More Trio Recordings

These are the tracks now in my current project.  Some are new, some are repurposed from previous uses, and some are older trio compositions. This is the current list:

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Starfire Way Out Willie By the Time I Get to Phoenix Shredding Just The Three of Us My Down Time Bovanosa Hoppin’ Retro Rocket Don’t Say Double Nickels Pipeline Trio on a Riff Bright Size Life Red Current Jam	Starfire Way Out Willie By the Time I Get to Phoenix Shredding Just The Three of Us My Down Time Bovanosa Hoppin’ Retro Rocket Don’t Say Double Nickels Pipeline Trio on a Riff Bright Size Life Red Current Jam

• 4/23/2009 — updated “Bright Size Life”, “Bovanosa” & “Way Out Willie”
• 4/18/2009 — updated “Hoppin’”
• 3/30/2009 — added “Bovanosa”
• 3/22/2009 — added “Bright Size Life”
• 3/20/2009 — added “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”
• 3/16/2009 — updated version of “Double Nickels”
• 3/15/2009 — added “Way Out Willie”
• 3/8/2009 – added “Pipeline” (yes, the surf classic)
• 3/7/2009 – revised version of “Don’t Say” and “Hoppin’ “
  
• 3/5/2009 — revised versions of “Just the Three of Us” and “Trio on a Riff”
• 3/2/2009 — revised version on “My Down Time”
• 2/7/2009 — added “Hoppin’”
• 1/27/2009 — added “Double Nickels”
  

(I will keep adding songs here as I finish work on them rather than starting a new post for each)

New Guitar :: New Song

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I really want to get in a groove with a fusiony, rock-toned guitar in a jazz trio setting. Coming from a classical background, my guitar concept is such that I think I shouldn’t need a keyboard or rhythm guitar behind me to handle the harmony. I think my vintage instrumentals are a good illustration of this — doing Ventures and Shadows stuff (successfully I hope) without the rhythm guitar one might think is essential to that material.

I am trying to be both original and traditional at the same time — I’d hope it sounds a bit unlike anything you’ve heard while still sounding familiar. Perhaps that is too ambitious a goal.

The song is named “Starfire” after my latest guitar acquisition, and is the guitar used. The influences are many, but certainly Johnny A is a major inspiration for me here.

I actually played the bass and used edited drum loops.

I really am interested in how well you think this works.