Kiko Loureiro - Mind Rise [audio]

Kiko Loureiro - Mind Rise After years of playing in massive arenas and headlining festivals, there’s something refreshing about focusing on the fundamentals. The new song taps into that, where catchy, straightforward guitar riffs take center stage, using a deep, lower-register pentatonic scale to immediately engage the listener. In my mind, the verse goes: Carlos Santana meets Jeff Beck, with sinuous, curvy lines where slight variations in playing the same note make a huge impact on the theme. As the saying goes, “The devil is in the details,“ and here, those details shape the entire vibe of the track. The song kicks off in E minor, one of the most commonly used keys in rock guitar. But just when it feels familiar, it shifts into G major, its relative key, lifting the track and creating a sense of elevation. The dynamics between these two bring energy and keep the listener’s attention without overcomplicating the composition. In this way, the song avoids relying only on a traditiona