This is the first full piece of music I've written in a long while, and I'm really quite pleased with how it turned out. The tuning (low to high)is C F Bb Eb G C, which is basically just standard tuning a major third lower; I love how rich the guitar sounds like this!

Aurora

I was recently commissioned to write and record a selection of pieces for use with an up-coming Smartphone app and this is what I came up with for the theme tune. It was engineered and mixed by Luke Szoltysek, who also played the additional percussion.

Smartphone App - Theme Tune

This is another piece from the smartphone app project. I was asked to deliver a piece of music for a multiplayer level that was set in space. It had to be precisely one minute in length and needed to continually build as the level progressed; this is what I came up with. I really like this piece and am working on a full-length version of it, which is hopefully coming soon!

Engineered and mixed by Luke Szoltysek, who also programmed the drums.

Smartphone App - Multiplayer Level

This is my cover of one of my favourite Joe Satriani tracks, which I recorded on my Strat. The challenge with a piece like this is to keep all the melody lines as neat and tidy as possible in order to maintain that vocal quality - I also had the difficulty of trying to coax plenty of sustain out of a guitar with single coil pickups!

Cryin'

This is one of the most famous pieces from the classical guitar repertoire. It's written by Stephen Myers and was used as the theme tune from the classic movie 'The Deerhunter'. I recorded it on my Admira Espana guitar through a Shure PG58 microphone; I had borrowed a Rode NT1A to use instead but then realised my interface doesn't have phantom power unfortunately... The click sound you can hear towards the end of the middle section is actually my studio's electric heater turning itself on!

Cavatina

This is a short composition demonstrating my acoustic fingerstyle technique, recorded on my Alvarez PD410-CE guitar.

Acoustic Fingerstyle

This is a short composition demonstrating my acoustic strumming style. It was recorded on my Alvarez PD410-CE guitar.

Acoustic Strum

Here is another short demo composition, this time showcasing my funk groove style.

Funk Groove

This is a short extract of the jazz standard 'Autumn Leaves' which I've used to demonstrate my solo jazz playing. 

Solo Jazz

This is an example of my soloing style in a rock/pop ballad context. I'm playing over a backing track from www.guitarvoice.com which is a great resource.

Slow Rock Lead

Another demonstration of my soloing style, this time in a more up-beat and energetic context! The backing track comes from a very old issue of Total Guitar magazine.

Up-Tempo Rock Lead

This is another short composition, this time demonstrating my rhythm guitar playing in the context of a rock/pop ballad.

Slow Rock Riff

I wrote and recorded this riff to demonstrate my rhythm guitar playing in a more upbeat, energetic classic rock scenario.

Up-Tempo Rock Riff

My arrangement of this beautiful Christmas song; for three guitars.

In hindsight, I should have used a click track to record all three parts but I was very keen to capture a 'rubato' feel and unfortunately I lack the expertise at the moment to program a click with tempo changes!

I still think it works well as arrangement, so hopefully you can hear what I was trying to achieve musically.

Enjoy!

O Holy Night

Full-time professional guitarist; mostly musical theatre and functions. I play all styles of electric, acoustic, and classical guitar. Happy to work on any project anywhere. Tuition available. 

Neil Morgan Guitar

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