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“Composed”

not my compositionfurniture Videnov

The task over at the collective this month was to make a “composition,” that is, no improvisation or excessive noodling, but rather an ordered opus with every note counting, so to speak. I cloned myself and made a guitar trio and the result you may listen to below. Namaste.

 
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Face Phase

messy

The Guitar Collective task for March was to take the major chords FACE and do something with them. I did a little shredfest thingy, complete with a number of sweep picking cliches here and there.

 
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Ain’t misbehavin’

yes, yes

The Guitar Collective task for February was to do a “period” piece. I’m not sure what era I’m aiming for here, but I added some dust and scratches to give it that “lo-fi” vintage sheen.

 
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Midifying

Anton webern

An excursion using a midified string section, originally played on guitar. 20th Century Classical written all over it.

 
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Three Beers

ah, the ipas

Another semi-ethereal jazz tinged rambling after a trio of pale ales. No bass, but enough Impulse Response backing to provide a good sonic canopy.

 
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Suspension Bridge

ah the golden gate

The last of my ersatz Holdsworth-influenced pieces for the year. Next year? I’m going to try and realize last year’s resolution, which was to de-emphasize shredding and guitar based composition in favor of more elaborate musical exploration. I want to do more pieces that don’t have any guitar at all, maybe get into some ambient sound scaping stuff. Hard to say, though. I just bought the Pat Metheny songbook and plan to give it a good study and I’m sure it will have a big influence on my playing in ‘08.

 
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cognitive disjuncture

shredder

 
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Green Cheekers

the green cheekers

Although this song is named “Hudson,” after one of our Green Cheek conures, it could really be for both Hudson and Baylee. When I was recording tracks with the guitar Baylee would fly onto the neck of the guitar and perch there, sometimes biting the strings or chasing my fingers (occasionally getting a little nip in). So I was first going to name the song “Baylee,” after her; but then I recalled that I already have a song in the works named after her. I guess I could have just called the song “green cheekers,” our affectionate name for them, but I went ahead and gave Hudson his own tune. He was our first conure and I think the sweetest.

This is a “mellow” piece, featuring synth trumpet and a metheny-esque guitar solo in the second part.

 
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The answer is…

the answer is

Someone over at monohedral cathedral suggested making a fugue with the theme from Jeopardy! as the base. So that’s what I did, adding a minor section to the well-known quiz show ditty and acting as if I were the California Guitar Quartet.

 
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IT Sux

rock on wizard

The task over at the collective this month was, I think, to create something that “sucks,” or build a piece where sucking is thematic. Well I ended up doing a homegrown rap thing with bombastic drums and guitar, with a cameo appearance by the “don’t tase me bro” guy. And it’s a bit “loudy.”

 
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