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Holiday Music Favorites III (2009)
This is another all-new arrangement, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. The arrangement is — as usual nowadays — for guitar, bass and drums. On this recording the guitar is again the 1949 L-4C about which … more →
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Holiday Music Favorites III (2009)
shufflocity wrote 1 month ago: This is another all-new arrangement, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. The arrangement is — as usual now … more →
A Cool New Pickup
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shufflocity wrote 3 months ago: I have this L4-C that I bought in September, 2004. It’s very cool, and has a clean, well artic … more →
Pro Tools
shufflocity wrote 6 months ago: I have finally gotten on the mainstream digital music production bandwagon. I am in the process of c … more →
My First Music Videos
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shufflocity wrote 7 months ago: The first three are tracks from my album, “Just the Three of Us”, which features all tri … more →
What Inspires You to Play?
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shufflocity wrote 9 months ago: A day or two ago, this question was posted on a listserve to which I subscribe. My response was so l … more →
More Trio Recordings
shufflocity wrote 11 months ago: These are the tracks now in my current project. Some are new, some are repurposed from previous use … more →
A New Guitar -- Guild Starfire III-90
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shufflocity wrote 1 year ago: The Guild Guitar Company is a USA-based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952. The first Guild worksho … more →
Holiday Music Favorites (2008)
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shufflocity wrote 1 year ago: Every year I try to make at least one new arrangement of a holiday/Christmas song. This year the fir … more →
One More Vintage Instrumental
shufflocity wrote 1 year ago: “Wonderful Land” This tune was a hit for Hank Marvin and the Shadows in 1962. It was wri … more →
The Zombies - addendum
shufflocity wrote 1 year ago: Well, I decided to make an arrangement of “She’s Not There” as well: She’s N … more →
The Zombies
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shufflocity wrote 1 year ago: The British invasion of the early 1960’s saw an incredible number of English musical artists a … more →
Sally's Midnight Blues
shufflocity wrote 1 year ago: I have always loved the rhythm and blues recordings from the Stax and Atlantic labels, featuring art … more →
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
shufflocity wrote 1 year ago: Any examination of 1960’s instrumental popular music has to include a review of Herb Alpert … more →
Teen Idols Addendum
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shufflocity wrote 2 years ago: This past weekend I arranged and recorded “Sealed with a Kiss”. Written by Gerry Geld an … more →
Teen Idols and Plane Crashes
shufflocity wrote 2 years ago: Trying to target young teen and preteen girls is not new for the music industry. In recent years thi … more →
50's Instrumental Hits
shufflocity wrote 2 years ago: The 1950’s saw the birth of Rock’n'Roll, evolving from Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Jazz, a … more →
Johnny Guitar
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shufflocity wrote 2 years ago: Johnny Guitar is an unusual “western” movie from 1954. Starring Joan Crawford, Sterling … more →
Trying My Hand
shufflocity wrote 2 years ago: I like to consider myself something of a composer as well as a guitarist and arranger. Check the lin … more →
Surf Rock/Guitar Instrumentals Part 3 – One Hit Wonders
shufflocity wrote 2 years ago: A number of the biggest rock/surf guitar hits in the early sixties were released by groups that were … more →
