No Return from the Less Is More(?) Concert. Feat. John Ellis, Jesse Stacken, Ike Sturm, and Ferenc Nemeth. Spring, 2012. BSM, NYC. A lonely melody about a guy too far from civilization and it's starting to look ominous. Or something like that.
Quick solo excerpt from Dylan Connor's concert at FTC Stage One. Neil Young classic amped up a bit. Feat. Dylan, Merritt Jacob, Dan Asher, Joe Izzo.
Solo version of Windows by Chick Corea. Audio by FretArt--a kind of experiment in room miking to get the string chatter that is missing with just speaker miking. Maybe better with a big archtop...
Princess Fireflies. Feat. John Ellis, Jesse Stacken, Ike Sturm, and Ferenc Nemeth. Spring, 2012. BSM, NYC. The idea for concert was simplicity, but got carried away on this one.
W/ Chris Dingman (vibes) & Henry Lugo (bass), playing the Love Theme to Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone. One of my favorite melodies.
Here's one of my simplest pieces. Just left the camera and audio rolling from the earlier solo things. Done with a looper--for the patient listener only.
Here's a piece by Leo Kottke. I love this piece. His version is completely untouchable, but hey, why not?. Audio by FretArt.
Dusan Bogdanovic's Mysterious Habitats. This is some incredible writing for guitar and he's a phenomenal player, too. I first heard it on record and assumed it was for at least 2 or 3 guitars. Audio by FretArt
W/ Chris Dingman (vibes) & Henry Lugo (bass), playing my arrangement of a Jeff Buckley tune you've never heard of called Opened Once. I've known these guys a long time and love playing this way on the rare occasion we can. 2014, NYC
Wait Out The Rain from Less is More(?). Feat. John Ellis, Jesse Stacken, Ike Sturm, and Ferenc Nemeth. Spring, 2012. BSM, NYC. Tried to tap into blues and folkloric music on this one.
Last Light. Feat. John Ellis, Jesse Stacken, Ike Sturm, and Ferenc Nemeth. Spring, 2012. BSM, NYC. On the heels of watching too much Twin Peaks. If you remember that theme music, you'll know what I mean. The odd merge of pretty and creepy.
You Gotta Start Somewhere from the Lift concert. Feat. John Ellis, Jesse Stacken, Ike Sturm, and Greg Ritchie. Spring, 2013. BSM, NYC. Title refers to the obsession that starts immediately with low E every guitarist knows about. 2nd part is Ellis kicking serious ass as usual.
Dylan Connor at FTC Stage One w/ Mark Mollica, electric guitar, and Merritt Jacob - guitar, Dan Asher - bass, Joe Izzo - drums. Just another quick Telecaster clip. Thanks to Veritas Prod. for media.