I was having fun with programming sounds for AmpliTube 5 and came up with a clean sound that reminded me of the great clean sound that was used by the studio session players from the 80s and 90s. Players like Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, Dann Huff, Bruce Gaitch and Steve Farris to name a few.
While finalizing the sound I came up with the initial riff of this tune and the rest flowed from that. It felt like I was painting a soundscape with a guitar colors.
All the sounds in this tune (except for drums/persussion) were made with AmpliTube 5. Great amp plugin!

I Have Just The Thing

This is a ballad I wrote hoping to incorporate some of my Nordic musical heritage into my own music. While this was the aim intellectually, I'm not at all sure there any Nordic elements here at all.

Private Songs 2022

And Yet Here I Am

Autumn Is Here -  leaves Are falling - Guitars Are Singing.

I tried putting that seasonal mood to music.  ...lol... :-)

Season Of Change

Dreamscapes

Everything You Left Me

Sometimes It Rains And Dark Clouds Are Above Us All........

Sometimes It Rains

Sad lonely street lamp deserves a song...lol....  ;-)

Lonely Street Lamp

RIPTIDE

The End

This is a re-recording of Time Tripper, from the 1982 EP The Title Eludes Me by Off The Wall. Lyrics are by Jeff Donohoe and music is by Vaughn McMillan (as well as the other members of Off The Wall). This version was recorded at ABQ Post in Albuquerque NM during the summer of 2023. This is a rough mix, completed in August 2024. It features Jeff Donohoe on bass and vocals, Vaughn McMillan on guitars, Steve Brittenham on keyboards, Tommy Pannullo on drums (replacing the late Mike Byrd), with a guest appearance by Michael McDade on piano and backing vocals.

Time Tripper Rough Mix 2

Original by, "Rush." Written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart (R.I.P.)
Vocal and drum tracks borrowed from the original song found on their 1975 release, "Fly By Night" and 1976 release, "All the World's a Stage."
All guitars, bass guitars, and "battle" effects performed by JWC.
Tom Anderson Droptop electric guitar, Squier Mustang bass guitar.
Fractal Audio FM3 guitar processor.
Izotope Ozone 11 Mastering Software.
* no synthesizers were used during this recording *

By-tor and the Snow Dog Chapters -
I. "At the Tobes of Hades"
II. "Across the Styx" 00:40
III. "Of the Battle" ---
i. "Challenge and Defiance" 01:15
ii. "7/4 War Furor" 01:53
iii. "Aftermath" 05:10
iv. "Hymn of Triumph" 06:40
IV. "Epilogue" 07:48

"By-Tor and the Snow Dog." Performed by JWC.

JWC in Texas

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