What You Fight For

I've always admired Larry Carlton and according to others that has influenced both my composing and my playing.
This track was an effort to write a tune where I decided to focus a lot on chord tones both for the melody and the solo.

Private Songs 2024

Living With A Memory

Here's a demo of two semiacoustic guitars based on George Benson's classic track "Breezin'":
• Ibanez AS73G
• Sire Larry Carlton H7
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• Amp used: Bluetone Black Prince Reverb
• Mic used: Shure SM7B
• Preamp used: Cranborne Audio Camden EC2
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Testi tulossa: 
https://blogi.rockway.fi
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Kitarablogi.com

RW24 – Ibanez AS - 73G + Sire H7 – Demo Song 2 – Guitars + Bass + Percussion

RW24 – Ibanez AS-73G + Sire H7 – Demo Song 2

Like a breeze off the water — warm, easy, and effortless. Acoustic soul meets chill jazz.

Catchin' the Vibe

A song of science fiction - or is it?

POSTCARDS OF PLACES AND THINGS

Life here at the campsite
Sixty thousand miles from home
I can’t believe the caves
I can’t believe the graves
Meanwhile in a city so very far away
He takes a glimpse through Venetian blinds
And views this picture in his mind
And just when I feel neglected
He cooks it up - sends it off - delivers it soon
And then I show the folks the wonder
and the gift he has for drawing up those

Postcards of places and things he’s never visited before
Postcards of places I know he’s always gonna be a star
with those Postcards of places
Nice to know he’s watching when I’m feeling small

Met him through a window on some lonely barren plane
Where words are never spoke and dreams are never broke
I - I was a blank space lost and feeling cold
He pulled me in through his color wheel
I lost my sense of what was real
And just when I felt sedated he grabbed a pen,
He pinned me down caressing my face until it brought me back the wonders of a child in a floating frame, he drew :

Postcards of places and things he’s never visited before
Postcards of places I know he’s always gonna be the star
with those Postcards of places
Nice to know he’s watching when I’m feeling small
Nice to know he’s watching, keeping me at home

Credits
JT : Oberheim Keyboard, Bass, Percussion, Re-mixer
Chris Pati : Guitars, Backup vocals
Sherry Jean Waite : Vocals
Produced, engineered and mix at Backdoor Studios, Huntington Station, NY, by Chris Pati and John Tabacco
1991 Re-mix by JT at Modern Voices Recording Studios, Centerport, NY 

Postcards Of Places And Things

My musical roots are quite firmly planted in the music coming from the Los Angeles studios in the 80s and 90s. 
Some call it smooth jazz and I really don't disagree.

Worthwhile

Back in the 80s I listened a lot to Lee Ritenour and whenever I play clean I think that influence shines through. Not the least in this tune.

Five Days Hence

My goal with this track was to create a tune that would reflect my influences from the 80s. Larry Carlton for guitar and Michael McDonald for the arrangement.
Many people would probably call this Smooth Jazz but, personally, I'd call it Smooth Pop as the jazz influence is fairly minimal.

None The Wiser

This tune is a reflection of a painting I saw at a local art exhibition. It showed a young man in NYCunder a road sign saying ONE WAY and there was a "talking bubble" in which the guy said: "I'm lost!". 

I spoke to the artist and he told me he had used to photos and superimposed them on each other so, somehow, parts of both photographs were could be seen. I tokk that concept to my DAW and layered two grooves and deleted some hits from each groove to get the intended result and then build the tune from there.

So thanks to Bengt the artist for the inspiration. You can find the picture here:
https://www.bengtbakomkameran.se/product-page/i-am-lost


One Way and I'm Lost

Berklee College of Music Almuni. Over 10 albums works in a decade. Demos are here.

John Tabacco is an American composer, singer songwriter, producer, recording engineer, multi instrumentalist and graphic artist. He has engineered /mixed and mastered music for hundreds of New York recording artists as well as projects released on BMG: The Kemelions, RCA: Faze, Rampage/Rhino: Rhett Forrester, Columbia: Rebbie Jackson, Rykodisc : Bob Marley, Columbia: Chris Jasper, Electra: Sonia Dada and Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid Of The Dark? He is the CEO of It Iz What It Iz Music Publishing which currently holds over 750 songs in its catalog. He has been an associate producer for IndiMusic TV and hosts a bi-weekly radio program (CLAM RADIO) on college radio WUSB.fm since 1999. He is currently the head of A&R at Modern Voices Digital Distribution.

His musical background consists of extensive study of orchestration with noted 20th century composer John Lessard, harmony with the late electronic music maverick Bulent Arel, and composition with Stony Brook University professor Peter Winkler. He received his BA in Music from Stony Brook University in 1983. 

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined. His style is a melding of pop - jazz -rock - avant garde / aleatory, classical and comedy.  He has been recording his music non stop since 1979.

Of note: In 1989 the satirical, absurd house song "Go House Yourself" co-written by Tabacco, Pati and DiMauro reached position 39 on Billboard's dance chart. 

In 2014 Tabacco signed a record deal with Texas, indie label, Muffin Records. They released his CD “Unfulfilled Shopping Carts Syndrome” internationally.

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