Edit: I have replaced the original recording of this tune with the audio from a YouTube video I made, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/m4v759Tphxs
Wanted to write and record something for just guitar, bass and drums. I recorded the guitar track as a single take. You can hear my ham-fisted pickup changes throughout..I can only hope it helps make it sound like a live performance. I also recorded Telepath using my live rig. I hope you enjoy it!
Hats off to Rob DiStephano of Cavalier Pickups for making the best product out there, bar none!!!  http://www.cavalierpickups.com/

Telepath

Dog Minor

with Andy Roberts - keys, Dave Santana - drums, Steve Varner - bass, J.D. Walter - percussion.  My band is called " New World Parade ".  

T's Place

Last train to Timonium

Blue Circle is a 12 bar blues with a modern, descending chromatic twist on the 9th and 10th bars.  The fabulous Scott Nelson and I have teamed up to create this original music.  Scott's guitar is haunting, going from subtle to explosive, as he expertly navigates these contemporary blues.  My approach to the tune was more introspective, in the style of the young Herbie Hancock in the '60s with Miles Davis's seminal quintet.  So great to have Scott's musicality again on this recording.  You can check out his extensive gallery of jazz and fusion: https://soundcloud.com/scott-nelson-364333064

Thanks so much for your generous time listening, for your comments and feedback, and for your shares.

Blue Circle - with Scott Nelson / guitar

BassRace© - bass feature written & performed by Steve shone © - rough mix

Surge of Current is the maximum instantaneous input current drawn by an electrical device when first it is switched ON. It is also known as an inrush current, input surge current or switch on surge. Inrush current can be as high as 100 times the normal steady state current.

I would like to interpret the title as "energy boost", a bit of exitement to cheer one up. I got inspired one day, playing around with some clean guitar pick up settings, cycling through some fusion chords, the rest came naturally as a result. On top of these chords I chose a more Jazz/Bebop like approach of playing a long and fast unisono theme over the changes. The theme basically stays the same while changing the comping, both in chords and rhythms. In general there are three sections to this, introduction and theme, solo section (I took two solos in a row ;)), interlude after which returning to the theme again and leading that into an outro...

Recently I have been playing a lot of electric guitar again due to this new brilliant (maybe to some old school) Fender Elite Strat HSS Shawbucker I got a few month back. A joy to play, with a large variety of pickup settings, generating a wide range of sounds. Exactly that I used to the full here with at points 9 guitar tracks running at the same time with different parts and sounds. Apart from that only the drums are programmed. Fun to do!

Enough of me rattling on! Let the music speak. As always I really appreciate your comments, likes and shares!

-Dan

Recording data:
All music, guitars, drum programming, mixing and mastering by Dan van den Berg, January 2017
Guitar: Fender Elite Stratocaster HSS Shawbucker
Bass: Fender stratocaster using octave FX 
Drum samples from Amplitube and Sampletank
Recorded with Amplitube, AURIA
Mixing and Mastering in AURIA, Final Touch 
release date January 19, 2017

Surge of Current

Surge of Current | Dan Van Den Berg

The joy of life and of those close to you - all expressed in this vibrant and spirited extravaganza of hearts, souls and temperaments.

First time collaborating with tour-de-force guitarist Daniel van den Berg - just listen to him play - and my continuing infatuation with MoodyMo's percussion; a creation that makes me feel alive and, I hope, you as well.

Music: Peter Bennborn

Guitar: Daniel van den Berg (@danarchx)
Percussion: MoodyMo (@moodymo)
Keys, synths & Drum programming: Peter Bennborn
Backing vocals: Peter Bennborn & MoodyMo

Mixed & Mastered: Peter Bennborn

Joyful You (ft. Dan van den Berg & MoodyMo)

Wow and Flutter

Time Travels

MOVE YOUR MIND with some ethnic jazz-funk
and groove it up!

That's all you will need before your next lobotomy ;-)

Comments are welcome :-)

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Updated information: 
This track reached its download limit here at SC, but can still be downloaded with the complete album "Grooveyard" @ the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/Calaminus-Grooveyard
Have fun(k)!

Calaminus - Move your Mind

I love all sorts of guitar playing:  rock, jazz, classical.  I like to compose in a variety of styles as well.  

Dog Minor

Steve Oriani

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