Blogsketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readContemplative ImprovisationHere is a noodling session on my Weber bandit resonator. I just zoned out and played whatever came to mind on a dadgde tuning. Once you get in the flow of playing your conscious mind kind of disappears and your muscle memory takes over letting you find note combinations that you would never consciously think of. Improvising a great form of…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readWampler Velvet Fuzz - Teletuesday ImprovisationHere is a little demo jam of the Wampler Velvet Fuzz pedal. I start out with the clean guitar sound then move on to five different settings on the Velvet Fuzz. Towards the Middle of the song I bring in a lead guitar to play over the rhythm that uses the Velvet Fuzz along with reverb from Bias FX 2. Drums are from Superior Drummer 2 using the…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readCaught Red Handed - Post Punk Instrumental ImprovisationHere is a post punk improvisation. I kept the beat simple at a 4/4 120 bpm tempo with a sort of uptempo ballad beat using the independent kit by Toontrack. From here I just played some simple measures on my Epiphone Les Paul with an octave down pitch shift and some Electroharmonic pog pedal emulator in Bias FX 2. Overall it worked out pretty good…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readRoadhouse Roundhouse Kick - Teletuesday ImprovisationHere's another #teletuesday improvisation on my black G&L ASAT. For this one I went with a country rock style in open tuning (dadgde). I also set the bpm a bit faster than usual at 145bpm with a 4/4 time signature. The drums are the Nashville kit by Toontrack. The overall mood of this song kind of reminds me of the roundhouse kicks from the…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readMandalas - Teletuesday ImprovisationHere is a #teletuesday improvisation on my G&L ASAT. This one is composed of two guitar tracks and a drum track via Superior Drummer's independent EZX. In this improvisation I programmed the drums first then played whatever came to mind at the time. I generally kept the tones lower for the main track then brought in a more treble track towards…sketch.and.jam in # straturday • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readInfinite Dimensions - Stratocaster and HandpanHere is a 115 bpm improvisation on my hijaz handpan. I basically played the improvisation to a metronome to stay in time so I could add drums easier later on. The rest of the drums are via my Roland Handsonic and include a djembe, shakers, toms, tabla and cymbols. The final track is on my Fender Stratocaster Plus with a tape delay and a bit of…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readAn Hour to Kill - Teletuesday ImprovisationI had an hour to kill after work so I did a quick improvisation on my G&L ASAT for #teletuesday For this one I just played to a metronome with the asat going direct into my zoom h6. After recording I chopped up the wav file in Cakewalk to add different guitar effects in Bias FX 2. Next I added the drums. When you play to a metronome it is easy…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readA Rangale of DeerHere are a few deer I saw while looking for morel mushrooms. I recently learned that a group of deer can be called a rangale of deer. I ended up not finding any morels but at least I got to see these deer who didn't seem to mind me being around. Music is an original on my udu drum, 12 string guitar and roland handsonic. Thanks for watching and…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readAimless Motivations - Acoustic Guitar ImprovisationHere is an improvisation on my Wechter Pathfinder acoustic guitar. To start the process I programmed a 140 bpm basic drum track in superior drummer. I put the drums wav file on my phone and listened while I played whatever came to mind while recording with my zoom h6. Next I imported the wav file of the acoustic guitar back into my daw then…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readFate Unknown - Classical Guitar ImprovisationHere is an improvisation on my Takamine classical guitar to a custom 200 bpm drum beat programmed in Superior Drummer 2. I used the vintage custom set with the slingerland kit for the drums. My guitar is tuned to dadgde. Once the drums were in place I just played whatever came to mind on the guitar then adjusted the drums a bit more to add fills…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readRandom Variations - Teletuesday ImprovisationHere's a random improvisation on my G&L ASAT for #teletuesday I played whatever came to mind then sliced the wav file to add different effects to each sliced portion in bias fx 2. Drums were added last via Superior Drummer. Thanks for listening :-)sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readGravitational Fusion - Bendir and Guitar ImprovisationHere is an improvisation that started out on my bendir drum tuned to an F drone. Later I added some traditional drum via superior drummer to enhance the overall rhythm. With the drums in place I set my capo to set my Wechter Pathfinder to be an open F tuning. This helped it mesh with the drone note of the bendir. Next I added a synth via my You…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readElectromotive Force - A Straturday ImprovisationHere is an improvisation that started out on my G&L ASAT with drop d tuning. I wanted to see if a telecaster style guitar could chug with heavy distortion. It did pretty good in the mid range but I had to add some heavy bass on my musicman to give it more of the chug sound. Initially I had planned for this to be a #teletuesday jam but ran out of…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readWaiting For Spring - Straturday ImprovisationHere is an improvisation that started on my red stratocaster plus then I started layering in the other tracks over it. My musicman stingray 5 bass was the next layer to go into the mix. With the bass and rhythm track in place I programmed in the drums via Superior Drummer and the Independent EZX. Next I added in a couple of leads on my G&L…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readThe Siren's Call - Baglama Saz and Teletuesday ImprovisationHere's an improvisation that started out on my long neck baglama saz. Later I added four tracks of drums including darbuka, riq, frame drum and a marimba via my Roland Handsonic. Later in the song I add a couple guitar tracks on my G&L ASAT using guitar rig 6 and bias fx 2. Playing in key with the saz is tricky in standard guitar tuning but it…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readUrban Gloom - Post Punk Straturday JamHere's a post punk style jam that started out with a few bass riffs and a drum track I programmed in Superior Drummer. With the bass and drums in place I improvised a few tracks on my stratocaster plus and home made partsocaster. All guitar effects are from bias fx 2 except for the partsocaster track at the end which is guitar rig 6. The…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readStories in the Embers - Wood Tongue Drum, Cajon, Jaw Harp and Guitar ImprovisationHere is an improvisation that started out to a 3/4 beat on my wood tongue drum. I layered in a couple cajon track and a shaker tracks to enhance the natural wood tone of the tongue drum. I also added a jaw harp track with my jaw harp that is tuned roughly to the key of E. This drum is basically tuned to the key of E as well so it is easy to…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readDesert Cactus - Baglama Saz ImprovisationHere is an improvisation on my long neck Turkish baglama saz to a layered drum beat in Superior Drummer and a drum beat by Jim Dooley on hand drums. The mood kind of reminded me of someone who was thirsty in the desert and found a strange cactus to eat for water. Then all sorts of colors magically appear out of nowhere :-). Thanks for listening…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readStraturday Evening - Bias FX 2, Guitar Rig 6, Amplitube 5 and EZ MixHere's a little stratocaster jam on this #straturday evening. I just played whatever came to mind to a few drum beats I programmed in Superior Drummer 2. With the dry recording in place I started slicing the wav file into segments with different effects on each slice. The first two sounds are in Bias FX 2 where it starts out with clean phaser…sketch.and.jam in # blurtmusic • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readHoli Festival - Sitar Sunday ImprovisationHere's an improvisation on my Hiren Roy sitar to a few basic cajon beats in Superior Drummer. I added a few effects to the sitar via the FAS Reverb plugin by Fractal Audio and some mastering via EZ Mix. As I was zoning out improvising I was subconsciously thinking about the upcoming Holi Festival in India where colored powder is thrown…
