LOL, and I am listening on Sunday evening....good track my friend!

Definitely got that Leslie tone...well done, man.

Just love that Leslie speaker sound...superb work, my friend!

This one is a chilled, dreamy, yet somewhat exhilarating old school dubstep number. The initial version bounced was overly simplistic and it was okay, but the damn thing was screaming to be fleshed out - so here we are, with the addition of a few extra bells and whistles (not literally, of course). Having said that, you’re not about to witness any kind of mind-blowing technical wizardry - a simple man does simple things.

Originally, the track was abandoned purposefully before the cake was baked as a little experiment with the idea that sometimes less is more. It turns out, once in a while, that less is less and more is in fact more.

The first iteration was saved with the title ‘Oceanic (Dripping Cave Levels)’, due to the fact that it kept bringing to mind a weird mental image of a chubby little pre-shroom Mario scampering through his subterranean wonderland. I never lost sight of that peculiar vision, but the title was too clunky, so here we are with ‘Naica Mine’. If this strange title piques your interest, just Google it…

Should this piece of work cleanse your chakras, then please ‘like’, comment and repost. May your pot overflow with pleasure and abundance, and your seed find welcoming ground.

Naica Mine

Will You Know Me?

Over

I only want to be with you - based on the performance by Dusty Springfield and also Samantha Fox - cover

I only want to be with you - Dusty Springfield - cover

Dedicated to Big Mama Dee
"Dust My Broom" Elmore James
Players:
Vocals - Robyn Youlten and ChrisO
Flute - Chris Scheri
Keyboards - Jamie Rhind
Acoustic 12 String Guitar- Robyn Youlten
Electric Guitars - Tom Adams, Justin Valente, Alfonso Lorente Sardi, Roger B train. Slide guitar _ Chris O
Drums - Gary Reeves

Dust My Broom -

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All instruments, vocals, engineering, and recording by Rachel Flowers, in tribute to Prince.

Purple Rain - Prince (cover)

New gear, new inspiring sounds. Even though I'm a simple blues dude, I like the tech and sometimes I'm a switcher guy at heart. Just got a Helix LT and this, as the previous uploaded track "Twelve Eight Blues" are some of the new sounds I got with it.
This "Sunday Evening Blues" track aims to emulate those distinctive sounds of a Leslie/rotary speaker vibe. A sound all of its own.

Sunday Evening Blues (aiming the Leslie/rotary speaker vibe from an ES339)

Get On Board

Get On Board (Original)

The 1969 plays dub keys, stereo delay piano, electric fuzz and wah guitar, bass guitar, strings/ custom melodica plug-ins and mystical mantra chanting. Additional loops include tanpura, dub reggae sound fx and Hindi vocal samples. The awesome Billy Martin as always is the in-house loop drummer. 
Happy Summer Festivals 2019 to everyone, make it count... like Woodstock '69!

Produced and mixed by The 1969. Mastered by The 1969. Recorded April 2019.

Woodstock

'Astatine' for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Composed 2019

Commissioned and performed by Trio Saeitenwind
Karolina Öhman: cello
Olivia Steimel: accordion
Jonas Tschanz: saxophones

Live recording at Biel/Bienne on 20 October, 2019.

'Astatine' (2019) for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics

All Instruments By Martin Reed,
Produced By Martin Reed.

Big Muffs

"To my mind, a BLUES doesn't have to be a 12-bar progression. To me, if a song has the right emotion then I accept it as BLUES" - PETER GREEN

"I go by feel, I go by feel. 
The only way I know what's real" - BUDDY GUY

Mostly, as a self-taught guitar player (maybe not... considering all the influences and internet/book resources I've come across lately!)  and rather than trying to be anything remotely near a good player of any great technique, I'm not bound by genre or clichés; I just like to go for it. It's a whole lot better that way. 
Blues is a human expression of emotion. That may explain why I felt called to blues music, even though, I grew up in Europe, a continent apart from the music’s heartlands in America’s Deep South. And that may also be the reason for the great Portuguese Bluesmen we have nowadays (The Legendary Tigerman/Frankie Chavez/Budda Power Blues/Rui Veloso/Dead Combo/The Black Mamba/Mazgani and many others...)

I’m a fan of raw guitar players who aren’t really polished… you’re not sure if it’s all going to fall apart.  Those who, rather than trotting out a collection of preconceived practised licks and lines, take some chances along the way, creating ideas on the spot. IMHO they sound more exciting and impressive for it. I play whatever comes into my head. It's an adventure because when I do a breakdown or a solo, it's new each time and I just let it go... The majority are first take. I just turn it on and press record...they are mostly one moment in time. I’m always looking for something. Sometimes I’m not quite sure what, but you just have to keep looking...
The real beauty is playing without thinking and once you have some concepts down, what comes out, is from the heart.  It's second nature. 
I just enjoy listening and playing some music, in honour of that timeless way of killing time (just for the fun of it...and whenever inspired: "If you're not feeling it, don't play it!"). I'm happiest picking out a blues tune to a suitable backing track. After all, simple music is the hardest to play...
For me, half the battle is to get the right sound. And that, in turn, inspires how you play.
As a tone fiend, I like to let those bluesy guitar tones breathe a little bit. But, almost everything I play, it never, ever comes out quite the way I heard it in my head. Sometimes I end up with something that's kind of close, but it's not quite what intended originally. These uploaded tracks are no exception... They are far from being perfect. First of all, I'm not a fan of perfection when it comes to music...it may even compromise the tone, but if the tone is there, great! It sounds like a human being playing guitar. 
As Dan Patlansky once said "I would rather hear an average player with a great guitar tone than a great player with a bad tone".
 I love stuff that sounds like a spontaneous real-life experience. Playing music is a human activity, and we humans are far from perfect! There is a certain charm in something that feels human with the flow of a spontaneous performance. It's that spontaneity that makes for the magic... 
Feel free to comment good, bad or indifferent and do not hesitate to share any ideas you might have. 

Favourite guitarists (old school suspects apart):
Matt Schofield;  Jim Campilongo;  Walter Trout; Robin Trower; Joe Bonamassa; Andy Timmons; Gregor Hilden; Robben Ford; Larry Carlton (among others)...

Sunday Evening Blues (aiming the Leslie/rotary speaker vibe from an ES339)

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