David Creese of the University of Newcastle plays an ancient Greek song taken from stone inscriptions constructed on an eight-string "canon" (a zither-like instrument) with movable bridges. (Audio file is ©BBC)

What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like

Ok this one started trying to figure out the chords and melody to Nick Drake's Which Will, which of course I couldn't do without the internet (E-B-C#m-F#), but once there, found I could sorta mangle it for my own uses. 

This didn't come together until I added the little bit of percussion in the 2nd half, separating the two sections. Letting this devolve seemed like a bit of worship, I hope this comes through.

The Crabapple Tree

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Joe describes celebrating Christmas in the hospital.

©Joe Frank Holiday Selections

Joe Frank Holidays

Celebrate at Cedars : from At the Dark End of the Bar

barping capybara 20250102

An improvised recording made with my Gretsch duo jet on 2/20/25. This one began spontaneously, almost accidentally, as I was recording some mic placement tests (SM57 in front of my Vox AC15). Once the riff started developing I decided to run with it and see how I could develop it. I was a little amazed I managed to bring back close to the same riff at the end.
Art from my drawing series, 20 Lines.

Improvisation for Electric Guitar, #03

Ok this song is a remake of a song off my third album. Holly liked it and wanted to sing to it. So here we are! 

Prince April

More on the 705th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Book Start — The Assignment: Let the beginning of a book help you begin a new piece of music — at https://disquiet.com/0705/. This week’s project was proposed by Neil Stringfellow.

I Got My Things and Left [disquiet0705]

More on the 719th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Riding on the Metronome — The Assignment: Play with and against a steady beat — at https://disquiet.com/0719/

The Crabapple Tree

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