A piece I wrote after paddle-boarding across a peaceful Lake Tahoe.

Paddle

A quick one-take of one of my favorite guitar pieces. I'm not really sure if I'm phrasing it right and whatnot... let's call it an interpretive demo :)

Classical Gas

Dreams and other dimensions.

lyrics
'This is the end of time 
Just maybe not here 
This fear can paralyze 
Like stones left unturned 

This is the end of time 
Just maybe not here 
Old friends and old enemies 
Like stories left untold 

We'll find the end of time 
Just maybe not here'

credits
music by Mikko Pablo and Emmanuel Ventura-Cruess 
lyrics by Mikko Pablo 
drums by Daniel Kristoff
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Three guitars, three voices, one percussion. No bass because I couldn't get it sounding bass-y enough. Didn't want to redo some of the drumming for fear of my neighbors coming after me :D

One of my favorites from America. I added some little guitar solos at the end for funsies.

Ventura Highway

-A Coronet for His Mistress, Philosophy- 
George Chapman

Muses that sing love's sensual empery,
And lovers kindling your enraged fires
At Cupid's bonfires burning in the eye,
Blown with the empty breath of vain desires;
You that prefer the painted cabinet
Before the wealthy jewels it doth store ye,
That all your joys in dying figures set,
And stain the living substance of your glory;
Abjure those joys, abhor their memory,
And let my love the honour'd subject be
Of love, and honour's complete history.
Your eyes were never yet let in to see
The majesty and riches of the mind,
But dwell in darkness; for your god is blind.

A Coronet for His Mistress, Philosophy

Draft of an original piece. Tuning: CGCFGC
The microphone I'm using is crazy sensitive so mids, slaps, and my computer fan were much louder than they should be. I tried my best to reduce these but there's only so much mixing to be done with modest recording equipment. 
Enjoy! Feel free to download if you like it, just give credit where it's due.

Aguacate

John Pacheco- guitar, vocals
Brandon Salisbury- guitar
David Riem- guitar
Andrew Williams- bass
Joseph Quinones- drums

Recorded 11/2009

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I absolutely love King Crimson and have covered various songs over the years. "I Talk To The Wind" is one of my favorites and so I made it my first "large production" project, where-in I did *all the arranging/recording/mixing myself!

*Very big and special thanks to my friends Donny and John for their drum and flute recordings, respectively!

I Talk To The Wind

John is from Southern California.  Some of his scores can be downloaded for free at imslp.org.  He is also a singer-songwriter whose songs are mostly featured here.  Some of his notated works can be streamed at http://soundcloud.com/john-manuel-pacheco
Please send any questions to jmpunit@gmail.com

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