Have you wondered how the mind can choose one thought from another over impulses that the body is forced to resist ? You're riding by the side of the road, and you get this sudden impulse to want to skew the steering wheel just a little to the left to ram over a pedestrian, just to know how it feels like. Perhaps the sane person is the one who gets the thought "That's bonkers! I can't do that!" before his body can do anything about it. How would it feel like to let go, do something subliminally instantaneous? I am not talking about manslaughter here of course, but about thoughts that are a lot less homicidal, like making the first move on a girl, or slamming the face of an enormous dim witted dick know-all-who-thinks-he's-always-right and walking away, without having to face the repercussions of it, no matter how insignificant. Well, you will have to face the consequences. But isn't it worth the accomplishment, the sense of self worthiness? I guess you're right. Are you ready to give me a chance? I don't no, I might, I can snap out it when ever I want right, go back to however I was? Of course, you can trust me. That's something I can't do, my mother warned me to stay away from bad conscience. Don't be a tool, you want in or not?

Tuning: D A B F# A C#
Guitar: Tanglewood TND CE
Mics: AKG Perception 120, Audio Technica AT2020

Moonshine

A beautiful finger style ambient guitar work recorded by Iohannes - open for collaboration... I couldn't resist!

Remembering - Iohannes & Daniel Calabro (daily melodies)

Dream 梦

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Interlude

a few days ago Steffen aka bitzone ask me, if I would contribute some pieces to his new soundcloud-group for music and sound with the maximum length of a minute - the "One Minute Group".
I felt immediately inspired and had a creative day in my studio. I have just improvised and recorded what wanted to come out. At the end of the day I had 8 one minute pieces, the minute sketches. I'll post once a day.
This second one is for two guitars and shows my weakness for five-four-time.
from the album "2 Days & a Year"
Hope you enjoy....

one-minute group: soundcloud.com/groups/one-minute
Steffen: @bitzone
photo: www.flickr.com/photos/p_medicus/

minute sketches #2    jensfelger

Here is the 6th piece of the "minute sketches".
A contribution to the "One Minute Group".
from the album "2 Days & a Year"
Hope you enjoy...

one-minute group: soundcloud.com/groups/one-minute
Steffen: @bitzone
photo: www.flickr.com/photos/p_medicus/

minute sketches #6    jensfelger

it's a piece about farewell...
...hope you enjoy

Cover photo from the amazing SUNG SOO LEE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tjoy7/

Gare du Nord

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June

Close to midnight

The Daily Melodies project is an exercise in creativity.  Short pieces are composed and recorded in one sitting, usually within a 2 hour period.  

The basic rules are:  
- Acoustic only (no FX but reverb) 
- Must finish composing in one sitting (hence short tunes) 
- Always begin from a different starting point**
- Accept the good and the bad (no deleting anything that hits a wall).

**I'm now taking requests!  If you have a starting point (seed) for me - musical, visual or conceptual - be sure to let me know - I'll dedicate the song to you 'and' email you the track :)

Originally the pieces were created on a daily basis, hence the name! 

I really hope you enjoy the music.

About Me:

I began playing guitar at the age of 4. My father, Tony Calabro, was and continues to be my teacher and mentor. Tony has studied with Joe Pass, Pat Martino, Steve Erquiaga, John Williams, Ike Issacs, Laurie Ralphs to name a few.

One thing my father instilled in me was a love of diversity, skill, emotion/feel, and creativity. I have been blessed to be exposed to so many beautiful sounds in my life. Notable impressions left with me were Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Segovia, Jim Hall, YES, Chick Corea, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, to name but a few.

As I got older, my influences broadened through new musical friendships. Particularly those forged in the band The Grand Silent System. The 6 other members of this band were very diverse in their tastes, so I was introduced to many sounds and artists that I hadn't yet heard. Examples of the diversity were King Crimson, Bill Frisell, Squarepusher, Stockhausen, Colleen, Boards of Canada, Trilok Gurtu, Secret Cheifs III... this list is enormous!

Once a wife & children came into my life, my connection to nature and an organic life started to develop - rapidly. Living a more sustainable life went hand in hand with my new desire to play acoustic music.

My appetite for creativity has always been insatiable. A jigsaw puzzle is a good analogy for me regarding music - the act of completing the jigsaw is more engaging than the end result, and the act of creating music is more important to me than the piece that emerges at the end.

The future? All I know is it will emerge naturally rather than being planned. Not unlike each composition... so I guess i'm living a composition in progress...