Here is an original piece. It's an homage to a long forgotten style that I very much loved called, 'Western Swing.' It's lighthearted music that usually features amazing guitarists that you probably never heard of.
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhUIISsiCXw
A little talk on the blues and its effect on American music...which is the music that changed the music of the rest of the world.
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llcv7E7OPrQ
Hannah is my sweet daughter. At the time of composing this piece, based on playing off of the echo sound (digital delay), I was a few thousand miles away from her. A deep sadness set in, being so far apart from her. But the song isn't meant to be solely melancholy. The lead guitar section is meant to express also, the joy I felt at her being in the world, being my daughter, and how proud I have always been of her. But the entirety of the song is meant to express my love for her.
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9anvjRJfI
The majority of chord changes for this one were from a piece I was working on for solo performance. I decided to give it to the band. Cav gave it the lyric and vocal melody. As usual, we band members put our heads together to work out the actual arrangement and wrote in some extra stuff, such as the bass breakdown section. This song has the potential for epic quality once we get down to it in the studio. I'm looking forward to recording it.
I went through quite the process of trying to figure out how to solo through the chromatic chord changes, Bb9 -- Ami7 -- Ab9 -- Gmi7 -- Gb9 -- F6/9 -- Ab9 -- C11. It's a crazy progression. Funnily enough, I realized it's easy enough to solo through using basic Blues principles.
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ui5g6W0dc