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LUNCHTIME
(Motivational Music for the Syncopated Soul, 2019)
Obviously who I am as a guitar player is going to be a through-line on every record I make. But it is interesting to have a broader approach to Motivational Music... and Elevator Music For An Elevated Mood. Even though it’s two albums, it’s one big cycle. It was a continued self-discovery of how to explore my artistic vision of joy and fun, combined with rhythm guitar as a lead thing. When you hear the song, how do you know that it’s me? What is it about my sound, my attacks, my releases, the nuances of what I play, which makes somebody recognize it? How can I let my personality and wit come through instrumental music? And now that I have a better idea about what’s most magnetic about what I do, how can I continue to hone that and make it more interesting and potent?
When you listen to certain albums, like Surfing With The Alien [Joe Satriani] or Blow By Blow [Jeff Beck], it’s so obviously a guitar record. So how do I do what I do making a guitar record but not overt chops – it’s covert chops. I got to have a few tunes on each record with some guitar fireworks because people expect that. And a few things on each record where I should do the funk thing right down the middle because that’s what I do. And Lunchtime is a great example of a rhythm guitar part being a lead thing. It’s very much that 16th note Prince school.
COSMIC SANS
(Motivational Music for the Syncopated Soul, 2019)
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