Very fine Guitar

My thirteenth completed set of twelve tracks

Color and Sound

Thanks to you all who took the time to comment on the latest Solar Kama Sutra tracks!

Antares

Jazz Groove

btw... this was recorded with my ~200$ 2004 Ibanez Gio e-guitar.

lyrics:

hook:
now that I played my guitar all day
now that I played my guitar all day (all day, all day)
now that I played my guitar all day
for a second this life seemed a-ok

verse 1:
lost my trace in hallways
not allways I miss you
singing songs about stale days
not always I miss you
preprocessed thoughts into my head
made me wish of something I didn't understand
and it's getting all out of my hands
getting back to the things I want to do every day

hook

artwork by beeple:
https://www.facebook.com/beeple/

guitar all day

lyrics, vocals, lead guitar: Dusboblaze (@dusboblaze)
music, mix/master: Echo Garage

I wrote this song (the instrumental) bearing Dusbo singing in mind, and I'm very, very happy that he joined this project and put so much heart and soul in this song. thanks bro!

lyrics:
All night I was waiting
Waiting for you eyes
And I thought I was dreaming
I could feel you in my cries
For so long I been waitin
To meet your lonely touch
But I just keep on walkin
My soul was never enough

Too long I’ve been breathing
Too long I’ve been alive
I can feel I’m fading
No color in my eyes

Dancing with the devil,
Shades in the night
By the fire I’ll be waiting
By the fire I will die
For to long I’ve been wondering
Why the colors black and white
For too long I’ve been breathing
To long I’ve being alive

I can’t stop breathing
I can’t stop waking up

For too long I’ve been breathing
For too long I’ve been alive
And I can feel I’m fading
No colors in my eyes

I’ll just keep on wandering
Waitin for your hand
And I’ll just keep on walkin
Into the water from the sand

Dusboblaze and Echo Garage - Too Long

An arrangement of "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson. The arrangement was heavily borrowed from the amazing guitarist, Tuck Andress. Full link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/hOyKlB6clRs

Man In The Mirror

A jam of the jazz standard, "I'll See You In My Dreams", composed by Isham Jones, lyrics by Gus Kahn.

I'll See You In My Dreams

Guitar instrumental recorded on borrowed Fender MIM Telecaster somewhere around 1999-2001 by Michal Stacina

Woody Stuff (instrumental)

Conquering and ruling cultures often oppress those they dominate. The oppressed, and those with less power, will always eventually seek justice, representation, and equal power from their subjugators. Those whose culture have been vilified, repressed, and appropriated can regain their power and love by learning about their past, choosing and identifying their cultural heroes for themselves, and restoring their appreciation and celebrations for their ancestors.  

May this song encourage an honest look into your past, acknowledging both the shadow and the light, appreciating the beauty of what was and is, and learning from accomplishments and mistakes to continue our evolution in becoming better co-creators with the planet.

I used some of a bass stem Alpha Roots sent me to make Red Earth Clay and I used the rest of the stem to make Sow Your Seeds. I have one unused bass and drum stem from Alpha Roots that I will make an old school hip hop song with and I may remix his original Hosanna bass stem one day to make a new reggae song. I may also ask Russ if I can make a version of Da Weed using Alpha Roots’ stems one day. After that, I may be complete unless I get gifted some Alpha Roots stems to play with. 

Huge thanks to Chiefo who set the original tone of this song which gave me inspiration for  the lyrics. Big ups to Fady, bit zone, and Lady of Fire Poetry for joining in on this project and adding their collective vibe. Massive thanks to Wou-Wou & the Wormling for keeping the track on skank with his rhythm guitar and for providing us with his incredible art work - commission him for some work y’all!!! And massive thanks to Russell and the Chaos Cookhouse for mixing and mastering these stems into the huge dubbed out joint that it is. Hit Russ up for his mixing and mastering services now!!!

Alpha Roots : Bass
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots 
Chiefo: Synths
https://soundcloud.com/jonahjohn
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
Fady: Keys
https://soundcloud.com/fadysporz
bitzone: Drums and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone 
Lady of Fire Poetry: Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals 
musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Mixed at the Chaos Cookhouse
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Art by Wou-Wou & the Wormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.com

Lyrics:

Know your roots and your culture 
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey 
Rock your roots and your culture 
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey 

Get to know your roots and your culture
Who you be now 
Know your history now 
So you can see now 
Where you wanna sow your seeds now 
Where you wanna sow your seeds now
Hey ey ey
Hey ey ey 

Gonna build on that which went before I 
Try and build on that which went before I 
Never knew who I was 
Dem try and control my 
Never knew who I was 
Dem try and control my
 Destiny with suppression and lies 
Deny that my ancestors were wise 
Revise my story with your wicked eyes  so others will despise 
And overlook the great civilizations that my people built 
Likewise likewise likewise

Unaware of history your destined to repeat it 
Only hear deceitful stories and we’re likely to concede to it 
Take away the leaders from our culture to unseat it 
Take away our dreams from our spirit to defeat it 
Replace dem with your poor role models and everyone believes in it 
Replace dem with your hopelessness and everyone perceives it 
But Jah lion shines bright in us and we only need to see it 
Jah lion is shining bright in us and all we need to do is reveal it

Sow Your Seeds

Alpha Roots, Chiefo, Fady, bitzone, Lady of Fire Poetry, Wou-Wou, Russ & CK - Sow Your Seeds

Robert Johnson theme acoustic guitar instrumental (Martin OM28 miced with 1969 AKG C451 and AKG C414 B-ULS) 

Love in vain (instrumental)

Rhythm and jangle from a Strat and a Tele

That Thing You Do

Jazzy arpeggio picking on a Stratocaster, joined in time by other guitars

Streetlamp

so I couldn't stand it again and added some percussion to Ingvar's excellent composition  https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/on-the-road-to-brazil

On The Road To Brazil AE  - NN

Vincent van Gogh passed away July 29th, 1890,
“Vincent’s Letter” was released July 29th, 2020

I figured there’s no better time than 130 years later…

When I was very young, I had dreams about his paintings. 
 His paintings inspired a deep love in me for art at an early age, and I wanted to be a painter like him

 Music won me over, but I remember being about 10 or so - when I first started playing music a lot - and I promised this self-portrait painting of Van Gogh that I’d write a song (or several) for him that a lot of people would hear.  Yea I made a verbal promise to a painting.  
It wasn’t the first or last time...  I was a weird kid.

The funny thing is?  This isn't even Van Gogh, as I much later found out.  It's "Dr. Gatchet", who was a physician who was treating Van Gogh.  Vincent painted him, and they actually look a lot alike!  But I made the promise to this painting, so here it is
   I hope you enjoy it
_____________________________

Vincent’s Letter
____________________
home, it’s a little loud
a love breaks me down every day
a little more, she comes & slips away
my love hurts me now
a little more every day
love simply breaks me down, 
a little more every day
I’m hearing you crying inside,
 why don’t you look outside and find yourself?
I’m trying every day, a little more in every way

my heart, my hands are sleepy
my foot is stomping on the paint
a little love, colors break my heart
a little more every day, 
a little love, comes in breaks my heart
a little more every day
a little love, cousin, breaks my heart
a little more every day

my home, will you break me down?
a little more every day
our love, cousin, breaks me too
a little more every day…
a little home, my!…
crazies out of the sky!
it’s a yellow one!
I’m wondering why?
I got my heart beating still
mixed together with the colors that spill
I got my heart cousin
a little more every day
heavens harps, cousin, come to break me down
a little more every day

Vincent's Letter

Amazon

The Shadow Goes

A resonator and a Telecaster; claw hammer tuning on the res, and low-tone neck pup on the Tele

Copper Sun

A lively number for any day away from tedium

Playing Hooky

Paradoxe D'Olbers

Home Tonight

YouTube: https://youtu.be/3FPJf72lx9c Hike in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado!
This original fast-paced performance contains elements of modern jazz, big band, indie rock, and electronic pop. Thanks to "joerxworx" (https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx) on tenor saxophone whose improvisational and tonal skills are clearly demonstrated.

DAVEHEFFNER.COM

Keep Up (ft. joerxworx - tenor saxophone) Dave - keys, production

Spontaneous impro played on a Lasalle JZ4 (AZ48 pickup) - the amp was a Koch Jupiter.

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A Moment

I enjoy composing, arranging and recording music on an ever-expanding array of guitars, especially Fender electrics and Martin acoustics.  Every day brings new opportunities for continued growth as a musician.  I strive to learn something from every piece of music that I hear, and to make music that others will enjoy hearing.  I'm an amateur DIYer in terms of recording, doing everything in my home studio and learning as I go.  I record into a Zoom R16 and use Audacity as my DAW.  I use an array of Fender tube amps, all blackface/silverface reissues, and a modest pedal board.  I record acoustic instruments either directly on the instruments or else through a Fishman Loudbox Mini.

Playing Hooky

Paul Baglyos