Title cut from the John Beland solo album of the same name. Written and produced by John Beand

JB C- BARE BONES

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Funky somthin'

November Was White, December Was Grey

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WALK DONT RUN Jb

My arrangement of the Classic Dave Brubeck tune for four.... count 'em, four guitars. 

Brubeck heard this unusual rhythm performed by Turkish musicians on the street. Upon asking the musicians where they got the rhythm, one replied "This rhythm is to us, what the blues is to you." Hence the title "Blue Rondo à la Turk."

The rhythm consists of three measures of 2+2+2+3 followed by one measure of 3 + 3 + 3 and the cycle then repeats.

The piece is sometimes incorrectly assumed to be based on the Mozart composition "Rondo alla Turca." In 2003, during an interview, Dave Brubeck commented that "I should've just called it 'Blue Rondo', because the title just seemed to confuse people.

Blue Rondo à la Turk (arr. for 4 guitars)

Easier

What Can We Spackle Now?

Just me so far, sometimes messing around with DJ Simon on some tracks...   but no band, yet.  The latest tracks were recorded in 'The Mancave' in the basement  (Tascam DM4800 running via firewire into Logic Pro).  The older tracks were recorded at Eastwind Studio in Syracuse NY (YEARS ago).  Mostly in this to get this music out of my head before it drives me crazy, but hope others like what I'm doing as well.   Eventually, will have more tracks on here...   maybe a finished album?  Stay tuned :)

Funky somthin'

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