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Just been busy writing and playing. Not much recording going on. Perhaps that will change with the season of summer upon us. Stay tuned. Thanks for listening!

Slow Blues Salvation

Maybe that's a better title. It definitely allows me more freedom lyrically. Here's the alternate lead take that I feel is jazzier and raunchier than the conversely soulful one in the previous link. It's abbreviated "slob". Slow blues.
Enjoy the tune:

Slowblues Salvation

Slowburn Salvation Sans Vox

I had some time so I worked this song over again. I built it from the ground up laying out the drum loop, then the organ part, a rhythm guitar part, the second guitar part (which had a lead that's not on this mix) and the final lead part. I haven't committed to a vocal part yet so it's SANS vocals. The verse/chorus sections are pretty easy to follow. The solo I used here is one that fits the spirit of the song better. The other solo (which I'll try to mix today and add as an alternate take) is more jazz sounding to my ears. Think of the solos on "I'm Old Fashioned" from the Blue Train record. It's very Coltrane influenced to me at times and while I dig that this tune feels a bit more Beale St. to me. It's a work in progress so we'll see what happens. I'm interested in feedback folks. Opinions are like bellybuttons-everyone has one.

Thanks for listening.

Slowburn Salvation (take1)

Dig That Modern Sound

http://www.mediafire.com/?dtmjz25gz5j <---LINK TO SONG



An exercise in E with a rockabilly jump sound. Watch out for the minors. There's a simplicity to the recording. I set up the Princeton and the Strat. I put a Weber VST AlNiCo signature 10 in the cab to replace the drier Weber Ceramic that was in it.
I placed the mic the same height of my ears faced down towards the amp. Two takes and bruises later it was done. This is a demo I plan to chart and try with other musicians sometime. The form will be the hardest thing to convey and execute. Fun!
The last chord was an AFTERTHOUGHT...hence the delay.

Thanks for listening.

Chord Inversion

So I do things like this when I have free time. I'm a nerd.
There's a tune I like by Django Reinhardt called, "Minor Swing". It's in A minor.
I was jamming around on it for a bit tonight and decided to end with this chord. The voicing is just sexy to my ears. It's an A minor 6/9 voiced from low to high-
A-F#-C-E-B

Think of it as a D9 shape with a B on the high E at 7th fret and the D dropped in lieu of the open A string. It's a very rich chord.

There you go. I'll YOuTube it tomorrow.

Europa's Gravity

Santana had a song called "Europa" on the Moonflower album. It was a live recording that I feel has emotive phrases and melodies. I drew from that with this song. There's a hint of the original melody in the song but the rest of it is pure distillation. I recorded all the parts myself.

Europa's Gravity



Thanks for listening!