Tag: demo

Improv in D

A short heavy piece that came to me while waiting for something else to come to me. A lot of this happens like that. The melody was sweet enough to me that I wanted to hold on to it. No mastering or production on this one other than Boreal Forest in the QRS. Recorded directly […]

Project 23

I’m playing with some old-school synth arpeggiators and horn sections, soloed over on guitar. No mastering or producing done on this one yet. Just sitting here waiting for a few more pieces.

I should have been doing something else …

… but I have a new DEMO today! I wrote this instead of doing the chord progression for Danielle that I was supposed to be helping her with (which means I need to do it later). She’s working on a new piece (that I’ll let her tell you about when it’s ready), and she’s sort […]

Cold February Blues (Improv)

This is a blues-in-E improv over a theme I’ve been working on for a few days. I’m finger-picking again after being in a cast for a couple of months, so the solo’s kind of janky, but it feels great to be back with it again, and what could be better physical therapy than playing six-string. […]

1992-1994: The “Emerson” Sessions

It was 1991 when I found and repaired my mother’s 1964 Sears folk guitar and started playing. Between 1992 and 1994, I recorded original songs in my bedroom using an Emerson dual-deck boom box. As I was encouraged into other studies, and as I got lost in a deep mental illness, I completely forgot about […]