Here is an original improvisation on my Egyptian Shehata Oud. I also added six tracks of percussion via my Roland Handsonic. The percussion includes a djembe, congas, hand pan, some Korean drums, gongs and a shaker.
The overall mood of the song has a positive tone to it like someone being on the road to recovery from a sickness. Thanks for listening :-) #oud #handsonic
Here is an improvisation on my Deering Maple Blossom 5 Banjo. I just played whatever came to mind to a 4/4 120 bpm metronome then started adding drum tracks via my Roland Handsonic. The drums include cymbols, shakers, bongos, conga and some gourd shakers. I also added a marimba to act as a sort of bass tone in the background. The final track is on my Taylor 12 string with a direct signal from the piezo dot pickup into Bias Fx 2 on a really slow rotary effect with delay and reverb. While playing the 12 string I tried playing just the lighter pair of the strings to get a higher pitch sound to harmonize with the banjo.
The overall mood is positive in the major scale and kind of reminds me of the start of a brand new day with a bright sunset. Thanks for listening :-) #banjo #originalmusic #12string
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb1fx9w-LI0
Improvising on my sitar to a drum track created by jim dooley composed of a darbuka, tar and riq. #sitar #drums #jimdooleyrequest please make more tar, darbuka and riq tracks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWDIj9dQwiA
Here's an improvisation on my Wechter acoustic guitar in open c s tuning. I tuned my tar drum down tune a c note to help add to the drone of the open c tuning. My udu drum is in a g tuning so it goes well with open c tuning as well. Later on in the song I bring in my G&L Asat to improvise over the rest of the tracks.
The mood of the song reminds me of a shaman in the rainforest combining different plants together to form some kind of natural medicine.
Thanks for listening :-) #wechter #udu #g&lguitars
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5vvym7QTyk
Here is a bit of footage and a soundtrack for an office drone heading back home from work. I composed the song via my Akai MPK Mini and MPC 2 while commuting on the train to work. After speeding up my walking to the train video it seemed to match the beat of this song well. This one sort of has an 80s vibe to it with some vintage sounding synths as the rhythm and lead along with the drums. The bass is a bit more modern sounding. Thanks for listening :-) #synthwave #mpc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh54Fogm27w
Here is a jam on my uncle's dusty dried out acoustic guitar. I set up the action as best possible then tuned it to DADGDE and played whatever came to mind. Later I added some drums via my Roland Handsonic as well as an ambient lead on some finger bells. This improvisation kind of reminds me of the soundtrack to a wild kangaroo rat hopping around in the desert nights dodging rattle snakes and looking food. Thanks for listening :-) #originalmusic #acousticguitar #improvisation
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUMsw3V4zXE
Here's am improvisation that started out with a beat on an empty kombucha bottle. I have to play this song now whenever I run out of kombucha.
Later I added an oud track with a ton of reverb on it to create an ambient fill in the background. The rest of the tracks include the main oud improvisation as well as three tracks on my udu, a track on my doumbek and a shaker track. Towards the end of the song I brought in my G&L Fallout with an effect that has five different octaves per note played.
Gotta keep stockpiles of kombucha around :-) thanks for listening. #oud #kombucha
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR0nO4APON8
Here is a calming improvisation that started out with displacing air in my doumbek. this created a perfect c note so I began layering other sounds over it. Next I added another displacement note on the doumbek and some rythym on the surface of the doumbek.
I also added some tapping on the kalimba as well as a shaker track recorded in stereo to bring in some high pitched rythym.
On kalimba I played in the key of c to prepare for improvisation on my sitar. The sitar is tuned to Ravi Shankar tuning with lots of strings tuned to c, f, g and d.
Overall the improvisation has a calming sound to it with subtle reverb and delay on the sitar to add depth.
Thanks for listening :-) #sitar #kalimba #doumbek
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwcVpjBayKc
Here's an original improvisation on my Turkish long neck baglama saz. I added a few percussion tracks via my Roland handsonic. There's a djembe, tabla, wood block, shaker and balaphone. Towards the end of the song I bring in my Paul Reed Smith hollowbody 1.
Overall the mood of this composition reminds me of the endless gray skies here in Illinous during late winter and early spring. Thanks for listening :-) #baglama #saz #paulreedsmith
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rJGcgn84Zk