark Waters'(2000). We returned to Cyclone for our second album 'St. Mathieu' (2004) which included a DVD bonus disc, and full 16 page boklet and have a full release in the UK and France. I was tempted away once on price alone for a short run of DVD-Rs to distribute a promotional video, but the finished product was vastly inferior and did not put the band in a very positive light. When we do our next album, it will be straight back to Cyclone! You invest a lot of time, effort and money when going the DIY route of producing your own music, and it is so important that the final stages of the product are handled professionally - the mastering, the duplication, the printing, everything has always been right first time with Cyclone.

This is why, when I started to promote the ProgPower festival in the UK, and we wanted a company to manufacture the free CD/DVD sampler we hand out on the door of the festival, I didn't bother approaching anyone else. I went straight to Cyclone and asked them to be involved as a sponser and produce the samper for us. This sampler has to be completed by the deadline well before the festival, and be right first time as well. Bands and labels pay to be on the sampler, and it is a key source of revenue and promotion for us as well. Also, being a compilation, the mastering is key to having a professional product, and Cyclone handled this perfectly for us.

Cyclone have always given us good advice and an honest opinion, which has both given us confidence in them, and helped us to make a better end product.

Jon Hoare Mercury Rain & promoter of ProgPower UK