All music written, performed and produced by Pete.  Thanks for listening.

Guitar Instrumentals

peter strayer

My Musical Interest

© 2023 Pete Strayer / Altavana Creative   
Written, produced and performed by Pete.
All rights reserved.

Recorded and mixed at Altavana Studios, Nashville, TN.

Bright Side of Blue

© 2017 Pete Strayer / Altavana Creative.
Written, produced and performed by Pete. 
One-pass lead solo.   
Recorded in Nashville, TN at Altavana Studio.  
Played a Les Paul Studio for the lead.  
Played a Les Paul bass through a Joe Meek 3q.  
Programmed the rest.  

Recorded and mixed at Altavana Studios, Nashville, TN
Recorded in Logic Pro.

Eclipse (Guitar Instrumental)

© 2016 Pete Strayer / Altavana Creative.  
Written, produced and performed by Pete.
Just having fun on a one-pass lead solo doing a soundcheck checking out the signal chain and a new pic.  
It's loose and free.
I used a handmade shell pick created by TN artisan Steve Dawson. Thanks, Steve! Love to tone it generates and still use this pic today. 

Recorded in Nashville, TN at Altavana Studio. 
Played a Fender Strat (neck pick-up) for the lead through a POD, through a tube Studio Channel and a Vox amp. 

Programmed drums and played a Steinway piano sample and synth bass.  Recorded and mixed in Logic Pro.

River Of Life (Guitar Instrumental)

© 2021  Pete Strayer / Altavana Creative. 
5/4 acoustic ballad.  Remastered 2021.
Written, played and produced by Pete.  
Recorded at BlueGue Studio, Franklin, TN.
Mixed at Altavana Studios, Nashville, TN.

Played a Takamine 650 into a Rode N2 mic - also ran a direct signal.  
Played a Kentucky Mandolin through N2 and tube pre.  
Fender P bass.  Cut a loop to 5/4 time.  
Sampled strings.  Sampled harmonium.  

A GOOD THING
Lyric and Music by Pete Strayer

I can't ignore the flame.
It came so soon.
I can't ignore your face.
Your voice, the moon.

Put away the sadness
Put away the past
Put away the trying
Put away the mask
Put away the pretense
Put away control
Cause love's a good thing

All the things you meant
Struck deep, stung true.
And now despite my best intent
It's all you knew.

A Good Thing

Download full album: http://elmerpastorius.bandcamp.com/

The Son of the Sun  is included in first LP - The Hard Ways of Freedom by the producer Rubén Navarro.

Elmer Pastorius - The Son of the Sun

Remastered © 2023 Pete Strayer / Altavana Creative
Lyric and music by Pete Strayer.  

Notes:
Played a Gibson Hummingbird for acoustic guitars.  Les Paul Studio and Fender Strat for elec. guitars.  Les Paul bass.  Bazouki, banjo.  Various perc.  Used a loop and programmed drums, played live drums and live percussion around it.  

Recorded and mixed in Logic X.  
Recorded and mixed at Altavana Studios, Nashville TN.  

Photo:
"The Guardian" (2003) by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison.  Have loved their work for years!  Please visit: http://www.parkeharrison.com/  

A Place to Carry On
Music and Lyrics by Pete Strayer


You can see me, though I'm out of sight
You can read me, though we're losing light
I am open to a new relation
Now you're driven to these new frustrations
Don't want to do this by myself
I'm asking for a little help

Love, will you move me?
Faith, please improve me.
Hope, will you give me a place to carry on?
Peace, will you hold me?
Trust, please enfold me. 
Light, will you show me a place to carry on?

I'm not staying in a place of doubt
There's no playing, when there's no way out.
I am open to a new salvation
Take a higher view, lose the expectations.
Don't want to do this by myself
I'm asking for a little help

A Place to Carry On

Remaster © 2023 Peter Strayer / Altavana Creative. 
Written, recorded and performed by Pete.  
Accordion: Jeff Taylor (Time Jumpers, Elvis Costello, Buddy Greene)
I played a Gibson Hummingbird for acoustic guitars. Les Paul bass.  Various perc.  Used a loop and programmed drums around it.  Recorded and mixed in Logic Pro.  
Recorded and mixed at Altavana Studios, Nashville TN.  


LOVE WILL SPEAK
Lyric and Music by Pete Strayer

I stilled myself as the evening light was fading,
Grabbed a pen and quieted my mind.
Then an angel friend whispered through my praying,
"Everything will work out in the end."
She kept saying...

"Love will speak when child's ears are listening.
Love will hear a song played from the heart.
Love will heal the sorrows we've been kissing,
And be 'all in all'."

They floated down - like flowers from the heavens,
"All that is, is moving right on time."
And, "the souls we'll keep when breath has finally ended
Will show us sights where once we were so blind."
I keep learning...

"Love will speak when child's ears are listening.
Love will hear a song played from the heart.
Love will heal the sorrows we've been kissing,
And be 'all in all'."

Love Will Speak

Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/Cerpow

Twitter | https://twitter.com/Cerpow 

Sound Of Wind

'Diffused', featured on The Upbeats album 'Primitive Technique' is OUT NOW on Vision Recordings.

Order ‘Primitive Technique’ CD Album:
Amazon (US): http://bit.ly/PTAMUS
Amazon (UK): http://bit.ly/PTAMUK
JB (NZ): http://bit.ly/PTJBNZ
JB (AUS): http://bit.ly/PTJBAUS
Amazon (FR): http://bit.ly/PTAMFR
Amazon (DE): http://bit.ly/PTAMDE
Bol.com (NL, BE): http://bit.ly/PTBolBenelux

Order ‘Primitive Technique’ Digital Album:
iTunes: http://bit.ly/PrimTechiTunes
Beatport: http://bit.ly/PTBeatport
Spotify: http://bit.ly/PTSpotify

Download 'Clamber' with Noisia for free: on.fb.me/11S3unS
Watch the Official Video for 'Alone' on UKF Drum & Bass: youtu.be/Jt2_hNJ3XiU

Like The Upbeats on Facebook: on.fb.me/OzczzS
Follow The Upbeats on Twitter: bit.ly/UvGgiU
Listen to The Upbeats on Soundcloud: bit.ly/SfDkeB

While The Upbeats may explain their choice of album title with the humble statement “We’re not super tech geeks, we’ve always felt our approach to production is quite simple.” Anyone who knows anything about this duo’s music can tell you that the end results sound far from primitive. The cheeky-grinned New Zealanders have filled dance floors and iPod playlists around the world with their unique take on drum & bass for nearly a decade, yet their music is sounding fresher than ever; as their impressive new album is about to prove.

‘Primitive Technique’ is an album that caters to many but compromises for no one, and with techniques that may be primitive The Upbeats have crafted an album that sounds undeniably modern.

Tracklist:
01. Beyond Reality
02. Drum Stop feat. Armanni Reign
03. Diffused
04. Again I feat. Armanni Reign
05. Monogram
06. One Step
07. Thrasher feat. Trei
08. Interval
09. Falling Into Place
10. Alone feat. Tasha Baxter
11. Castles
12. Tangerine feat. Dose
13. Retrograde
14. Undertaker

Like Vision Recordings on Facebook: www.facebook.com/visionrecordings
Design: http://www.beccaoshea.com

Get it on iTunes

The Upbeats - Diffused

Pre-order our debut album 'Evolution Theory' now - out 11 February!

iTunes Standard: http://smarturl.it/ETiTunesST
iTunes Deluxe: http://smarturl.it/ETiTunesDEL
Official store: http://bit.ly/modestepalbum

Follow Modestep at:
http://www.twitter.com/modestep
http://www.facebook.com/modestep
http://www.instagram.com/joshmodestep

Buy Modestep Merch at:
http://www.modestep.co.uk/store

Modestep Mix Archive Vol. 5

The full Noisia 'DmC Devil May Cry' soundtrack is out now on Division Recordings. Standard Version (18 tracks, 54 minutes):
iTunes: http://itun.es/i6J824m Beatport: http://btprt.dj/10bptJI

Bonus Version (36 tracks, 81 minutes): 
iTunes: http://itun.es/i6J32sJ
Beatport: http://btprt.dj/VI74zV
Amazon: http://amzn.to/XgUIgU
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/10c9FX0

Download a free sample from the soundtrack: http://on.fb.me/LglBvv

The soundtrack CD is available EXCLUSIVELY through our webshop at http://www.noisia.nl Anyone who buys the CD will also receive the bonus version digitally!

This is a game soundtrack, not a new Noisia album. Its full of ambiences and unexpected pieces of music. Don't expect to buy 18 or 36 dancefloor bangers :)

Like Noisia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noisia
Follow Noisia on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Noisia_nl
Listen to Noisia on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/noisia
Watch Noisia on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/noisiatv

Like Division Recordings on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DivisionRecords

Devil May Cry is out January 15th 2013: http://on.fb.me/WqFW4H