Chord Inversion

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 close and warm 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.

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!

An E for Your Effort

Guitars, bass, and drums rough out.

The song is supposed to portray something to run to or maybe from. The energy is the purpose.

You'd Better Run

 

 

 

 

A New One for Marianne

I wrote this song last Friday. The progression came first and the melody was improvised. I need to add piano but haven't had the time to yet. Here's the rough out- first cut in the sonic hardwood of the mind.
There's a lot of contrast in spots. I hardly bent any notes if the binary audio speaks true. I used my strat direct into the MR-8HD. I used the cornball spatial device on the machine to augment time on the recording.
The sentiment of the song is how intimidatingly beautiful my wife is and how I find myself longing for her smile and touch. There's the playfulness of our family and the dynamic of life. The butterfly at the end breaking into harmonies is the sun on the shoulders during a memorable time spent together.
The First Time I Saw You