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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN,

Greatest Classical Composer in history, who composed the masterpiece Symphony #9, while TOTALLY DEAF!

 

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Baroque Composer who wrote the genius UNFINISHED masterpiece "THE ART OF THE FUGUE" in his last years, while SLOWLY GOING BLIND!

 

NICCOLO PAGANINI was called "The Devil's Son" and "Witch's Brat" for his demonic and amazing violin virtuosity!

 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, GENIUS CLASSICAL Composer, who died when he was only 35 years old.

 

 

THE GREAT KAT, The Only FEMALE Musical Revolutionary,   Inventor of "Shred Classical" Music

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Something by her returning to brutal violin." - Ian Christe, SiriusXM Liquid Metal. - LISTEN NOW NEW ON YOUTUBE & ITUNES!! VIVALDI'S "THE FOUR SEASONS" MUSIC VIDEO – The Great Kat Guitar Goddess SHREDS VIVALDI on Guitar AND Violin! NEW Music Video at http://youtu.be/R_hn7HKHbDs &  https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/vivaldis-the-four-seasons/id573040803 ITUNES PREMIERES THE GREAT KAT’S "WAR", "ZAPATEADO", "TORTURE CHAMBER", "LIVE IN CHICAGO" & "CASTRATION" MUSIC VIDEOS from "EXTREME GUITAR SHRED" DVD! https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/war/id585230085 https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/zapateado/id585630184 https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/torture-chamber/id585229972 https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/live-in-chicago/id585230084 https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/castration/id581329246 NEW ON AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO THE GREAT KAT’S  NEO-CLASSICAL MASTERPIECE “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” AND INSANE "EXTREME GUITAR SHRED"! MUSICRADAR.COM NAMES THE GREAT KAT AS "20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY"! "The Great Kat. Fastest track: Metal Messiah. The Great Kat deserves credit, not just for her incredible speed, but for sticking to her passion. An uncompromising shred demon hell-bent on bringing classical music crashing into the 20th (and now the 21st) century, preferably at about 500bpm." - Matthew Parker, MusicRadar.com OVER 1 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS OF THE GREAT KAT'S SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!! http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR   TOTAL GUITAR MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO 5 (1ST MOVEMENT)"!  "The Great Kat (Beethoven Shreds) includes a short arrangement of the tune [Beethoven Symphony No 5] at a breakneck tempo, infused with shred heroics and speed-metal accompaniment. The Great Kat's shred histrionics take Beethoven's Fifth to a whole new level...Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3. The Great Kat provides 100 seconds of utterly mad shred guitar with multiple lead parts weaving in and out of each other, all played at lightning pace." - Total Guitar Magazine (July 2012 Issue)   "AMERICA'S BEETHOVEN EXHIBIT" at THE IRA F. BRILLIANT CENTER FOR BEETHOVEN STUDIES FEATURES THE GREAT KAT'S "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD! "No one has exploited Beethoven to the extent that Katherine Thomas, known as The Great Kat, has. She does not just play Beethoven: she considers herself Beethoven reincarnated. In a male-dominated field, heavy metal, she is virtuosic, transgressive, and aggressive." -  Michael Broyles, Co-Curator, "America's Beethoven Exhibit" at The Ira F. Brilliant Center For Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University SPIN MAGAZINE HONORS THE GREAT KAT WITH A STAR IN THE "GUITAR HERO GALAXY"! "THE LOUDER THE BETTER - INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE. From rock legends to the Devil - with callouts to and riffs from today's hottest players-our highly subjective classification of the guitar-hero galaxy. THE GREAT KAT." - David Marchese, Spin Magazine (May/June 2012)     OVER 1 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS OF THE GREAT KAT'S SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!! -BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3" -GUITAR/VIOLIN with GUITAR TAB & NOTATION: http://youtu.be/9etszc4VjcQ  -FINGER-SHREDDING CLOSE-UP on "THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE": http://youtu.be/oteJe3Yum1I  - PAGANINI’S “CAPRICE #24” with GUITAR TABLATURE & MUSIC NOTATION: http://youtu.be/6uDPPz12sFw  -BEETHOVEN'S "5th SYMPHONY" with GUITAR TABLATURE & NOTATION: http://youtu.be/JA2kmV4QH2I  -SARASATE'S "ZAPATEADO" – with GUITAR TABLATURE & MUSIC NOTATION: http://youtu.be/N7hhwhrFgAM  -"METAL FUGUE: BACH'S THE ART OF THE FUGUE"-THE GREAT KAT'S MOSH: http://youtu.be/e2AvnOY8LbI  -"HOT SHRED BITS" - BAZZINI'S "THE ROUND OF THE GOBLINS" on GUITAR & VIOLIN http://youtu.be/f3ORZbZZcmw   THE GREAT KAT AWARDS: HONORED WITH A STAR IN THE "GUITAR HERO GALAXY" - Spin Magazine "From rock legends to the Devil - with callouts to and riffs from today's hottest players-our highly subjective classification of the guitar-hero galaxy. THE GREAT KAT." "20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY"  MusicRadar.com "The Great Kat. An uncompromising shred demon hell-bent on bringing classical music crashing into the 20th (and now the 21st) century, preferably at about 500bpm." "TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar One Magazine "The Great Kat. 'Girl power' is a gross understatement. The world's first shredding dominatrix." "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine "The Great Kat. Juilliard-trained virtuoso. Heavy leather dominatrix persona so over the top." "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"- NME "The Great Kat: When the Juilliard trained Kat straps on the six-strings, everything around is sucked up in a swirling vortex of hypersonic virtuosity." "THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Kurier "The American heavy metal guitarist The Great Kat (born Katherine Thomas) expertly wraps her band's Classical sounds into speed metal and pulls it into a vortex of sonic virtuosity." "THE 100 WILDEST GUITAR HEROES" - Classic Rock Magazine   "The Great Kat - FELINE GROOVY. Likes blood. And Beethoven. Must hear: William Tell Overture." "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle Magazine "Juilliard-trained violinist the Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) is the most mind-bogglingly fast." "20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter" "The Juilliard-trained violinist and guitar shredder transforms classical masterworks into speed-metal songs, rages like a demented dominatrix, spews blood." "8 OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST SHREDDERS" - Gibson Lifestyle "The Great Kat - the world’s foremost female shredder. Wait until you see a leather-and-fishnet clad wild woman bump up the BPMs." "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD NOW OUT WORLDWIDE! "Beethoven Shreds" CD $7 BUY "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD:   GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE'S READERS' POLL NAMES THE GREAT KAT "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"!  GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE READER'S POLL NAMES THE GREAT KAT #5 in "THE 50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"!   WQXR CLASSICAL RADIO FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "HOW BEETHOVEN BECAME AN AMERICAN ICON"! "Ludwig Through the Lens of Filmmakers, Activists, Rockers and Rappers. The Great Kat riffs on Beethoven." - By Brian Wise, WQXR Classical Radio OUT NOW! BEETHOVEN IN AMERICA", NEW BOOK BY MICHAEL BROYLES, FEATURES THE GREAT KAT! Chapter entitled: "Beethoven in Popular Music"! "No one in heavy metal has exploited Beethoven to the extent of Katherine Thomas, known as 'The Great Kat.' She does not just play Beethoven. If you believe her, she is Beethoven reincarnated. Loud, blistering fast guitar riffs accompanied by screams, and an aggressive hyper-dominatrix persona. Her act is not subtle. She is direct and flamboyant about her intentions. Her virtuosity is for real. Over-the-top stage persona. This is a frontal assault." - By Michael Broyles, "Beethoven in America" Book (Indiana University Press) "Beethoven in America" Book by Michael Broyles -- "The Great Kat, Juilliard graduate (violin), heavy metal artist, self-proclaimed 'Goddess.'" GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"! "The Great Kat. SIGNATURE SONG: 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee'. Juilliard-trained virtuoso. Heavy leather dominatrix persona so over the top." - Guitar World Magazine   "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD DOWNLOADS! The Great Kat, The World's Fastest Guitarist, unleashes the ULTIMATE Shred Guitar CD, "BEETHOVEN SHREDS", featuring: -"THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE" Shredding at 300 BPM! -BEETHOVEN'S "5TH SYMPHONY" with the world's most famous 4 notes! -BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3" with 6 shredding guitars! -PAGANINI'S "CAPRICE #24" starring Great Kat's demonic guitar virtuosity! & MORE!!     The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS (MVD)! "Displaying the world's fastest shred guitar music, this CD features The Great Kat's electrifying tracks on guitar and violin with dazzling insane speeds of 300 BPM." - MVD   LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON ONLINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT'S "BEETHOVEN'S GUITAR SHRED" DVD! "The Great Kat, who you may know as one of the fastest, fiercest heavy metal guitar shredders in the universe. I popped it in, and was delighted to find some of the greatest heavy metal videos ever made. This lady is hard core. She plays Beethoven's symphonies the way he always intended: incredibly fast and covered in blood." - Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Online "Kat is best described as a 21st century Janis Joplin who breaks out of the conventionally assigned gender role limitations of acceptable female behavior, to give the historically male dominated music scene a woman's energy and edge." Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze NEW YORK MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT! "The Great Kat. The High Priestess of Guitar Shred. She can play 'Flight of the Bumblebee' at 300 beats per minute! Wagner’s War, a no-holds-barred response to September 11, includes a cover of that tender Nazi classic 'Flight of the Valkyries.'  Her followers (the 'Kat slaves') think she’s just the soldier America needs. Ranked among 'The Ten Fastest Shredders of All Time.' Totally spoiling her crazy-lady rep: She studied classical violin at Juilliard." - Melissa Maerz , New York Magazine THE GREAT KAT'S SHRED GUITAR CDS IN STORES NOW! NEW "Beethoven Shreds", "Wagner's War", "Rossini's Rape", "Bloody Vivaldi", "Guitar Goddess" CDs & "Digital Beethoven On Cyberspeed" CD-ROM/CD! BUY AT:   DOWNLOAD THE GREAT KAT’S SHRED/CLASSICAL GUITAR CDS!   iTUNES GREAT KAT MUSIC CDS NOW AVAILABLE! "Beethoven Shreds" http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beethoven-shreds/id453271734  "Wagner's War" http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wagners-war/id384716310  "Rossini's Rape" http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rossinis-rape/id384720627  "Bloody Vivaldi" http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bloody-vivaldi/id384712414  "Guitar Goddess" http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/guitar-goddess/id384709525   GREAT KAT MUSIC VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE! Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/vivaldis-the-four-seasons/id573040803 "War" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/war/id585230085 "Zapateado" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/zapateado/id585630184 "Torture Chamber" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/torture-chamber/id585229972 "Live In Chicago" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/live-in-chicago/id585230084 "Castration" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/castration/id581329246 "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/the-flight-of-the-bumble-bee/id368743107 Beethoven's "5th Symphony" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/beethovens-5th-symphony/id368743633 Paganini's "Caprice #24" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/paganinis-caprice-24/id368743262 Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/bachs-brandenburg-concerto-3/id368743861 "Blood" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/blood/id368743270 "Torture Techniques" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/torture-techniques/id374001404 "IslamoFascists" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/islamofascists/id368743906 "Kat Kartoon" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/kat-kartoon-flight-bumble/id368744647   GREAT KAT SONGS on iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/great-kat/id384709526 GREAT KAT VIDEOS on iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-great-kat/id368743108 GREAT KAT on AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Kat-Beethovens-Guitar-Shred/dp/B00C8YYJ7G/ref=sr_1_3?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1365437697&sr=1-3&keywords=The+Great+Kat  and http://www.amazon.com/Great-Kat-Extreme-Guitar-Shred/dp/B00BPXESC2/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1363793732&sr=1-2&keywords=The+Great+Kat GREAT KAT on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/greatkatguitarshredder GREAT KAT on TWITTER at http://twitter.com/greatkatguitar GREAT KAT on YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR  YOUTUBE'S "GREAT KAT" CHANNEL at http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCuJG9jO1nSCE/featured

THE GREAT KAT’S MASTERPIECE “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD! Buy Kat "BEETHOVEN'S GUITAR SHRED" DVD at:  -Amazon.com VIDEO CLIPS FROM "BEETHOVEN'S GUITAR SHRED" DVD   WMV MPEG and/or QUICK-TIME YOUTUBE iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! "DVD SHRED VIDEOS MENU" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube     NEW! "DVD MAIN MENU" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube     NEW! "THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! "BLOOD" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! BEETHOVEN'S "5TH SYMPHONY" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! PAGANINI'S "CAPRICE #24" WMV Clip  MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! "TORTURE TECHNIQUES" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! "ISLAMOFASCISTS" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3" WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! "KAT KARTOON" ("The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee") WMV MPEG & Quicktime YouTube iTUNES AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO NEW! "METAL FUGUE: BACH'S THE ART OF THE FUGUE" WMV MPEG & QUICKTIME YOUTUBE

THE GREAT KAT AWARDS: -"20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY"  MusicRadar.com   -"50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine   -"TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar One Magazine   "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"- NME -"THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Kurier     -"THE 100 WILDEST GUITAR HEROES" - Classic Rock Magazine   -"TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll   -"12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle Magazine    -"20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter"   -Juilliard Graduate Violin Virtuoso/Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra/Winner of the Artists International Competition on Violin/Carnegie Recital Hall Debut on Solo Violin

The Great Kat's SHRED GUITAR VERSIONS of CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES:

Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" ("Beethoven Shreds" CD & "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD)

Beethoven's "5th Symphony" ("Beethoven Shreds" CD & "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD)

Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3" ("Beethoven Shreds" CD & "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD)

Paganini's "Caprice #24"  ("Beethoven Shreds" CD & "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD)

Bach's "The Art Of The Fugue" ("Beethoven Shreds" CD & "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD)

Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" ("Bloody Vivaldi")

Wagner's "The Ride of the Valkyries" ("Wagner's War")

Sarasate's "Zapateado" ("Wagner's War")

Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" ("Wagner's War")

Bazzini's "The Round of The Goblins" ("Rossini's Rape")

Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy" ("Bloody Vivaldi")

Chopin's "Funeral March" ("Beethoven On Speed")

Rossini's "William Tell Overture" ("Rossini's Rape")

Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" ("Guitar Goddess")

"Beethoven On Speed" ("Beethoven On Speed")

Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" ("Guitar Goddess")

"Beethoven Mosh" ("Beethoven On Speed")

Bach's "Partita #3" ("Digital Beethoven On Cyberspeed")

Paganini's "Caprice #9" ("Digital Beethoven On Cyberspeed")

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The Great Kat is the famous Juilliard graduate violin virtuoso-turned guitar shred virtuoso, who showcases her phenomenal guitar pyrotechnics in "Beethoven Shreds" CD and "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD! The Great Kat is the “Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time” (Guitar One Magazine)/“50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time” (Guitar World Magazine)/“20 Of The Fastest Guitarists In The World Today” (MusicRadar.com)/“The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes” (Classic Rock Magazine)/“12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists” (Elle Magazine)/“Top-10 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time” (Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll)/Honored with a STAR in the “GUITAR HERO GALAXY” (Spin Magazine)!