Boa Mojo (latin jazz/rock) Been a while since I composed and recorded something new. This was just fun indulgence.
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Home to the Blues (Smokin' blues)
When all is said and done, this is what I am all about. An inspired groove to just close my eyes and let my heart dictate what my fingers play
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Storm Riders (Classic Rock) - I was bored and started playing around with putting different style spins on some old Rock classics. This one just made me laugh, at first, but when I started to record guitar I realized it could really work!
Adrienne I composed this for my wife Adrienne shortly before our 25th wedding anniversary
Slip Stream (Mellow Blues)Once again I was bored and just wanted to play anything. I opened my file of midi beds, closed my eyes and selected one at random. MAN, this was one fine backing bed for me, just what I was in the mood and I have no idea where I got this midi file ... I didn't make it!
It took a day to record a few guitar tracks and a month to arrange them. This was a truly chaotic but fun way of creating music.
Ain't gettin' outta this bed (Smokin' Blues)
Another great blues backing track (aka "Bed") that lets me just close my eyes and fall into "the zone"
Star Swan's Glide This is a piece of an epic rock ballad production I am creating. Roscoe may be joining me on this soon :)
Sand & Glass (Hard Rock) I created this in 2004 (part of an "Epic Rock" CD I was composing). This track alone took 3 months of POST-production engineering. I think it would be a good computer game track, too.
So Far (Smooth Jazz)During my smooth jazz experimental phase last year, I was looking for a David Benoit/Rippingtons type feel. This is what came out ... I love Brass!
Spooky (Classic Rock)Cover of a classic song by the Classics V. featuring Lee Cusenbary on vocals.
Almost home to the blues (blues/jazz shuffle) After I have experimented with different genres and scale phrasings, I always want to come home to Blues because that's what's in my heart. I was almost home with this tune.
So Long (Smooth Jazz)
On 1/22/04 my best friend since childhood, Pete Triola,suddenly died. It took a long time for the grief to dull enough to write a song that captured how I felt ... this is for Pete.
La Grange (Texas Blues) You gotta love that Texas groove! An online collab featuring my friend Ron Metcalf, AKA RbRockSter - a fine guitarist.
Good Fools (Jumpin' Blues Shuffle)
My friend, Paul (see Jamwave's "White Crow") had just bought his first LesPaul and we decided to break it in for our first collab - using a midi of Albert Collin's great blues tune A "Good Fool" as the bed.
Session 6 (Slow Blues Jam)
Another collab with my friend, Ron Metcalf (see La Grange). For this we decided to use nothing but Fender Strats. Ron's opening riff blows me away every time ...
Imagine That (Smooth Jazz) - This is basically a music "bed" that I while in bed with the flu.