About three months ago, I decided to record some pieces (instrumentals) to try to pitch to film, TV, and ad people. So, I went for my classical guitar and ukulele and started playing. I can't say there is a definite style of the music I'm composing and recording, it's just simple chord patterns with whatever I feel like playing on the classical or the uke, or both. For the rhythm sections, I use steel string acoustic guitars, my little Dean electric bass (which I try to get as much of non invasive, smooth sound as I can, and it's working), cajon, ipu, toere, Peruvian maracas, a cookie can, stones, and bongos. So far, I've finished about 16 pieces. A second to explain "pieces". A "song" contains lyrics and music, instrumentals are instrumentals, and are also referred to as "compositions", or "musical pieces". I'll call them pieces - because it's simple, to the point, and unhip - I detest "hip".
Of the kinds of musics I've played, what I'm doing now is away from it all. I guess I kinda incorporate certain licks that I used before, but mostly I found me coming up with new ways of playing. Of all the kinds of guitars I've played over the years, I spent the least time with a classical, and same goes for the ukulele. Maybe that's part of the charm (for me) with this music that I'm doing now - the fact that this music sounds nothing like anything I ever did before.
Just in case anybody is reading this, and you want to hear this music, you can find it here: http://soundcloud.com/you/sets.
Talk to you later, little diary.
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