This is a poor quality live performance over-dubbed in GarageBand.

Fire and Rain (James Taylor cover)

My arrangement of Satie´s Gymnopedie No1. Including rain and an occasional bird. First test of my still healing fingers. (very painful still)

Gymnopedie no1, with rain (Erik Satie)

Tango Andaluz

A multi track arrangement of this timeless classic. Recorded to GB with a line in, through an Apogee Jam. Tracks are panned and some delay and echo added in editing. Guitar is a Takamine Nylon. :-)

Wichita Lineman (instrumental arrangement)

Sol Andaluz ( Original Spanish Guitar)

marking time - smooth jazz

The wedding season is over, time to play some blues! This is a multi-track recording in GB. An improv over JJ Cale's "Magnolia" Changes.
Enjoy.

JJ's Blues

My fingerstyle arrangement of the theme from the Christmes movie "The Snowman" Happy Holidays.

Walking in the air - Fingerstyle Guitar

A simple fingerstyle version of this beautiful Denver classic.

Annie's Song by John Denver - fingerstyle

my fingerstyle arrangment of this Beatles Classic.

Here Comes The Sun - fingerstyle guitar

This is my arrangement of the love theme from the movie "Romeo & Juliette". It was one of my most requested pieces last year.

kissing you

Here is my wedding version of this modern classic by Yiuma. It is arranged so that it can be ended quickly from any point depending on how far the wedding party have to walk.

River flows in you - yiruma

recorded by everybody from Bessie Smith to Carla Bruni. Having some fun with " nobody wants you when you're down and out!"

Nobody wants you when you're down and out.

Bésame mucho

Adalita (Tarrega)

This is a beginners classical guitar piece but its simple beauty is a joy at every level. I hope you enjoy it. Mark

Romanza

A SLOW IMPROV, BASED ON "MOON RIVER"
Backing track recorded on a boss rc3 looper. 

Moon river - Jazz guitar improv

Recorded using guitar synth for all instruments except percussion.

Driving into the sunset

Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin - not a cover-acoustic homicide)

This was my first read through aloud, and the guitar was recorded in one take with no rehearsal. It has a few stumbles, a bit raw and unrehearsed, a lot like life really.

This is about my Father, but it is for; Theresa, Belinda, Simon, Ruth, Victoria, Jessie, Gina, Gavin, and all those touched by the hands of the giant. I would add RIP, but we all know he is out in the hills somewhere, putting the finishing touches to a camp for us.......

Five Foot Ten
He was a giant among men
Standing five-foot  ten
With hands so big that they were my whole world.
"small cell," that filthy thief, dropped him at sixty
I was left  bereft of an audience that day.
Left  with only the memory, of the source of a light so bright
that it still shows me the way.

He was a giant among men. 
Standing five-foot  ten
With hands so skilled that they could turn my childhood dreams into fact.
A corral of elder wands, a horse named Billy, made of wood and string, 
a stitched felt cowboy hat, 
a holster studded in brass for a store bought gun.
Summer days of herding cattle and fending of rustlers, would end with those huge hands carrying me to supper.

He was a giant among men. 
Standing five-foot  ten
With hands so sure, that they guided a boy to manhood.
Always there to catch me if I fell, to set me straight if I wandered, 
and to pull me close when the world seemed too big. 
Tobacco, Old Spice, honest sweat, -  the smells of safety, love and home

He was a giant among men. 
Standing five-foot  ten
With hands so strong, that grasping two silver crutches, they dragged his battered body and calipered leg through miles of pain, until he once again stood tall, and walked free.
Defying the Surgeons life sentence 
Those hands wrote the Laws; two wrongs can never make a right. Knowledge is no burden.
face the fear with a smile and a big stick. Necessity is the mother of invention.

He was a giant among men.
Standing five-foot  ten
With hands so loved that they still touch my soul.
He has been gone for many years, 
and I have shed a lake of private tears,
 for my guiding light, my true home,  the hero of my odyssey 
 recently he comes to visit, 
At the break of day, in a shadowed bathroom mirror, for a fleeting moment, I catch his eye. 
And we share a secret smile.

He was a giant among men.
Standing five-foot  ten
Could I, ever be that tall?

Five-foot ten

A short arrangement of this romantic gem from Mexico.
Played on a godin Multiac, with midi strings from a Roland GR 20.

Sabor a mi

this is my arrangement of “Wave” by Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Wave

A live performance of Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect”. Lots of background noise.
The photo is from a recent wedding I played, nice office!

Perfect (live)

I am a wedding guitarist. I play some classical and modern stuff. I love old jazz standards, ballads, and anything that showcases the guitar. 
All feedback is appreciated.
I am Irish originally , but now live in the south of Spain. 
I teach beginner/intermediate guitar, and play at Weddings and events. I also make videos of nature sights and sounds, some with my original compositions.
Soundcloud has been an amazing experience for me - apart from the incredible artists I have found here, I have found new friends with a common interest and when you live in a remote area with no neighbors, that is more important than you can imagine.
Thank you soundcloud for opening up a new world for me and thousands of others.
Thank you for visiting my page!
If I don't follow you it is not because your music isn't great, I am in my 50's and some genres are beyond my experience or ability to evaluate. I also won't follow if you have not listened to anything I've uploaded, or, if your total number of comments is less than your number of followers. I believe Sonundcloud is a place to share and to give and receive feedback. If you only want listeners or numbers, there are lots of others who will do follow swaps, and never visit your page. :-) Mark

Mark Honeyman

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