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Look to the Sun
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The Color of Sunshine
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Infrared: The Abyss
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Alhambra
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World
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Jaune (Yellow)
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Green Corn and Spring
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Mar Azul
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World
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UV Radiations
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Black Rock Beach
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Bern "The Bear"
Bern “The Bear”
Tuning: DAGDAD
Instrument(s): Furch Stanford Acoustic Guitar
Bern is the capital of Switzerland and the city is named after the bears that once roamed the mountains surrounding the city. If you go to Bern you can still see bears in display pits near the city center. It was on a recent visit to Bern that I wrote this song after visiting the bears.
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Una Vida
Una Vida (One Life)
Tuning: Standard
Instrument(s): EVD Custom Acoustic Nylon-stringed Guitar: Breedlove Acoustic Bass; Charango, Various Percussion Instruments
If you live in California you cannot help but be influenced by the Latin world. Our architecture, the names of our cities, our food, culture and many of our people all have roots in Latin America. Una Vida (One Life) is a celebration of that influence and is a reminder of the fragility and uniqueness if each living soul. The last
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Fibonacci's Dream
Fibonacci’s Dream:
Tuning: Standard
Instrument(s): Wingert Parlor Acoustic Guitar, Breedlove Acoustic Bass, EVD Custom Steel-String Acoustic Guitar, Various Percussion Instruments
This composition is loaded with Fibonacci mathematics and was the first piece written for this album and the inspiration for the whole body of work. The middle section, utilizing a phased acoustic guitar, is called the “Dream Sequence” where Fibonacci congers up the solution to the rabbit breeding problem and the
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I Remember When
I Remember When:
Tuning: Hawaiian Taro-patch
Instrument(s): Wingert Parlor Acoustic Guitar, Breedlove Acoustic Bass, Nahenahe 8-string Ukulele, Yamaha electric piano
This piece was written on a trip to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The reflective melody reminds me of places and people from the past.
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I'm Leaving Now
I’m Leaving Now:
Tuning: DADGAD
Instrument(s): EVD Custom Steel-String Acoustic Guitar
The one thing that is constant in life is that change will occur. With change comes challenges and with challenges new innovations can arise. It is sometimes necessary to leave a situation to allow for growth. This composition is about the turmoil of change and an ultimate decision to leave.
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Five Nights
Five Nights:
Tuning: Standard
Instrument(s): EVD Custom Steel-String Acoustic Guitar, Various Percussion Instruments
The 1981 Indiana University basketball team may have been one of the greatest teams of all time. Led by Isaiah Thomas, the team started the season poorly and did not function well together. Coach Bobby Night (yes- this is the guy that tossed the chair) pulled the team together and by the end of the season the five players functioned as a well-oiled machine that ended the s
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Just Before Dawn
Just Before Dawn:
Tuning: DADGAD
Instrument(s): John How Custom Steel-String Acoustic Guitar
As the old saying goes: “Sleep on it and things will become more clear in the morning.” In thinking about this album, one day, just before dawn, after eight hours of sleep, the concept became crystallized and I had a true understanding of where I wanted to take the music. This piece was written in that moment.
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A Little More SunShine
A Little More Sunshine:
Tuning: DADGAD
Instrument(s): Stanford Acoustic Guitar, Breedlove Acoustic Bass, Various Percussion Instruments
This composition evolved from an improvisation during a live performance of “Under the Sun” a piece from my first album Out of the Woodwork. Although this composition remains true to the original melody and phrasing, it has a slightly more jazzy feel and sound.
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Catalina
Catalina:
Tuning: Drop-D
Instrument(s): Furch Stanford Acoustic Guitar
Santa Catalina Island is one of the eight islands that make up the California Channel Islands. The island was once owned by William Wrigley Jr., and he developed tile and pottery works there during the 1920’s. Catalina tile can now be found throughout the State of California adorning public buildings, churches and private homes. The tile often forms complex geometric patterns that can only be observed when several pi
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La Selva
La Selva (The Rainforest):
Tuning: Standard Ronroco
Instrument(s): Ronroco, Various South-American Percussion Instruments
This composition is played on a ronroco, a Bolivian stringed instrument that is related to the charango. This composition is a tribute La Selva, the Rainforest. I hope that it will serve as a reminder to the beauty and importance of the world’s rainforests, which are now in significant danger due to over forestation and pollution from fossil fuel exhaust.
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World
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Jason's Party
Jason’s Party
Time: 3.27
Tuning: DADGAD
Instrument(s): EVD Custom Acoustic Guitar: Tacoma Thunderchief Acoustic Bass; Various Percussion Instruments
Jason is one of my son Zack’s best friends and I played guitar for a very special party for him held at his home. While playing at the party, this melody evolved from an improvisation and captures the joy and celebration of the moment. A special thanks to Howard Simon for loaning me his Tacoma Thunderchief acoustic bass that had just the right
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Say Hello To Yesterday
Say Hello to Yesterday
Time: 4.16
Tuning: Standard
Instrument(s): Wingert Parlor Acoustic Guitar
This is basically a compilation of many melodies that I have been carrying around since I was about sixteen years old. Initially, I play the first melody in duplicates followed by a short duet played over the melody line. The bridge is a little melody I first came up with in high school which nicely transitions back to the original introduction. I call it “Say Hello to Yesterday” as these melod
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Step Down Then Up Again
Step Down Then Up Again
Time: 2.56
Tuning: Drop-D
Instrument(s): Wingert Parlor Acoustic Guitar
We have two children, Zack and Zoe, who are very close in age and were toddlers both learning to walk at nearly the same time. This composition is my musical impression of them learning to walk stepping down then up again. Metaphorically, the key of this composition moves from D down to C and the up again to D. In the last phrase there is a short duet symbolic of toddler Zack and sister Zoe walk
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Out of the Woodwork
Out of the Woodwork
Time: 2.14
Tuning: Standard
Instrument(s): Wingert Parlor Acoustic Guitar, Various Percussion Instruments, Yamaha Synthesizer (Ahs)
Anyone who knows me knows that I travel a great deal. The basic melody for this composition came to me on a trip to overseas as I was walking towards an ancient city. The title “Out of the Woodwork” signifies the huge sound both melodic and percussive that came out of my tiny Wingert Parlor guitar. If you listen closely you can even hear th
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New Age
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Walking Alone
Walking Alone
Time: 2.28
Tuning: DADGAD
Instrument(s): EVD Custom Acoustic Guitar, Various Percussion Instruments
Sometimes we must face life alone. This composition is a journey through adversity and triumph. It is based on theme and variation and utilizes some harmonic and percussive techniques. This was my first original composition in the DADGAD tuning.
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Here We Go
Here We Go
Time: 3.30
Tuning: DADGAD
Instrument(s): EVD Custom Acoustic Guitar, Fender Electric Jazz Bass, Various Percussion Instruments
About four years ago my family and I moved from Boulder, Colorado to San Francisco, California. Our journey back to California was a bit difficult due to the need for me to be at my new job as soon as possible, I commuted from Boulder to San Francisco for about 4 months. In the process of moving, I made two driving trips to San Francisco from Boulder. Th
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The Road to Poipu
The Road to Poipu
Time: 4.38
Tuning: Hawaiian Open G (Taro-patch)
Instrument(s): Wingert Parlor Acoustic Guitar, Various Percussion Instruments
Hawaiian guitar grew out of an era when the Paniolo (the Hawaiian cowboys) were taught their trade from the Mexican vaqueros. In the year 1832, cattlemen from Mexico were hired by King Kamehameha III to teach the Hawaiians the art of cattle ranching. The Mexican vaqueros brought many things with them and one was the guitar. The Hawaiians found the
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