Just a quick run-through of all the parts of Paul McCartney's "Blackbird." My acoustic guitar is in open G minor, and I'm too lazy to change it and then change it back (that tuning is growing on me) so I played this on my Spanish guitar. I'll probably delete it when I get around to a full cover to upload in better quality.

Blackbird (demo--Beatles cover)

I actually recorded the lead tin whistle part first, and I had such rubato inclinations that the rhythm part was a bit difficult to fit to the shifting tempo. I'm still very, very happy with the result. I'll probably be recording more pennywhistle stuff in the future.

Concerning Hobbits (Howard Shore Cover)

Just an experiment in composition. Sorry for the poor quality.

Mossy Stones

Zelda's Lullaby, from the Ocarina of Time soundtrack; composed by Koji Kondo. Arranged for guitar and Irish pennywhistle.

Zelda's Lullaby

A very impromptu session involving my brother singing a song about a guy we saw in a bar sporting a coat featuring the same exact (rather distinct, we felt) color scheme as one our grandmother owns--to the tune of "House of the Rising Sun."

Lyrics:

There once was a man named Eric/He stole my grandma's coat/The coat was purple and green/He wore it on Monday

Traditional; arr. The Animals; lyrics by Zak Schurkamp

House of the Rising Eric

Nibs V4

Pleased To Meet You Jesus Christ

A short acoustic piece I wrote this morning. I reused those first two chords from "Lost in a Fey Mist", so this can be seen as an addendum to that piece. I emerge from the mist onto a softly windswept hilltop from which I can see the lay of the land.

Breeze in D

Robert Fripp's acoustic guitar instrumental from In the Wake of Poseidon.

Peace -- A Theme (King Crimson cover)

Just the first movement of Beethoven's Bagatelle no. 25 in A Minor, better known as "Fur Elise." I'm not classically trained, and this is not meant to be accurate. This was mostly an experiment with reverb application and I just wanted something that sounded nice on my nylon-string guitar.

Jarrod Schurkamp