Found a interesting sounding indian instrument via the computer world and strummed out chords on my lil midi guitar. Added some percussion, strings and a flute.
Did this many years ago. It came together very quickly. There are know synths, all guitars and backwards vocals, sped up vocals, detuned vocals.....whacked sounds. I wrote the lyrics on the spot. I love its deep personal message...lol!
This was a collab between my old friend Joe and I from a couple years ago. I recorded the basic track and sent it to him so he could play the main melody/ guitar solo over it. I took the ending of the guitar solo section and reversed it to give…
This was a collab between my old friend Joe and I from a couple years ago. I recorded the basic track and sent it to him so he could play the main melody/ guitar solo over it. I took the ending of the guitar solo section and reversed it to give…
Haven’t uploaded any material in ages! I have been building custom guitars which has been taking up some of my spare time. This track features my first guitar build which I am playing over a backing track.
Recorded this one as a test track to sync with the video I shot for it. I am not happy with the computer virtual amp guitar sound on this. I will re-record this and mic my amp for that real cranked 100 watt tube sound.
Haven’t uploaded any material in ages! I have been building custom guitars which has been taking up some of my spare time. This track features my first guitar build which I am playing over a backing track.
Haven’t uploaded any material in ages! I have been building custom guitars which has been taking up some of my spare time. This track features my first guitar build which I am playing over a backing track.
Haven’t uploaded any material in ages! I have been building custom guitars which has been taking up some of my spare time. This track features my first guitar build which I am playing over a backing track.
Haven’t uploaded any material in ages! I have been building custom guitars which has been taking up some of my spare time. This track features my first guitar build which I am playing over a backing track.
This was a collab between my old friend Joe and I from a couple years ago. I recorded the basic track and sent it to him so he could play the main melody/ guitar solo over it. I took the ending of the guitar solo section and reversed it to give…
Haven’t uploaded any material in ages! I have been building custom guitars which has been taking up some of my spare time. This track features my first guitar build which I am playing over a backing track.
This was a collab between my old friend Joe and I from a couple years ago. I recorded the basic track and sent it to him so he could play the main melody/ guitar solo over it. I took the ending of the guitar solo section and reversed it to give…
That’s some nasty slide you’re putting down. Ripping it with the Epiphone! Getting right down to the gristle...
...and thanks for listening to my songs and commenting.
This is an ode for a good friend of mine that had took his own life at the end of last year. I was in the midst of writing some other songs and it stopped me in my tracks. I just wrote basically how I felt about this tragic ending to a very special…
I'm sorry to hear about your friend.
I get scared sometimes when I'm alone too much & I think about the ways people who have taken their own lives affect me. I guess it's easy to understand that it's not a matter of finding a reason to do it; it's a matter of getting help before any action is taken, & somehow getting through the quicksand long enough to find a reason to be OK again.
This is one of the things I was fiddling with when I sang Me and Bobby McGee as a distraction last week.
I'm working on finding out how to get acoustic stuff down consistently and effectively within the confines of what I've got here - I wasn…
lots of different things I tried in this one, mostly in structure and vox, as well as harmony and texture. I guess it is a progressive type song with some gloom.
the intro is a short bass thing with effects called nectar, its like 25 sec.s…
Dystopian Anthem
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Together we strive
United, we divide
the night fire we've made
are ours to take
We gain what we earn
earn what we can take
family, we all share
In this world to create
Revolution is Coming
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we've come full circle again
can you feel the waves of sin
my friends
we've come full circle again
do you feel the pain, like me?
driven from rivers of blood
of those
that died to make…
Greg let me have another go at one of his songs and I the wrote the words and music for a bridge
so that way he has to pay me some royalties when he sells a million !!! lol thanks Greg for your inspiration and great music!!
A little banjo-centric parody of the old Irving Berlin song, written after more than a week in -20 C. temps in northwest Russia. Brrr. And Merry Christmas.
Just in time for the big 2012 election!
*** BANJO WARNING ***
Just me and me banjo.
Inspired by a story my journalist daughter in Moscow just published. She was too small when we moved to Russia to remember that politicians shaking hands…
A little tune to help me get through the winter ... used my 63 Fender Jazzmaster for the guitar tracks. This guitar has been with me through thick and thin and just gets better with age.
#RPM Challenge 2013#
Wake up in the morning, I’m still in my cloths
I got one eye open but the other wont go
Barely can remember the night before
Except for how you threw me out the door
Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey
I think I’m in trouble again…
Comments on JR James's stuff
Beautiful orchestration! Who are you!!
Wow! More please ❤️
LUSH and Sunny. Just what I need on this dreary day in COWTOWN.
Beautiful Song!! I love the backwards guitar...you are masterful recording!!
Fantastic playing and groove! Danceable definitely dude!
Grew up on the bluesbreakers record
Oh my Freddie would approve , a real p 90 tone sure enough
Down dirty and beautifully played
a real fine blues cool guitarwork! enjoyed KC
Killer playing!!
Awesome!
Good job .... I really want you to collaborate with one of my songs ... I'll let you know ...
Mighty fine playing.
That's cool. The reversed solo at the end works really well.
Still rocks.
FIRST RATE ALL THE WAY
Nailed it.
Well done, excellent cover. Great atmosphere, playing and vox. Love it!
That’s some nasty slide you’re putting down. Ripping it with the Epiphone! Getting right down to the gristle... ...and thanks for listening to my songs and commenting.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I get scared sometimes when I'm alone too much & I think about the ways people who have taken their own lives affect me. I guess it's easy to understand that it's not a matter of finding a reason to do it; it's a matter of getting help before any action is taken, & somehow getting through the quicksand long enough to find a reason to be OK again.
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Imagining passing thru a nebula. Very cool.
Cool madness.
Beauty in a greyish, blurry sort of way. :)
Love the upfront guitar and how u harmonized that vocal.part.
Apllause......beautiful command. I could here your voice in film music. Great once again AR.
Epic journey goin on. Well done.
Surreal vision here. Very fitting.
Dig the message. It where we are at.
Simply Incredible. Blown away.
Love that spring reverb. Right on the money with the mid 60's rock sound. Killer.
Solid. Keepin it alive.
Wondering how you came up with that melody.
This is epic...must have missed this one. Futuristic and ominous.
A picker extraordinaire.
This is solid. Your voice is perfect for this style. Clever writing to boot.
Classy. Love the chimey tones. The horn section at the end adds a nice vintage sound. Really warm feel overall that fits the theme Winter.
Some nice songwriting. The way country music was supposed to be.
Unique and distinct style you guys have.
Cool tune.
Taking guitar to a whole different level. Love how that percussive finger tapping morphed into almost a tabla sound against those swells.