MUSIC

Here are a few mp3's of some of my tunes. All are works in progress and were recorded in my home studio, I played most of the parts except where noted.

Some of the pieces are simply vehicles for improvisation or demonstrations of new pieces of kit.


SUMMER DAZE

This was going to be an exercise for one of my students, but I liked it too much. A bit of a Stevie Ray Vaughan/Hendrix vibe to this one. Always loved that chordal/lead approach as in Little Wing or Lennie.

summer daze.mp3 Nov


INTERLUDE

Just quickly threw this together in response to Adam and Lee complaining I hadn't posted any new tunes for a while.
interlude.mp3



HEAVENLEA

A solo improvisation, me playing with a few chords. Instead of agonising over something for ages I thought i'd just play something live and be done with it.
Thought I'd develop this by posting a fresh take every few weeks or so - might make me do some practice !!   heavenlea.mp3

HEAVENLEA take 2

This time improvised over the chords, a duet with myself?
heavenlea take2.mp3


OFFPAT/11b9

Had this tune knocking about forever, never quite made my mind up what to do with it. Used my Gibson hummingbird for the acoustic melody and chords and my 335 for the electric harmony parts.

Brendan O'Connor supplied some great bass on some of the tune(from where the drums kick in halfway through).  offpat/11b9.mp3


SWING SHIFT/BROWN SUGAR

Something about this track always reminded me of D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, so I played a few quotes from it on the organ.  
swing shift/brown sugar.mp3


TOO TEMPTING

Just bought myself a Vox Tonelab for recording my guitar with, really like it so far. This is the first thing I recorded on the day I bought it, inspired by the Textrem patch.  too tempting.mp3