Nice mix of traditional and innovative.  Got real authenic muddy boots but with little touches of eccentricity

Harmonies are nice.  The drone works really well.

Nice track! THanks for adding to https://soundcloud.com/groups/idris-roots-group

Fox as rabbit

Song I wrote and recorded today. Started off with the riff on the acoustic and then wrote some more on the electric, liked the sound of both so I will try and record the electric version some time soon.
Recorded the Vocal and Guitar together "as live" and then added some slide playing (which I very rarely do) playing my acoustic on my lap (which I even more rarely do). I then decided to go against tradition and add a backing vocal part. I'm happy with the way it turned out as I spent very little time on it. I hope you enjoy it.

Words and music by Matthew Naylor.

Where Do They Go (Acoustic Version)

So here is the electric version of this song. I was going for a Neil Young with Crazy Horse type sound. Playing around with my new Screamin' Blues pedal.

A bit rougher mix than the acoustic version.

Words and Music by Matthew Naylor

Where Do They Go (Electric Version)

Can you tell where the lyrics are stolen and corrupted from?

Words(?), Music, Performance and Recording by Matthew Naylor
Written a few years ago.

A Steal

I was listening to @Gratton brilliant https://soundcloud.com/gratton/blind-death (after listening to Fahey's "Days Have Gone By") which inspired me to pick up my guitar and try to do a recording of this today.

This is the title track for an EP of acoustic guitar pieces I've been writing, trying to blend British and American folk playing (see the description of https://soundcloud.com/foxasrabbit/are-we-not-brothers). I'd say this is far more American than British.

The title is inspired by John Fahey's sometimes strange titles.

Music by Matthew Naylor

No Stars On Our Flag [Solo Acoustic Guitar demo]

so that’s what you think of Dol Lull Bee hey? no wonder he didn’t want to see you. well up on the first floor I’m still hitting the hay. long time without a sound, long time without a name. flaming up the place is almost never the answer. pipe down Henry I think you’ve had enough. Jay Eff wept on, I felt sorry but haven’t ceased. when was the last time you destroyed a perfectly good day.

Came across the line for the title whilst reading Charles Bukowski’s “Note of a Dirty Old Man” and used it as inspiration for an improvised piece. Tuned my guitar to C# G C# F# G# C# and played whatever came out for 12ish minutes then from combining 2 sections got my 2ish minutes. Sketch 1 as it’s pretty rough and I’m thinking of doing a series. 

It’s not meant to be pretty, you know!

Music, performance and recording by Matthew Naylor.

cities are built to kill people (sketch 1) [Solo Acoustic Guitar]

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

This is the fourth single from my debut album, which is due out on Sept 29th.  
It's about how we can be too hash on ourselves and are often comparing our lives on social media.  This song is about accepting our flaws and imperfections, but not focusing on them.

Take It Easy

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)

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.

Walking blind blues

Fox as Rabbit

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