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A new chord melody piece I've been working on recently. The original idea came from reading about quatral voicings (stacking 4th instead of 3rds to make chords) in the end only a few of the chords are voiced this way.

Music by Matthew Naylor

For more info: http://foxasrabbit.blogspot.com/2013/11/quarter-to-midnight.html

Quarter To Midnight [Chord Melody]

In 1742 it was agreed by international treaty that all Bossa Nova songs should contain at least one reference to the works or life of one David Robert Jones who will come to be more commonly referred to as David Bowie. How they knew about a style of music that originated in the 1950s or about a music icon that would not be born for another two centuries is not important.  What is of importance is that we continue to abide by this scared treaty.

Words and Music by Matthew Naylor who also performed and recorded it for good measure.

The image is of a sunset at Ayr, Scotland.

Look at the Ocean (advice to Bowie)

track 01 / big fuzzy bumblebees
short stuff EP / released july 17, 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. *

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- the reversed drums on track 2 are from plex auchta
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

@plex-auchta
www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

short stuff

big fuzzy bumblebees

he wished everything would fade away.

reversed bass and drums by https://soundcloud.com/five-extra-arms

and he wanted to pay (slowed+reverb)

My friends with the "Muse and Method" creative challenge have issued another prompt. This time the topic is "March".

This track was built with two samples from my personal collection of field recordings. The 4-beat rhythm loop is the percussion section of the Shawnee Mission North High School marching band, recorded at the Overland Park Fall Festival in 2011. The horn sound is an air horn on an antique steam tractor, recorded at the Northwest Michigan Engine and Thresher Show, Buckley, Michigan way back in 1989 and played back through a keyboard sampler.

The Marty Street Hi-Steppin' Boogie

with some local friends :)
andrew salvner (lil' spaceman) bass guitar
casey denno guitar
adam weiler drums
adam lupo guitar
artwork by daughter riley/iboyte

the sea of the lords

https://soundcloud.com/plex-auchta - bass guitar and drums
lil' spaceman - beatbox and vocals

susie's got an uzi

Dean Town (Vulfpeck Cover)

A very old friend passed me this beautiful guitar and I promised I would send him a tune on it, so here it is, written this morning in between gardening, then recorded just now xx

Path Of My Sweet Love

Here's a wee tune I just did in the moment whilst watching the match on the red Hofner 1960 body with the 2024 Kirtley neckband a Charlie Christian style floating pickup, one take made up in the moment, best way xx

Trickin' Pickin' Chickin'

Borrow or Rob

Fake Palindromes (Orchestral Version)

acoustic guitar, blues feeling, foot tapping included.

Attic foot tapping blues

Joe the Eskimo

Words and Music by Matthew Naylor.

About not finding suitable employment. A very deep (and long) song.

On Keeping Bees

This is a medley of two pieces; “Anji” written by Davey Graham and “Walk, don’t run” written by Johnny Smith. 
When I was learning how to play Anji the descending bass line reminded me of descending chords of “The Ventures” version of “Walk, don’t run” which was one of the first things I ever learnt to play. So I started playing them together but adding a simple bass line to the lead. I then discovered that The Ventures version wasn't the original and so I decided to learn that version and it became what I played along with Anji. I now very rarely play them apart.

EDIT: a few years later and a now know that the version of Walk don't run I play is based on Chet Atkins version.

Please Anji walk don't run [Solo Acoustic Guitar Cover]

This was meant to be the start of Volume 2 of the Micro Blues series. It might be a bit long for that really (although if I got rid of the solos it might be under a minute). It is ever so slightly inspired by the guitar part for Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning”.  I’ve also got an a cappella version I’m working on (a version is not here: https://soundcloud.com/foxasrabbit/walking-blind-a-capella).

The guitar and main vocal where recorded together and then the second vocal added after (strangely I can’t sing two notes at the same time). Other than some EQ to make the bass note drone a bit quieter I’ve not messed with anything else.

Walking blind blues

Thank you for listening.

“A fox came as a rabbit, then a rabbit came as a fox” and with these words short-sighted Jay Eff became invisible. It was not out of the blue he had been studying the work of early ones who left marks in the air. And now here comes someone who doesn't know the marks of all the early ones but with a wooden box in hand he has come to make marks in the air. Wish him luck good people of the world, we all need a little luck sometimes.

Joe the Eskimo

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