Inside Music
Where music originates inside is a constant search. After 50+ years of playing I find myself with a guitar and an amp. And nothing else [...]
Guitar + Amp = Complete Tone : Happy Guitarist
The most basic set up for an electric guitar sound has to be guitar + amp & that's all. So why do so few people [...]
Strange As It Seems
Muchas fun song writing collaboration with Seattle based singer-songwriter Ravi Mantena. This is a rough sketch of the chord sequence and melody ideas for a [...]
Protest in Instrumental Music
Can instrumental music be protest music? We all have feelings of protest, feelings that challenge things around us and in the wider world. Is it [...]
Why Do We Need Music?
"Let the music keep our spirits high" In his song Before The Deluge, Jackson Browne uses this lyric, straight after the words.. "Let the buildings [...]
Composing for Guitar
Whether solo guitar or layered recordings, the composing process is always multi-faceted. For me it is a balance between many elements. For example: Music Theory [...]
Work In Progress
Collaboration track with Ravi Mantena, my good friend in Seattle and recent collaborator on a couple of new music projects. This is the possible Intro [...]
Layering Guitar Parts in Recordings
Layering Guitars in a recording almost always throws up one part that it would have been impossible to have written before starting and which in [...]