This coming Friday, I’m playing the reception for the Art Focus Artists’ Association 33rd Annual Spring Art Show (Friday, May 22nd, 7-9 p.m., Mabbett Hall in Poco). Please drop by to check out the work of over 20 Tri-Cities artists. Hope to see you there!
Originally recorded for my 2004 album, “My World”, “Looking In” is a piece I’ve played fairly consistently in live settings over the last 22 years. This Live in the Studio version has some of the original recording’s guitar lines, but as with most of the videos in this ongoing series, I’ve improvised new solos and fills. Thanks for listening, and I hope you like this Live in the Studio version of “Looking In”!
Here’s “Texture N°6”, the sixth piece in my ongoing series of textural music. To create the quiet, introspective vibe that the track has, I drew on a bunch of different styles/sounds — everything from folk guitar to 80s synths. Definitely happy with how the track came out, and I might end up subtitling it something like, “A Moment of Peace”. As always, thanks for listening/watching!
“Texture N°5” is probably the most arranged/produced of the pieces I’ve recorded for this ongoing series of textural music. I wrote the guitar part first, but then started feeling a few contrasting colours (drums, synth bass, and a couple of other synth keys) would work really well. For the guitar players out there… I’m using a drop D tuning with a Spider Capo. It’s a partial capo that lets me capo however many of the six strings I’d like. Truly opens up whole other worlds for writing/playing. As always, thank you for taking the time to listen/watch the video!
My new single, “Over Again”, is out now! This is an instrumental guitar track that blends my nylon-string guitar with a multilayered production. With “Over Again”, I was exploring how patterns can repeat in our own lives and can affect us in ways that we are sometimes not even aware. Capturing that feeling is what this track is all about. As always, thanks for listening/watching, and I hope you like “Over Again”!
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Texture N°4” is the fourth composition in my ongoing series of textural pieces. I always find it tough to describe my music, but I think this piece has a pretty relaxed vibe (at least compared to the first three textural pieces I wrote). Thanks for listening/watching, and I hope you like the video!
“Nobody Knows Why” is from my 2009 EP St. Joseph Street. The title of the EP is named after a street in downtown Toronto that I lived on for over 20 years. Doing this “Live in the Studio” video and playing over the album bed tracks brings me right back to my life in Toronto around 2009. For me, music really does have a way of transporting me to a time and place. Joining me on this track are bassist Henrik Bridger and drummer Dave Patel. As always, thanks for watching/listening and I hope you like the video!
If you like a touch of harmonic angularity (AKA chords that bite) in music, then you might enjoy my new piece, “Texture N°3”. This is my third composition in my ongoing series of textural music, and I would appreciate you checking out the video.
Here’s “Texture N°2″, the second in my series of textural music. As always, thanks for taking the time to watch/listen, and I hope you like the video!
The first in my series of textural music.