No mere platform for indulgent guitar shredding or showboating, "Antares: The GranDesign" is a sonic journey. Instrumental heavy rock music that blends soulful, yet explosive guitar work and an image-evoking compositional style. Joe has taken his love of action-movie soundtracks and merged it with a blend of melodic, amazingly tasteful guitar work and both abrasive and smooth sounding samples and synthesizer sounds. The songs "Long Days of Summer" and "Lost In Austin" feature renowned Dixie Dregs/Steve Morse Band and G3 John Petrucci band alumnus bassist Dave LaRue. Joe Rodriguez has also been the lead guitarist and assistant producer with 80's icons "A Flock of Seagulls" since 1998. Select excerpts have also been heard on NFL Blast, licensed to MTV Road Rules and the feature film "No Rest For The Wicked". "Antares: The GranDesign" is a must-have CD for fans of instrumental guitar music.